<p>“I heard that small LAC’s often feel like just an extension of high school, and I’m looking for a college experience… is this true?”</p>
<p>I’ve heard this only from students who attend the residential prep schools in NE that feed into the preppier NE LACs, so I assume there is similarity. But I don’t think this is true for the majority of the student body at LACs generally. If you are really worried about this, take a look at some of the excellent not-especially preppy urban and suburban LACs in the NE and mid-atlantic: Swarthmore, Haverford, and Vassar would be examples.</p>