LACs are overrated.

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Anonymous wrote:Battle of the UVA strivers v. LAC boosters.

They both deserve to be separated out from this Colleges & Universities.

They are so SPECIAL, they certainly deserve their own section.

They certainly deserve separate but equal.

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Anonymous wrote:Agree 3 hours in Willamstown is 2 hours too much.

Somebody's kid didn't get in. Is that you Colby booster?

First PP. No, Williams dropped off her list and she ED'd to Amherst instead. Amherst was at the outer limit of her tolerance for remote, and she is very happy there.

I’m the one who received the jab about southern schools.. during overnite, the nerd hosts took my kid to the library and flexed about how long each spent on an econ problem. Bleh. Combined with the coach basically embarrassing himself begging my kid to pick Williams and several pompous (and unpublished) professors, very easy decision to go “lower in the rankings” for a fun school with comparable outcomes

The mixing of "nerd hosts", "begging coach", and "pompous professors" into a single thread which is a triple of "non-existent stereotypes" at Williams (or other top NESCAC SLACs) was an impressive attempt. Thank-you for such an interesting little bit of fiction.

painful as it may be for some of you, there are some raging nerds at Williams. And the begging coach was real, who lost out to Colgate and a 50% athletic scholarship for my kid. Will fully fund his roth IRA ($7k a year next 4 years), and cut him a check for the balance to invest or down payment on house at 22. And likely will have the same available outcomes, maybe better as a D1 athlete.. pass on Williamstown all day every day

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Anonymous wrote:Agree 3 hours in Willamstown is 2 hours too much.

Somebody's kid didn't get in. Is that you Colby booster?

First PP. No, Williams dropped off her list and she ED'd to Amherst instead. Amherst was at the outer limit of her tolerance for remote, and she is very happy there.

I’m the one who received the jab about southern schools.. during overnite, the nerd hosts took my kid to the library and flexed about how long each spent on an econ problem. Bleh. Combined with the coach basically embarrassing himself begging my kid to pick Williams and several pompous (and unpublished) professors, very easy decision to go “lower in the rankings” for a fun school with comparable outcomes

The mixing of "nerd hosts", "begging coach", and "pompous professors" into a single thread which is a triple of "non-existent stereotypes" at Williams (or other top NESCAC SLACs) was an impressive attempt. Thank-you for such an interesting little bit of fiction.

painful as it may be for some of you, there are some raging nerds at Williams. And the begging coach was real, who lost out to Colgate and a 50% athletic scholarship for my kid. Will fully fund his roth IRA ($7k a year next 4 years), and cut him a check for the balance to invest or down payment on house at 22. And likely will have the same available outcomes, maybe better as a D1 athlete.. pass on Williamstown all day every day

You and kid are near counters: you will never have more beans than you can count.

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Anonymous wrote:Agree 3 hours in Willamstown is 2 hours too much.

Somebody's kid didn't get in. Is that you Colby booster?

First PP. No, Williams dropped off her list and she ED'd to Amherst instead. Amherst was at the outer limit of her tolerance for remote, and she is very happy there.

I’m the one who received the jab about southern schools.. during overnite, the nerd hosts took my kid to the library and flexed about how long each spent on an econ problem. Bleh. Combined with the coach basically embarrassing himself begging my kid to pick Williams and several pompous (and unpublished) professors, very easy decision to go “lower in the rankings” for a fun school with comparable outcomes

The mixing of "nerd hosts", "begging coach", and "pompous professors" into a single thread which is a triple of "non-existent stereotypes" at Williams (or other top NESCAC SLACs) was an impressive attempt. Thank-you for such an interesting little bit of fiction.

painful as it may be for some of you, there are some raging nerds at Williams. And the begging coach was real, who lost out to Colgate and a 50% athletic scholarship for my kid. Will fully fund his roth IRA ($7k a year next 4 years), and cut him a check for the balance to invest or down payment on house at 22. And likely will have the same available outcomes, maybe better as a D1 athlete.. pass on Williamstown all day every day

I understand going with the scholarship if the need was there, but no serious student would choose a Colgate education over Williams. That's just silly. However, since most recruited athletes are not at the top of the academic heap, that makes sense. Colgate was probably a better fit all the way around.

