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Poster: former nescac runner
Subject: RE: Rank the NESCAC schools
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OnPoint wrote:

[quote]Williams has a teddy bear wrote:

Tier 1 (not much debate here - super elite on par with Stanford, Penn, etc.):
Williams
Amherst

Tier 2 (top schools, not as elite as Willams/Amherst):
Middlebury
Tufts (an outlier due to size)
Bowdoin

Tier 3 (excellent schools too, easier to get into - Wesleyan might belong in Tier 2):
Bates
Wesleyan
Colby


Tier 4 (Solid, but not academically elite/difficult to get in to):
Hamilton
Conn
Trinity


I think these are decent rankings. I'm basing most of this off of reputation and where my HS counselor told me I would get in easily vs a longer shot. I think Williams/Amherst are in a league of their own and then Tufts/Bowdoin/Midd/maybe Wes. Tufts has a lot of idiots, but they're also the one on the list with a competitive engineering school (which, full disclosure, I'm part of) so I think that keeps them solidly to tier 2.[/quote]

Mostly agree with OnPoint's assesment with the addition that Tufts probably doesn't deserve to be with Midd/Bowdoin/Wesleyan. Tufts is in an awkward situation because it is also better than Bates and Colby. Also why does everyone rank Williams ahead of Amherst? Amherst is harder to get into and has a lower proportion of athletes.
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