Question of Parents of Kids at SLACs
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Anonymous
I think the point is that they are not rural/isolated. |
Anonymous
I've always thought that the dichotomy some posters set up between universities and LACs reflects a lack of critical thinking skills and, therefore, intelligence. While some college applicants do have a preference for bigger or smaller schools, most of my friends and classmates, like me, were much more interested in the perceived rigor of the schools to which we applied than in the size of their respective student bodies. Those who applied to Stanford and Yale also applied to Williams and Swarthmore, for example (and for the record sometimes got accepted to the universities but not to the LACs or chose to attend the LACs over the universities: I had quite a few classmates who chose our LAC over academically comparable universities). No one chose to attend our in-state public university over a more rigorous LAC just because the former was a university. |
Anonymous
| I have read through this thread. Why are the SLAC/LAC supporters so angry ? They come across as unhinged and militant. |
Anonymous
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My kid went to an SLAC and neither she nor any of her college friends had any trouble landing good jobs. It’s only on DCUM where people think stuff like this matters. In the real world, it doesn’t.
You’re just a bunch of obsessed weirdos. ^^^^^THIS |
Anonymous
Really? I think it's the anti-LAC crowd that seems unhinged/militant. Why do they care so much that some students prefer a small college? |
Anonymous
| I have a child at a rural LAC, a child at a large university in a large city and a child in a medium sized university in a medium sized city. Each child is happy where he/she landed. There are pros and cons to all three. I can say, though, that my kid at the LAC has loved and been impressed by all his professors. He also finds it easy to get involved with organizations and activities on campus. That's not the case with the other two kids. |
Anonymous
They don't. |
Anonymous
Not the PP to whom you're responding, but: I think the answer in many cases is that they get so worked up because they belive LACs are hotbeds of liberal politics, not just "liberal arts." My DC goes to a LAC which is, indeed, a hotbed of liberal beliefs, but how my DC's attendance there affects the anti-LAC militants or their kids is just beyond me. |
Anonymous
Learn to read. I didn’t just talk about my kid. I talked about my kid, my kid’s spouse, and every single one of their friends. |
Anonymous
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Anonymous
| Grinnell works for some, but not for all. It is a very wealthy school. Very liberal. |
Anonymous
Wrong again. Yes, it’s liberal. But it is not wealthy at all, especially when compared to other elite liberal arts colleges. Do your research before spouting off. |
Anonymous
Not the PP but I think they meant wealthy as in having a very large endowment. Grinnell has a larger endowment per student that any Ivy other than HYP. |
Anonymous
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Old but I think this article gets across that Grinnell isn't interested in having a school full of rich kids.
https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/09/upshot/top-colleges-that-enroll-rich-middle-class-and-poor.html Their big endowment allows them to have a good aid program. |
Anonymous
You are incorrect. Grinnell College is a wealthy LAC. Grinnell's endowment is almost at $3 billion--which is more than Swarthmore, Bowdoin, Tufts, or Georgetown. Grinnell's Endowment Per Student is almost $2 million per student which places it as approximately the 10th highest among all US universities & colleges. Grinnell College is a very wealthy school. |