Colleges that Change Lives

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I know a kid who applied to Beloit, Kenyon, Cornell College and Denison on top of some of the usual suspect big publics (Michigan, Wisconsin, UVA, UVM etc.) He is in a very specialized major program (think something that you can only find at 5-6 schools) and was down to Wisconsin, Kenyon and Beloit at the end of things. Got a full ride at Beloit but turned it down to be at Wisconsin with his then-girlfriend. Regrets it to this day and wishes he could transfer to get more one on one attention.

It just goes to show you that it’s SO dependent on the person. I’m from Wisconsin and a lot of my friends were really into these tiny liberal arts colleges in high school but were beyond ready to graduate (or transferred to places like UW or Minnesota) after while. Always seeing the same people, having the same professors again and again, etc. Stifling is a good way to describe it.

I don’t know, I’d rather have smaller classes taught by professors than larger lectures with hundreds of students and classes taught by TAs.

That describes virtually every LAC. These CTCL schools just seem like third tier LACs that have latched onto a marketing gimmick out of necessity.

[Anonymous]

^^ I believe that CTCL is a marketing gimmick. Some eight years ago I attended one of the first conferences where the colleges mentioned in the book each had a stall so kids could walk around and talk -- typical college fair. I had read the book and was curious so started talking to the school reps. It WAS a marketing ploy - they were fighting amongst themselves to stay on the CTCL list! Then I asked my old LAC and they were paying to try to get on it! Since then I have dismissed all the CTCL chatter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know a kid who applied to Beloit, Kenyon, Cornell College and Denison on top of some of the usual suspect big publics (Michigan, Wisconsin, UVA, UVM etc.) He is in a very specialized major program (think something that you can only find at 5-6 schools) and was down to Wisconsin, Kenyon and Beloit at the end of things. Got a full ride at Beloit but turned it down to be at Wisconsin with his then-girlfriend. Regrets it to this day and wishes he could transfer to get more one on one attention.

It just goes to show you that it’s SO dependent on the person. I’m from Wisconsin and a lot of my friends were really into these tiny liberal arts colleges in high school but were beyond ready to graduate (or transferred to places like UW or Minnesota) after while. Always seeing the same people, having the same professors again and again, etc. Stifling is a good way to describe it.

I don’t know, I’d rather have smaller classes taught by professors than larger lectures with hundreds of students and classes taught by TAs.

Yes, that’s why I said “it’s dependent on the person.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know a kid who applied to Beloit, Kenyon, Cornell College and Denison on top of some of the usual suspect big publics (Michigan, Wisconsin, UVA, UVM etc.) He is in a very specialized major program (think something that you can only find at 5-6 schools) and was down to Wisconsin, Kenyon and Beloit at the end of things. Got a full ride at Beloit but turned it down to be at Wisconsin with his then-girlfriend. Regrets it to this day and wishes he could transfer to get more one on one attention.

It just goes to show you that it’s SO dependent on the person. I’m from Wisconsin and a lot of my friends were really into these tiny liberal arts colleges in high school but were beyond ready to graduate (or transferred to places like UW or Minnesota) after while. Always seeing the same people, having the same professors again and again, etc. Stifling is a good way to describe it.

I don’t know, I’d rather have smaller classes taught by professors than larger lectures with hundreds of students and classes taught by TAs.

That describes virtually every LAC. These CTCL schools just seem like third tier LACs that have latched onto a marketing gimmick out of necessity.

Yeah, isn’t that just a small school vs. a big school thing? I went to a non-CTCL school and never had a TA..

[Anonymous]

Be sure to note the graduation rate and freshmen retention rate at some of these CTCL schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know a kid who applied to Beloit, Kenyon, Cornell College and Denison on top of some of the usual suspect big publics (Michigan, Wisconsin, UVA, UVM etc.) He is in a very specialized major program (think something that you can only find at 5-6 schools) and was down to Wisconsin, Kenyon and Beloit at the end of things. Got a full ride at Beloit but turned it down to be at Wisconsin with his then-girlfriend. Regrets it to this day and wishes he could transfer to get more one on one attention.

It just goes to show you that it’s SO dependent on the person. I’m from Wisconsin and a lot of my friends were really into these tiny liberal arts colleges in high school but were beyond ready to graduate (or transferred to places like UW or Minnesota) after while. Always seeing the same people, having the same professors again and again, etc. Stifling is a good way to describe it.

I don’t know, I’d rather have smaller classes taught by professors than larger lectures with hundreds of students and classes taught by TAs.

Well, me too. But that’s the rub- I wasn’t willing to give up other benefits of a large university JUST so I could have small classes. It’s a trade off.