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Anonymous wrote:I had to look at the date this thread began, and yep — it's that same old 2021 thread that some weird LAC-hater keeps reviving.

Once again! Different schools are great for different kids. Big universities are ideal for some undergraduates. And for many others, LACs are kind of the platonic ideal of college: small classes taught by dedicated professors, and a community where you won't get lost in a sea of students.

And I don't just mean the Amhersts and Pomonas, but even a lot of LACs slightly lower on US News's rankings can be terrific for the right undergraduate. I've had colleagues and friends who went to places like Beliot, Knox, Whitman, Sarah Lawrence, Bard, etc. who are very smart, even-keeled, happy adults who've had great career tracks. (Some but not all did grad school.)

I guess by making this comment, I'm keeping this thread alive even more. But jeez, quit the axe-grinding.

I’m assuming the anti-LAC posts are either an algorithm or some underpaid content farmer trying to dream up pot stirring content (like many of the posts on DCUM the follow the “I think [idiotic opinion]. Discuss.” formula. I can’t imagine actual functioning adults caring enough about other parents’ college choices to create a thread about it.

i think it’s the reverse. an LAC troll creating threads when people do not give two shits about LACs

Then why do you engage? Are you so insecure that you can't handle the thought that you made a bad decision? Your kid will be fine at Towson.

I am not going to bother trying to figure out who is talking to who. But I live near Towson. It's a perfectly fine regional state university that launches many of its graduates into competent and successful lives. And the kids seem normal and happy. Which is more than I can say for some of the "fancy" schools, including my own alma mater.

-- double Ivy grad.

It makes sense. They also didn't pay $90k for a school that the layman and most employers do not know nor care about.

Not to drag this out any more that it needs to be, but this has always seemed like a pretty weird criticism of SLACs. Does John Q know what Wash U is or Rice (outside of St. Louis and Houston)? No, most people don’t know most schools unless they have a sports team of note or are one of the evil 8. Does a west coast employer who knows those schools really not know what Middlebury or Haverford or Bucknell is? If so they’re pretty bad at their job. I’m not in the Williams is just as good as Harvard camp. Apples and oranges. But the general SLAC slander is pretty weak.

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Anonymous wrote:I had to look at the date this thread began, and yep — it's that same old 2021 thread that some weird LAC-hater keeps reviving.

Once again! Different schools are great for different kids. Big universities are ideal for some undergraduates. And for many others, LACs are kind of the platonic ideal of college: small classes taught by dedicated professors, and a community where you won't get lost in a sea of students.

And I don't just mean the Amhersts and Pomonas, but even a lot of LACs slightly lower on US News's rankings can be terrific for the right undergraduate. I've had colleagues and friends who went to places like Beliot, Knox, Whitman, Sarah Lawrence, Bard, etc. who are very smart, even-keeled, happy adults who've had great career tracks. (Some but not all did grad school.)

I guess by making this comment, I'm keeping this thread alive even more. But jeez, quit the axe-grinding.

I’m assuming the anti-LAC posts are either an algorithm or some underpaid content farmer trying to dream up pot stirring content (like many of the posts on DCUM the follow the “I think [idiotic opinion]. Discuss.” formula. I can’t imagine actual functioning adults caring enough about other parents’ college choices to create a thread about it.

i think it’s the reverse. an LAC troll creating threads when people do not give two shits about LACs

Then why do you engage? Are you so insecure that you can't handle the thought that you made a bad decision? Your kid will be fine at Towson.

I am not going to bother trying to figure out who is talking to who. But I live near Towson. It's a perfectly fine regional state university that launches many of its graduates into competent and successful lives. And the kids seem normal and happy. Which is more than I can say for some of the "fancy" schools, including my own alma mater.

-- double Ivy grad.

It makes sense. They also didn't pay $90k for a school that the layman and most employers do not know nor care about.

