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<p>Here are the top 10 LAC’s per USNWR:
Williams, Amherst, Swarthmore, Middlebury, Wellesley, Bowdoin, Pomona, Carleton, Davidson, Haverford, Claremont McKenna.</p>
<p>Of these, <em>maybe</em> Amherst and Wellesley have the most broad-based knowledge - and much of Wellesley likely due to Hillary Clinton, Madeline Albright. Possibly Williams to some extent.</p>
<p>But the rest? They’re often not known by the general public outside the geographic areas either. Do you think Bowdoin is any more known outside the northeast or Pomona outside California or Davidson outside the south, compared to Carleton and the midwest? </p>
<p>And of course, all of these are fine schools I’d be proud to have my kids attend. It is just supremely odd that you are singling Carleton out, when Bowdoin, Davidson, Pomona, C McK are just as “unknown” outside their core geographies. Really - what put Davidson on the map for most people? Their b-ball success from last year.</p>