<p>Stegner, I appreciate the comments. However, we are just starting to narrow down our choice of schools that we might visit as my son is only in Year 11 in the UK system (Grade 10 US equivalent). I realise that these are all top schools; however, for someone coming from a top London private high school, the US LACs would be a good match for him academically due to their breadth of curriculum, small class sizes, etc. as well as culturally compared to larger universities. Furthermore, most of the London kids applying to US schools tend to apply to the Ivys and other popular East Coast Schools (Georgetown, Duke, JHU, etc) with fewer applying to LACs (at least in my experience).</p>