Most students Apply to 4 or fewer schools

<p>I don’t think the admissions odds with NE LAC’s are <em>that</em> desperate…once you get out of the field on the so-called “Top 30” or so. Schools like Skidmore, Bennington, Hampshire, Simmons, Sarah Lawrence, Holy Cross (to name a few off the top of my head, checked with PR) all have acceptance rates in the 40-68 percent range. If female, Smith and Mount Holyoke are something close to 50 percent shots…and are great “admissions values” relative to their strengths.</p>

<p>Now, I’ll admit that I’m biased…my conversion to love for LAC’s might waver with some of those compared to some mid-sized research universities with comparable odds as to which I thought was a “better deal.” But if an NE LAC is what really fits best, they’re there.</p>