Not to drag this out any more that it needs to be, but this has always seemed like a pretty weird criticism of SLACs. Does John Q know what Wash U is or Rice (outside of St. Louis and Houston)? No, most people don’t know most schools unless they have a sports team of note or are one of the evil 8. Does a west coast employer who knows those schools really not know what Middlebury or Haverford or Bucknell is? If so they’re pretty bad at their job. I’m not in the Williams is just as good as Harvard camp. Apples and oranges. But the general SLAC slander is pretty weak.

Makes it easier to make stuff up and brag about an unknown SLACs than GMU or JMU. Besides, it has the added benefit of having fewer Asians to compete against (except for maybe a couple).

You know the saying, if more than 20% Asians are in a particular class, drop the class since A is not happening.

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Anonymous wrote:Agree 3 hours in Willamstown is 2 hours too much.

Somebody's kid didn't get in. Is that you Colby booster?

First PP. No, Williams dropped off her list and she ED'd to Amherst instead. Amherst was at the outer limit of her tolerance for remote, and she is very happy there.

I’m the one who received the jab about southern schools.. during overnite, the nerd hosts took my kid to the library and flexed about how long each spent on an econ problem. Bleh. Combined with the coach basically embarrassing himself begging my kid to pick Williams and several pompous (and unpublished) professors, very easy decision to go “lower in the rankings” for a fun school with comparable outcomes

The mixing of "nerd hosts", "begging coach", and "pompous professors" into a single thread which is a triple of "non-existent stereotypes" at Williams (or other top NESCAC SLACs) was an impressive attempt. Thank-you for such an interesting little bit of fiction.

painful as it may be for some of you, there are some raging nerds at Williams. And the begging coach was real, who lost out to Colgate and a 50% athletic scholarship for my kid. Will fully fund his roth IRA ($7k a year next 4 years), and cut him a check for the balance to invest or down payment on house at 22. And likely will have the same available outcomes, maybe better as a D1 athlete.. pass on Williamstown all day every day

I understand going with the scholarship if the need was there, but no serious student would choose a Colgate education over Williams. That's just silly. However, since most recruited athletes are not at the top of the academic heap, that makes sense. Colgate was probably a better fit all the way around.

for whatever perceived difference in education there may be between Williams and Colgate, I can assure you the outcomes are comparable -
signed,
parent of Williams grad ‘23 and Colgate grad ‘25

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Anonymous wrote:I had to look at the date this thread began, and yep — it's that same old 2021 thread that some weird LAC-hater keeps reviving.

Once again! Different schools are great for different kids. Big universities are ideal for some undergraduates. And for many others, LACs are kind of the platonic ideal of college: small classes taught by dedicated professors, and a community where you won't get lost in a sea of students.

And I don't just mean the Amhersts and Pomonas, but even a lot of LACs slightly lower on US News's rankings can be terrific for the right undergraduate. I've had colleagues and friends who went to places like Beliot, Knox, Whitman, Sarah Lawrence, Bard, etc. who are very smart, even-keeled, happy adults who've had great career tracks. (Some but not all did grad school.)

I guess by making this comment, I'm keeping this thread alive even more. But jeez, quit the axe-grinding.

I’m assuming the anti-LAC posts are either an algorithm or some underpaid content farmer trying to dream up pot stirring content (like many of the posts on DCUM the follow the “I think [idiotic opinion]. Discuss.” formula. I can’t imagine actual functioning adults caring enough about other parents’ college choices to create a thread about it.

i think it’s the reverse. an LAC troll creating threads when people do not give two shits about LACs

Then why do you engage? Are you so insecure that you can't handle the thought that you made a bad decision? Your kid will be fine at Towson.

I am not going to bother trying to figure out who is talking to who. But I live near Towson. It's a perfectly fine regional state university that launches many of its graduates into competent and successful lives. And the kids seem normal and happy. Which is more than I can say for some of the "fancy" schools, including my own alma mater.

-- double Ivy grad.

It makes sense. They also didn't pay $90k for a school that the layman and most employers do not know nor care about.

