I find all these SLACS to be so similar

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Anonymous wrote:Bucknell if your desired outcome is finance/Wall Street.

How does Bucknell.compare to Haverford? Looking for a DC that possibly would be interested in engineering at Bucknell but not into the Greek scene or constant partying

Haverford very woke. More intellectual than Bucknell—bro, frat culture.

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Anonymous wrote:For 90k, I will not look beyond WASP.. rest aren't worth

So you are saying you can afford 90k but would only do it if the name were famous enough. Thing is, inability to get high value out of more than the top 4 USNWR LACs isn’t the flex you think. That says more about a dependence on name recognition than anything about the schools or fit. It instills way more confidence and ambition to assure a kid they will be fine if they do great work wherever they land, but, hey, you do you.

+1

Seriously, the WASP or nothing perspective is so tired.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For 90k, I will not look beyond WASP.. rest aren't worth

So you are saying you can afford 90k but would only do it if the name were famous enough. Thing is, inability to get high value out of more than the top 4 USNWR LACs isn’t the flex you think. That says more about a dependence on name recognition than anything about the schools or fit. It instills way more confidence and ambition to assure a kid they will be fine if they do great work wherever they land, but, hey, you do you.

+1

Seriously, the WASP or nothing perspective is so tired.

for 90k

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My DD is at a WASP school, but I consider Bowdoin, Wellesley, and Carleton to be peers. WASP has more traditional prestige for whatever that's worth, but I could see how one of those three schools might be better for some kids in the same way that some kids might prefer Brown or Duke over Yale and Harvard. If I were a high school student, my personal preference would be Pomona, Bowdoin, and Williams in that order.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bucknell if your desired outcome is finance/Wall Street.

How does Bucknell.compare to Haverford? Looking for a DC that possibly would be interested in engineering at Bucknell but not into the Greek scene or constant partying

Haverford very woke. More intellectual than Bucknell—bro, frat culture.

Those Bucknell bros do very well on The Street and in high-paying consulting jobs after graduation. I dare say they have much stronger outcomes on average than the typical Haverford woke intellectual.

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Middlebury all the way

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Anonymous wrote:My kid is a first year at Amherst. I could not be happier. I had some of the worries about small school, athlete/non-athlete split, etc. but all of the great things about the SLAC environment have proven to be true (and not the downsides). What makes me so happy, is that my kid and (the other kid she knew that went) are the happiest amongst their friend group from HS. Easy to get involved in activities, great professors, and most importantly just a great group of kids and the school fosters community (kids eat together, lots of school events, etc.). We looked at a lot of the SLACs and liked a number. Could not be happier with the choice that was made. Whether something is worth the tuition is a personal decision. From my perspective, totally worth the money.

Interesting post.

Much easier for a recent high school student to adjust to a small school--such as an LAC--because the experiences are somewhat similar.

Freshmen at large universities undergo a lot of growing pains initially.

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Anonymous wrote:I can't imagine paying $80-90k for any school. And all of these SLACs sound exactly the same.

That’s why they offer Mercedes, Hondas and Kias. Options for all price points, some better than others. For those with the means, or the ability to qualify for merit or financial aid, SLACs can be amazing experiences. I have kids at two different SLACs and have seen the benefits firsthand.

I have a kid at one of the SLACs mentioned upthread. She's a first year. All of her classes are taught by full profs and they have 20 students or fewer. Profs grade her work (there aren't any TAs), they know her by name, classes are interactive. Even her lab is staffed by a professor. Spouse and I are downright floored at how different this is from our own education (at a top Ivy and top public univ).

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bucknell if your desired outcome is finance/Wall Street.

How does Bucknell.compare to Haverford? Looking for a DC that possibly would be interested in engineering at Bucknell but not into the Greek scene or constant partying

Haverford very woke. More intellectual than Bucknell—bro, frat culture.

Those Bucknell bros do very well on The Street and in high-paying consulting jobs after graduation. I dare say they have much stronger outcomes on average than the typical Haverford woke intellectual.

Bucknell and Haverford are opposites as Bucknell is frat bro culture and Haverford is super woke. Would not pay full tuition for either school unless money / cost is of no concern whatsoever.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can't imagine paying $80-90k for any school. And all of these SLACs sound exactly the same.

