Your dream school

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Anonymous wrote:Vandy. Went there for my JD and loved it. Wish I'd applied for UG.

My college choice came down to Vandy or Emory (after William & Mary rejected me). I chose Emory, but really wish I'd have chosen Vandy.

How times have changed.

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Stanford was my dream school. But I was rejected and ended up at Yale.

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Picked Vassar ED and then UCLA over USC for grad school and would choose the same again. SLAC then big public was pretty magical!

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I really wanted to attend Bowdoin, but was rejected. Attended Northwestern and met my better half so it all worked out!!!

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I went to HYP, and I'm grateful for the experience. But I have since wondered if a top SLAC would have been a better experience.

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Anonymous wrote:Georgetown. Went to UVA (where I had a fabulous time) because we could not afford the School of Foreign Service tab. Ended up getting my JD at GULC but it wasn’t the same being downtown.

This is likely to be my kid. Hard to justify $80-90k year against in-state UVA tuition, especially as UVA is now ranked 24.

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Swarthmore was my dream and I loved it and am grateful for the opportunities and friendships I made. One of my teens wants a similar school and one wants as big as possible.

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Anonymous wrote:I went to HYP, and I'm grateful for the experience. But I have since wondered if a top SLAC would have been a better experience.

I went to a SLAC and have had friends who went to Duke, Stanford and Cornell all say they wish they had gone to my school instead.

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I went to Harvard which was my dream school at the time but it didn’t turn out to be a good fit. I think a SLAC would have been better.

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Anonymous wrote:SLAC all the way! I loved Duke but my son’s experiences and opportunities at a SLAC are unbeatable.

Curious which SLAC?

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I attended my state flagship because that’s where everyone in my family went. I had some of the best times of my life but didn’t do so well academically. I did do much better in law school with smaller classes. I wish I had attended a SLAC and am encouraging my kids to do so.

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Anonymous wrote:I went to HYP, and I'm grateful for the experience. But I have since wondered if a top SLAC would have been a better experience.

I went to a SLAC and have had friends who went to Duke, Stanford and Cornell all say they wish they had gone to my school instead.

The LAC boosters are intolerable. Always push an anonymous LAC over elite Ivies & Ivy Plus schools, but never "reveal" the name of the mysterious LAC. Total bs.

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Anonymous wrote:I went to Harvard which was my dream school at the time but it didn’t turn out to be a good fit. I think a SLAC would have been better.

+1

Another Harvard grad. I never applied but I wish I’d gone to Yale.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I went to HYP, and I'm grateful for the experience. But I have since wondered if a top SLAC would have been a better experience.

I went to a SLAC and have had friends who went to Duke, Stanford and Cornell all say they wish they had gone to my school instead.

The LAC boosters are intolerable. Always push an anonymous LAC over elite Ivies & Ivy Plus schools, but never "reveal" the name of the mysterious LAC. Total bs.

Maybe because they know the anti-SLAC trolls are ready to pounce? Their point has been made—anybody reading and curious about SLACs can research which SLAC might be the best fit for themselves.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I went to Harvard which was my dream school at the time but it didn’t turn out to be a good fit. I think a SLAC would have been better.

+1

Another Harvard grad. I never applied but I wish I’d gone to Yale.

Why?