Not to drag this out any more that it needs to be, but this has always seemed like a pretty weird criticism of SLACs. Does John Q know what Wash U is or Rice (outside of St. Louis and Houston)? No, most people don’t know most schools unless they have a sports team of note or are one of the evil 8. Does a west coast employer who knows those schools really not know what Middlebury or Haverford or Bucknell is? If so they’re pretty bad at their job. I’m not in the Williams is just as good as Harvard camp. Apples and oranges. But the general SLAC slander is pretty weak.

Makes it easier to make stuff up and brag about an unknown SLACs than GMU or JMU. Besides, it has the added benefit of having fewer Asians to compete against (except for maybe a couple).

You know the saying, if more than 20% Asians are in a particular class, drop the class since A is not happening.

Is that why discrimination against Asian applicants/students still occur at the top universities - bowing to non-white parents' pressures.

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Anonymous wrote:I had to look at the date this thread began, and yep — it's that same old 2021 thread that some weird LAC-hater keeps reviving.

Once again! Different schools are great for different kids. Big universities are ideal for some undergraduates. And for many others, LACs are kind of the platonic ideal of college: small classes taught by dedicated professors, and a community where you won't get lost in a sea of students.

And I don't just mean the Amhersts and Pomonas, but even a lot of LACs slightly lower on US News's rankings can be terrific for the right undergraduate. I've had colleagues and friends who went to places like Beliot, Knox, Whitman, Sarah Lawrence, Bard, etc. who are very smart, even-keeled, happy adults who've had great career tracks. (Some but not all did grad school.)

I guess by making this comment, I'm keeping this thread alive even more. But jeez, quit the axe-grinding.

I’m assuming the anti-LAC posts are either an algorithm or some underpaid content farmer trying to dream up pot stirring content (like many of the posts on DCUM the follow the “I think [idiotic opinion]. Discuss.” formula. I can’t imagine actual functioning adults caring enough about other parents’ college choices to create a thread about it.

i think it’s the reverse. an LAC troll creating threads when people do not give two shits about LACs

Then why do you engage? Are you so insecure that you can't handle the thought that you made a bad decision? Your kid will be fine at Towson.

I am not going to bother trying to figure out who is talking to who. But I live near Towson. It's a perfectly fine regional state university that launches many of its graduates into competent and successful lives. And the kids seem normal and happy. Which is more than I can say for some of the "fancy" schools, including my own alma mater.

-- double Ivy grad.

It makes sense. They also didn't pay $90k for a school that the layman and most employers do not know nor care about.

Not to drag this out any more that it needs to be, but this has always seemed like a pretty weird criticism of SLACs. Does John Q know what Wash U is or Rice (outside of St. Louis and Houston)? No, most people don’t know most schools unless they have a sports team of note or are one of the evil 8. Does a west coast employer who knows those schools really not know what Middlebury or Haverford or Bucknell is? If so they’re pretty bad at their job. I’m not in the Williams is just as good as Harvard camp. Apples and oranges. But the general SLAC slander is pretty weak.

Makes it easier to make stuff up and brag about an unknown SLACs than GMU or JMU. Besides, it has the added benefit of having fewer Asians to compete against (except for maybe a couple).

You know the saying, if more than 20% Asians are in a particular class, drop the class since A is not happening.

Is that why discrimination against Asian applicants/students still occur at the top universities - bowing to non-white parents' pressures.

Quit crying 'asian discrimination' when you don't get what you think you deserve. Face it, your kid didn't measure up in holistic admissions.

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Anonymous wrote:I had to look at the date this thread began, and yep — it's that same old 2021 thread that some weird LAC-hater keeps reviving.

Once again! Different schools are great for different kids. Big universities are ideal for some undergraduates. And for many others, LACs are kind of the platonic ideal of college: small classes taught by dedicated professors, and a community where you won't get lost in a sea of students.

And I don't just mean the Amhersts and Pomonas, but even a lot of LACs slightly lower on US News's rankings can be terrific for the right undergraduate. I've had colleagues and friends who went to places like Beliot, Knox, Whitman, Sarah Lawrence, Bard, etc. who are very smart, even-keeled, happy adults who've had great career tracks. (Some but not all did grad school.)

