Life after SLAC

[Anonymous]

it looks lke most people do some sort of Masters program to be successful after a SLAC. Can't you do that same program after a regular college? Does goign to SLAC confer any advantages in the admission process to a top business/law/medical schools?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:it looks lke most people do some sort of Masters program to be successful after a SLAC. Can't you do that same program after a regular college? Does goign to SLAC confer any advantages in the admission process to a top business/law/medical schools?

There are some SLACs which show up on a list of the top 20 colleges/universities the highest percent of their alumni to top programs.

Law- Amherst, Claremont McKenna, Hamilton, Pomona (https://www.collegetransitions.com/blog/top-lawyer-producer-schools-infographic/)
Medicine- Amherst, Pomona, Swarthmore, Williams (https://www.collegetransitions.com/infographics/top-feeders-medical-school)
MBA- Amherst, Bates, Claremont McKenna, Hamilton, Middlebury, Pomona (https://www.collegetransitions.com/blog/category/infographics/)

This was an article from 2003 about the top feeders using data from a select group of top med, business, and law schools. There are several LACs in the top 50. http://collegematchus.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/wsj_college_092503.pdf

Yale Law School (considered the most prestigious law school) shows 14 Amherst students and 14 Williams students currently enrolled, more than Stanford (10), Duke (11), MIT (1), UChicago (13), and Oxford (1).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Went to a West Coast (small)LAC. 15 years out, I'm a tenured professor at a flagship research university.

In almost all cases, I recommend undergraduate education at a SLAC rather than the kind of flagship where I work.

Interesting comment from a professor. Mind expanding on why you think this?

[Anonymous]

Got a PhD and now a senior director at a government contractor

[Anonymous]

Mutual fund manager.

[Anonymous]

top legal job in Federal gov't

[Anonymous]

What about military service?

[Anonymous]

My husband and I both went to NESCAC schools. He got an MBA and is a partner at a top consulting firm and I’m a director in tech marketing company. Together we do quite well - I was an English major with no grad degree and make over $200k with a very flexible work schedule.

[Anonymous]

Went to a (small)LAC in the Midwest, ranked in the 50-100 range. Went immediately to grad school at a state flagship, now direct a department at a national nonprofit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:it looks like most people do some sort of Masters program to be successful after a SLAC. Can't you do that same program after a regular college? Does goign to SLAC confer any advantages in the admission process to a top business/law/medical schools?

It's a tough world, and kids need to get the skills to earn a living, but I think it's sad to see a SLAC solely in terms of the earning power of the alumni. The main reason to go to a SLAC is because it's a privilege to study serious things with serious people for four years

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:top legal job in Federal gov't

What's the top legal job? attorney general?

[Anonymous]

Grad school.

[Anonymous]

Politics for a year, then law school. Have worked a little more in politics but mostly law since then.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Went to a West Coast (small)LAC. 15 years out, I'm a tenured professor at a flagship research university.

In almost all cases, I recommend undergraduate education at a SLAC rather than the kind of flagship where I work.

I'm not so sure. I went to a top 10 SLAC. One of my DCs went to a top 25 SLAC. The other went to a Big10 flagship in the liberal arts college. My experience was pretty good, DC at a SLAC was just okay, DC at Big10 was great.

OP, I worked for a few years after SLAC and then went to a top MBA program. I've been in management consulting since then.

Agree i wish i had not spent the money I did on my SLAC. DC at top flagship is getting a far better education.

[Anonymous]

Got a top international fellowship right out of undergrad and then recruited for international consultancy work after that. Now in DC doing same with less travel . MS paid by employer along the path.