<p>I don’t think anyone has quite grasped what the point of this thread is. It was inspired by the several dozen threads on CC that began something like this: </p>
<p>OP - “I really like Bowdoin College and my stats indicate that it is a slight reach. I’d like to go to a LAC in the northeast (maybe 2,000 undergrads +/-) that has a decent placement history for grads in Boston/NYC/Philly. I am also thinking that maybe I’d like to row competively again; I was on the crew team at my HS for 3 years but had to quit to go to work when my Mom got sick.”</p>
<p>The following posts then go something like this: “If you like Bowdoin you should look at Oberlin.” “Grinnell!!” “Reed is a great school about that size.” “Have you thought about New College of Florida? Lots of water!”</p>
<p>What I was suggesting was that sometimes it is helpful if you find one school you really like to see what other colleges are members of the same athletic conference. Sometimes there is overlap (Chicago, Rochester, Emory, Wash U) and sometimes there is not.</p>
<p>I think I started this on the wrong path by including the word “ranking” in the OP. Or maybe I should have cleaned out the cat box instead of posting.</p>