I guess by making this comment, I'm keeping this thread alive even more. But jeez, quit the axe-grinding.

I’m assuming the anti-LAC posts are either an algorithm or some underpaid content farmer trying to dream up pot stirring content (like many of the posts on DCUM the follow the “I think [idiotic opinion]. Discuss.” formula. I can’t imagine actual functioning adults caring enough about other parents’ college choices to create a thread about it.

i think it’s the reverse. an LAC troll creating threads when people do not give two shits about LACs

Then why do you engage? Are you so insecure that you can't handle the thought that you made a bad decision? Your kid will be fine at Towson.

I am not going to bother trying to figure out who is talking to who. But I live near Towson. It's a perfectly fine regional state university that launches many of its graduates into competent and successful lives. And the kids seem normal and happy. Which is more than I can say for some of the "fancy" schools, including my own alma mater.

-- double Ivy grad.

It makes sense. They also didn't pay $90k for a school that the layman and most employers do not know nor care about.

Not to drag this out any more that it needs to be, but this has always seemed like a pretty weird criticism of SLACs. Does John Q know what Wash U is or Rice (outside of St. Louis and Houston)? No, most people don’t know most schools unless they have a sports team of note or are one of the evil 8. Does a west coast employer who knows those schools really not know what Middlebury or Haverford or Bucknell is? If so they’re pretty bad at their job. I’m not in the Williams is just as good as Harvard camp. Apples and oranges. But the general SLAC slander is pretty weak.

Makes it easier to make stuff up and brag about an unknown SLACs than GMU or JMU. Besides, it has the added benefit of having fewer Asians to compete against (except for maybe a couple).

You know the saying, if more than 20% Asians are in a particular class, drop the class since A is not happening.

This post pretty perfectly captures the intellectual level of this thread. Some racism, some desperate need for validation. What actual adult spends any time “bragging” about anything?

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Anonymous wrote:I had to look at the date this thread began, and yep — it's that same old 2021 thread that some weird LAC-hater keeps reviving.

Once again! Different schools are great for different kids. Big universities are ideal for some undergraduates. And for many others, LACs are kind of the platonic ideal of college: small classes taught by dedicated professors, and a community where you won't get lost in a sea of students.

And I don't just mean the Amhersts and Pomonas, but even a lot of LACs slightly lower on US News's rankings can be terrific for the right undergraduate. I've had colleagues and friends who went to places like Beliot, Knox, Whitman, Sarah Lawrence, Bard, etc. who are very smart, even-keeled, happy adults who've had great career tracks. (Some but not all did grad school.)

I guess by making this comment, I'm keeping this thread alive even more. But jeez, quit the axe-grinding.

I’m assuming the anti-LAC posts are either an algorithm or some underpaid content farmer trying to dream up pot stirring content (like many of the posts on DCUM the follow the “I think [idiotic opinion]. Discuss.” formula. I can’t imagine actual functioning adults caring enough about other parents’ college choices to create a thread about it.

i think it’s the reverse. an LAC troll creating threads when people do not give two shits about LACs

Then why do you engage? Are you so insecure that you can't handle the thought that you made a bad decision? Your kid will be fine at Towson.

I am not going to bother trying to figure out who is talking to who. But I live near Towson. It's a perfectly fine regional state university that launches many of its graduates into competent and successful lives. And the kids seem normal and happy. Which is more than I can say for some of the "fancy" schools, including my own alma mater.

-- double Ivy grad.

It makes sense. They also didn't pay $90k for a school that the layman and most employers do not know nor care about.

Not to drag this out any more that it needs to be, but this has always seemed like a pretty weird criticism of SLACs. Does John Q know what Wash U is or Rice (outside of St. Louis and Houston)? No, most people don’t know most schools unless they have a sports team of note or are one of the evil 8. Does a west coast employer who knows those schools really not know what Middlebury or Haverford or Bucknell is? If so they’re pretty bad at their job. I’m not in the Williams is just as good as Harvard camp. Apples and oranges. But the general SLAC slander is pretty weak.

