Frustration over LAC's

glassesarechic
Tue, 05 Aug 2008 23:20:45 +0000

As a fellow NC-er at a big public hs, I can tell you to just ignore your guidance counselor! Mine has experience with kids going off to little-heard of schools unless you’re a top student, in which case a household name (which is pretty hard for LACs to get in the South) is practically mandatory. Ignore her. You don’t have to convince her, although you might want to, as someone suggested, compare stats of your proposed LACs with Duke/Chapel Hill/even Harvard. I’m sure they’ll be very impressed, especially when you elaborate on the excellent finaid at most LACs.

You might want to have your parents visit Davidson if you’re somewhat in the area, just to get a feel of what a LAC is like. It might help to step in on some classes or see the sort of research/etc going on even in a smaller environment.