Pros and Cons of Top 10 SLAC vs State Flagship Honors Program

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Largely depends on the child but if you take personal preference out of the equation then it's a no-brainer......SLAC.

What about cost? I can understand the ROI argument. My DC is going to a SLAC. It's a good school but I'm not sure it is worth the price tag.

Cost is a major variable but view it in context. A top 10 SLAC is worth it, below that I’m not so sure. The good news is that he top schools have large endowments and can afford generous aid packages. The second tier schools offer merit aid. Bit if you can swing it,LAC definitely worth the investment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Largely depends on the child but if you take personal preference out of the equation then it's a no-brainer......SLAC.

What about cost? I can understand the ROI argument. My DC is going to a SLAC. It's a good school but I'm not sure it is worth the price tag.

Cost is a major variable but view it in context. A top 10 SLAC is worth it, below that I’m not so sure. The good news is that he top schools have large endowments and can afford generous aid packages. The second tier schools offer merit aid. Bit if you can swing it,LAC definitely worth the investment.

Both top 10 top 20 may offer a merit aid in addition to financial aid. Harvey Musd and Swarthmore have merit scholarships. Pomona also may have scholarships. They are not second-tier.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Largely depends on the child but if you take personal preference out of the equation then it's a no-brainer......SLAC.

What about cost? I can understand the ROI argument. My DC is going to a SLAC. It's a good school but I'm not sure it is worth the price tag.

Cost is a major variable but view it in context. A top 10 SLAC is worth it, below that I’m not so sure. The good news is that he top schools have large endowments and can afford generous aid packages. The second tier schools offer merit aid. Bit if you can swing it,LAC definitely worth the investment.

Sure hope you are right. But for some reason they calculated our demonstrated need very differently from how I would define it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Largely depends on the child but if you take personal preference out of the equation then it's a no-brainer......SLAC.

What about cost? I can understand the ROI argument. My DC is going to a SLAC. It's a good school but I'm not sure it is worth the price tag.

Cost is a major variable but view it in context. A top 10 SLAC is worth it, below that I’m not so sure. The good news is that he top schools have large endowments and can afford generous aid packages. The second tier schools offer merit aid. Bit if you can swing it,LAC definitely worth the investment.

Both top 10 top 20 may offer a merit aid in addition to financial aid. Harvey Musd and Swarthmore have merit scholarships. Pomona also may have scholarships. They are not second-tier.

No merit aid at Pomona. I believe Swarthmore effectively has 0 as well (they only give them to 3 students)

[Anonymous]

Most top SLACs have no (or very little) merit aid. None at Williams, Amherst, etc. Need based only.

[Anonymous]

Swarthmore offers merit aid:

https://www.swarthmore.edu/mccabe-scholars



However, Swarthmore maybe an Indian giver in F/A:

http://daily.swarthmore.edu/2015/12/09/does-swarthmore-bait-and-switch-financial-aid/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Largely depends on the child but if you take personal preference out of the equation then it's a no-brainer......SLAC.

What about cost? I can understand the ROI argument. My DC is going to a SLAC. It's a good school but I'm not sure it is worth the price tag.

Cost is a major variable but view it in context. A top 10 SLAC is worth it, below that I’m not so sure. The good news is that he top schools have large endowments and can afford generous aid packages. The second tier schools offer merit aid. Bit if you can swing it,LAC definitely worth the investment.

I highly doubt that's an accurate statement.

[Anonymous]

Harvey Mudd also offers merit aid:

https://www.hmc.edu/admission/afford/scholarships-and-grants/merit-based-scholarships/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Largely depends on the child but if you take personal preference out of the equation then it's a no-brainer......SLAC.

What about cost? I can understand the ROI argument. My DC is going to a SLAC. It's a good school but I'm not sure it is worth the price tag.

Cost is a major variable but view it in context. A top 10 SLAC is worth it, below that I’m not so sure. The good news is that he top schools have large endowments and can afford generous aid packages. The second tier schools offer merit aid. Bit if you can swing it,LAC definitely worth the investment.

I highly doubt that's an accurate statement.

If you doubt the statement, don't send your kid to SLACs. It's probably because you fall into the donut hole. Not everyone is in your financial situation and may have a different perspective.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Harvey Mudd also offers merit aid:

https://www.hmc.edu/admission/afford/scholarships-and-grants/merit-based-scholarships/

So, 29 people were awarded need based or non-need based aid by Harvey this cycle. Out of what, 600 admitted? Yikes, that's not good odds.

https://www.hmc.edu/institutional-research/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/2018/01/2017-18-CDS_complete..pdf

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Swarthmore offers merit aid:

https://www.swarthmore.edu/mccabe-scholars



However, Swarthmore maybe an [/b]Indian giver[b] in F/A:

http://daily.swarthmore.edu/2015/12/09/does-swarthmore-bait-and-switch-financial-aid/

You might want to purge that phrase from your vocabulary — it’s racist.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Harvey Mudd also offers merit aid:

https://www.hmc.edu/admission/afford/scholarships-and-grants/merit-based-scholarships/

So, 29 people were awarded need based or non-need based aid by Harvey this cycle. Out of what, 600 admitted? Yikes, that's not good odds.

https://www.hmc.edu/institutional-research/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/2018/01/2017-18-CDS_complete..pdf

Oops read that wrong. Looks like 104?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Swarthmore offers merit aid:

https://www.swarthmore.edu/mccabe-scholars



However, Swarthmore maybe an Indian giver in F/A:

http://daily.swarthmore.edu/2015/12/09/does-swarthmore-bait-and-switch-financial-aid/

6 scholarships - 2 to kids in southeastern PA, 2 to kids in the delmarva peninsula, 2 to everyone else. So not much of a chance of getting one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Swarthmore offers merit aid:

https://www.swarthmore.edu/mccabe-scholars



However, Swarthmore maybe an [/b]Indian giver[b] in F/A:

http://daily.swarthmore.edu/2015/12/09/does-swarthmore-bait-and-switch-financial-aid/

You might want to purge that phrase from your vocabulary — it’s racist.

From Quora:

An Indian giver is not referencing a Native American who is making a gift.

It is supposed to be offensive, but not like you are thinking.

It is referring to the White Man, who "gives" land to a Native American tribal group, only to renege on the gift, treaty or whatever. Its not not supposed to be politically correct, because it it is calling out the person for being a liar, swindler and a coward, who can only win by cheating.


The correct PC would be "bait nd switch."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Swarthmore offers merit aid:

https://www.swarthmore.edu/mccabe-scholars



However, Swarthmore maybe an [/b]Indian giver[b] in F/A:

http://daily.swarthmore.edu/2015/12/09/does-swarthmore-bait-and-switch-financial-aid/

You might want to purge that phrase from your vocabulary — it’s racist.

From Quora:

An Indian giver is not referencing a Native American who is making a gift.

It is supposed to be offensive, but not like you are thinking.

It is referring to the White Man, who "gives" land to a Native American tribal group, only to renege on the gift, treaty or whatever. Its not not supposed to be politically correct, because it it is calling out the person for being a liar, swindler and a coward, who can only win by cheating.


The correct PC would be "bait nd switch."

Yes, stick to bait and switch. But, no, however perverse it may seem, the phrase was, historically, a criticism of Native Americans — not of Europeans’ treatment of Native Americans.

https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2013/09/02/217295339/the-history-behind-the-phrase-dont-be-an-indian-giver