That’s why they offer Mercedes, Hondas and Kias. Options for all price points, some better than others. For those with the means, or the ability to qualify for merit or financial aid, SLACs can be amazing experiences. I have kids at two different SLACs and have seen the benefits firsthand.

I have a kid at one of the SLACs mentioned upthread. She's a first year. All of her classes are taught by full profs and they have 20 students or fewer. Profs grade her work (there aren't any TAs), they know her by name, classes are interactive. Even her lab is staffed by a professor. Spouse and I are downright floored at how different this is from our own education (at a top Ivy and top public univ).

Love this type of LAC bolstering post which never names any of the alleged schools. This is done so that those with actual recent knowledge of a named school cannot correct the bs in the LAC sales-pitch.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can't imagine paying $80-90k for any school. And all of these SLACs sound exactly the same.

That’s why they offer Mercedes, Hondas and Kias. Options for all price points, some better than others. For those with the means, or the ability to qualify for merit or financial aid, SLACs can be amazing experiences. I have kids at two different SLACs and have seen the benefits firsthand.

I have a kid at one of the SLACs mentioned upthread. She's a first year. All of her classes are taught by full profs and they have 20 students or fewer. Profs grade her work (there aren't any TAs), they know her by name, classes are interactive. Even her lab is staffed by a professor. Spouse and I are downright floored at how different this is from our own education (at a top Ivy and top public univ).

Love this type of LAC bolstering post which never names any of the alleged schools. This is done so that those with actual recent knowledge of a named school cannot correct the bs in the LAC sales-pitch.

Would it not be less conspiratorial to conclude they mean what they say and happen to believe other LACs are similar? If they name the school they would be viewed as school boosters. If you understand the LAC model, you understand what they are saying applies elsewhere. It certainly applies to ours. All their claims are very basic, known attributes of LACs.

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Anonymous wrote:I can't imagine paying $80-90k for any school. And all of these SLACs sound exactly the same.

It could be said that large state schools all seem the same too and out of state prices for those aren’t cheap either.

+1 this is a DC board, and we don't get state tuition anywhere. Private schools are essentially the same price for us, and many of them give merit making them cheaper than your generic, impersonal, giant state school.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bucknell if your desired outcome is finance/Wall Street.

How does Bucknell.compare to Haverford? Looking for a DC that possibly would be interested in engineering at Bucknell but not into the Greek scene or constant partying

Haverford very woke. More intellectual than Bucknell—bro, frat culture.

Those Bucknell bros do very well on The Street and in high-paying consulting jobs after graduation. I dare say they have much stronger outcomes on average than the typical Haverford woke intellectual.

It isn't a strong outcome if you don't want to sell your soul on Wall Street. None of my kids want the jobs you think are so awesome.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bucknell if your desired outcome is finance/Wall Street.

How does Bucknell.compare to Haverford? Looking for a DC that possibly would be interested in engineering at Bucknell but not into the Greek scene or constant partying

Haverford very woke. More intellectual than Bucknell—bro, frat culture.

Those Bucknell bros do very well on The Street and in high-paying consulting jobs after graduation. I dare say they have much stronger outcomes on average than the typical Haverford woke intellectual.

Bucknell booster strikes again! Look at post graduation outcomes: Bucknell is not even close to Haverford. Completely different caliber of student.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can't imagine paying $80-90k for any school. And all of these SLACs sound exactly the same.

That’s why they offer Mercedes, Hondas and Kias. Options for all price points, some better than others. For those with the means, or the ability to qualify for merit or financial aid, SLACs can be amazing experiences. I have kids at two different SLACs and have seen the benefits firsthand.

I have a kid at one of the SLACs mentioned upthread. She's a first year. All of her classes are taught by full profs and they have 20 students or fewer. Profs grade her work (there aren't any TAs), they know her by name, classes are interactive. Even her lab is staffed by a professor. Spouse and I are downright floored at how different this is from our own education (at a top Ivy and top public univ).

Love this type of LAC bolstering post which never names any of the alleged schools. This is done so that those with actual recent knowledge of a named school cannot correct the bs in the LAC sales-pitch.

Would it not be less conspiratorial to conclude they mean what they say and happen to believe other LACs are similar? If they name the school they would be viewed as school boosters. If you understand the LAC model, you understand what they are saying applies elsewhere. It certainly applies to ours. All their claims are very basic, known attributes of LACs.

No, because that poster dissed "a top Ivy" and a "top public university". Typical LAC hucksterism.