Makes it easier to make stuff up and brag about an unknown SLACs than GMU or JMU. Besides, it has the added benefit of having fewer Asians to compete against (except for maybe a couple).

You know the saying, if more than 20% Asians are in a particular class, drop the class since A is not happening.

Is that why discrimination against Asian applicants/students still occur at the top universities - bowing to non-white parents' pressures.

Quit crying 'asian discrimination' when you don't get what you think you deserve. Face it, your kid didn't measure up in holistic admissions.

Is that what you say to black applicants as well?

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Anonymous wrote:I had to look at the date this thread began, and yep — it's that same old 2021 thread that some weird LAC-hater keeps reviving.

Once again! Different schools are great for different kids. Big universities are ideal for some undergraduates. And for many others, LACs are kind of the platonic ideal of college: small classes taught by dedicated professors, and a community where you won't get lost in a sea of students.

And I don't just mean the Amhersts and Pomonas, but even a lot of LACs slightly lower on US News's rankings can be terrific for the right undergraduate. I've had colleagues and friends who went to places like Beliot, Knox, Whitman, Sarah Lawrence, Bard, etc. who are very smart, even-keeled, happy adults who've had great career tracks. (Some but not all did grad school.)

I guess by making this comment, I'm keeping this thread alive even more. But jeez, quit the axe-grinding.

I’m assuming the anti-LAC posts are either an algorithm or some underpaid content farmer trying to dream up pot stirring content (like many of the posts on DCUM the follow the “I think [idiotic opinion]. Discuss.” formula. I can’t imagine actual functioning adults caring enough about other parents’ college choices to create a thread about it.

i think it’s the reverse. an LAC troll creating threads when people do not give two shits about LACs

Then why do you engage? Are you so insecure that you can't handle the thought that you made a bad decision? Your kid will be fine at Towson.

I am not going to bother trying to figure out who is talking to who. But I live near Towson. It's a perfectly fine regional state university that launches many of its graduates into competent and successful lives. And the kids seem normal and happy. Which is more than I can say for some of the "fancy" schools, including my own alma mater.

-- double Ivy grad.

It makes sense. They also didn't pay $90k for a school that the layman and most employers do not know nor care about.

Not to drag this out any more that it needs to be, but this has always seemed like a pretty weird criticism of SLACs. Does John Q know what Wash U is or Rice (outside of St. Louis and Houston)? No, most people don’t know most schools unless they have a sports team of note or are one of the evil 8. Does a west coast employer who knows those schools really not know what Middlebury or Haverford or Bucknell is? If so they’re pretty bad at their job. I’m not in the Williams is just as good as Harvard camp. Apples and oranges. But the general SLAC slander is pretty weak.

Makes it easier to make stuff up and brag about an unknown SLACs than GMU or JMU. Besides, it has the added benefit of having fewer Asians to compete against (except for maybe a couple).

You know the saying, if more than 20% Asians are in a particular class, drop the class since A is not happening.

I did hear about dropping classes if too many asians in a college class from my kids.

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Anonymous wrote:I had to look at the date this thread began, and yep — it's that same old 2021 thread that some weird LAC-hater keeps reviving.

Once again! Different schools are great for different kids. Big universities are ideal for some undergraduates. And for many others, LACs are kind of the platonic ideal of college: small classes taught by dedicated professors, and a community where you won't get lost in a sea of students.

And I don't just mean the Amhersts and Pomonas, but even a lot of LACs slightly lower on US News's rankings can be terrific for the right undergraduate. I've had colleagues and friends who went to places like Beliot, Knox, Whitman, Sarah Lawrence, Bard, etc. who are very smart, even-keeled, happy adults who've had great career tracks. (Some but not all did grad school.)

I guess by making this comment, I'm keeping this thread alive even more. But jeez, quit the axe-grinding.

