<p>Thanks for the visit report DB. Your gut-feel about Laf not being snobbish is indeed comforting to us common folks. </p>
<p>Did they talk any about merit aid? The Laf site says that they are “considering” giving merit aid in smaller amounts than the Marquis scholarships. How was the drive up there from Maryland?</p>
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<p>Based purely on the numbers, I’d put these schools really, really close, with Dickinson being just a tad easier to get an acceptance despite the slight SAT difference.</p>
<p>School…Acceptance%…Top-decile%…75th-percentile-SAT</p>
<p>Dickinson…44%…50%…1390
F&M…36%…57%…1380
Gettysburg…38%…66%…1360
Lafayette…37%…65%…1370</p>