I’m assuming the anti-LAC posts are either an algorithm or some underpaid content farmer trying to dream up pot stirring content (like many of the posts on DCUM the follow the “I think [idiotic opinion]. Discuss.” formula. I can’t imagine actual functioning adults caring enough about other parents’ college choices to create a thread about it.

i think it’s the reverse. an LAC troll creating threads when people do not give two shits about LACs

Then why do you engage? Are you so insecure that you can't handle the thought that you made a bad decision? Your kid will be fine at Towson.

I am not going to bother trying to figure out who is talking to who. But I live near Towson. It's a perfectly fine regional state university that launches many of its graduates into competent and successful lives. And the kids seem normal and happy. Which is more than I can say for some of the "fancy" schools, including my own alma mater.

-- double Ivy grad.

It makes sense. They also didn't pay $90k for a school that the layman and most employers do not know nor care about.

Not to drag this out any more that it needs to be, but this has always seemed like a pretty weird criticism of SLACs. Does John Q know what Wash U is or Rice (outside of St. Louis and Houston)? No, most people don’t know most schools unless they have a sports team of note or are one of the evil 8. Does a west coast employer who knows those schools really not know what Middlebury or Haverford or Bucknell is? If so they’re pretty bad at their job. I’m not in the Williams is just as good as Harvard camp. Apples and oranges. But the general SLAC slander is pretty weak.

You know the saying, if more than 20% Asians are in a particular class, drop the class since A is not happening.

Sounds like a skill issue.

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Anonymous wrote:I had to look at the date this thread began, and yep — it's that same old 2021 thread that some weird LAC-hater keeps reviving.

Once again! Different schools are great for different kids. Big universities are ideal for some undergraduates. And for many others, LACs are kind of the platonic ideal of college: small classes taught by dedicated professors, and a community where you won't get lost in a sea of students.

And I don't just mean the Amhersts and Pomonas, but even a lot of LACs slightly lower on US News's rankings can be terrific for the right undergraduate. I've had colleagues and friends who went to places like Beliot, Knox, Whitman, Sarah Lawrence, Bard, etc. who are very smart, even-keeled, happy adults who've had great career tracks. (Some but not all did grad school.)

I guess by making this comment, I'm keeping this thread alive even more. But jeez, quit the axe-grinding.

I’m assuming the anti-LAC posts are either an algorithm or some underpaid content farmer trying to dream up pot stirring content (like many of the posts on DCUM the follow the “I think [idiotic opinion]. Discuss.” formula. I can’t imagine actual functioning adults caring enough about other parents’ college choices to create a thread about it.

i think it’s the reverse. an LAC troll creating threads when people do not give two shits about LACs

Then why do you engage? Are you so insecure that you can't handle the thought that you made a bad decision? Your kid will be fine at Towson.

I am not going to bother trying to figure out who is talking to who. But I live near Towson. It's a perfectly fine regional state university that launches many of its graduates into competent and successful lives. And the kids seem normal and happy. Which is more than I can say for some of the "fancy" schools, including my own alma mater.

-- double Ivy grad.

It makes sense. They also didn't pay $90k for a school that the layman and most employers do not know nor care about.

Not to drag this out any more that it needs to be, but this has always seemed like a pretty weird criticism of SLACs. Does John Q know what Wash U is or Rice (outside of St. Louis and Houston)? No, most people don’t know most schools unless they have a sports team of note or are one of the evil 8. Does a west coast employer who knows those schools really not know what Middlebury or Haverford or Bucknell is? If so they’re pretty bad at their job. I’m not in the Williams is just as good as Harvard camp. Apples and oranges. But the general SLAC slander is pretty weak.

Makes it easier to make stuff up and brag about an unknown SLACs than GMU or JMU. Besides, it has the added benefit of having fewer Asians to compete against (except for maybe a couple).

You know the saying, if more than 20% Asians are in a particular class, drop the class since A is not happening.

I did hear about dropping classes if too many asians in a college class from my kids.

White DC is pre-med at a SLAC, with majority Asian classmates. They're getting straight As and A+s, but thanks for the advice.

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What I want to know is why someone resurrected a post from five years ago.