Atlantic article on LACs

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I will never understand the deep insecurity of SLAC parents. How many of these threads do we need?

I understand the deep butthurt of DCUM parents who always jump into SLAC threads to whine about the “excessive” number of athletes at SLACs. It’s because poor little Ethan got cut from the 8th grade travel team and never made high school varsity.

This is what happens when the GMU grad VA housewife gets their DC into a SLAC (likely a mid-tier one with an artificially low acceptance rate) and becomes all cocky on DCUM.

In all seriousness, my DC turned down Amherst because of how many athletes there are & how they dominate the social scene. It's ridiculous.

It’s nonsense, just not true. Your little piece of fiction fools nobody.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I will never understand the deep insecurity of SLAC parents. How many of these threads do we need?

I understand the deep butthurt of DCUM parents who always jump into SLAC threads to whine about the “excessive” number of athletes at SLACs. It’s because poor little Ethan got cut from the 8th grade travel team and never made high school varsity.

This is what happens when the GMU grad VA housewife gets their DC into a SLAC (likely a mid-tier one with an artificially low acceptance rate) and becomes all cocky on DCUM.

In all seriousness, my DC turned down Amherst because of how many athletes there are & how they dominate the social scene. It's ridiculous.

It’s nonsense, just not true. Your little piece of fiction fools nobody.

Aw, a SLAC grad can't fathom that my DC would choose an Ivy over a liberal arts college that cares more about servicing athletic coaches than upkeeping their academic standing.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:SLAC parents think they're better than R1 parents, but are just ashamed that they have to whip out Google every time they explain to others where their DC attends.

"Look!! Colby has a 7% acceptance rate! Isn't my DC so special and smart?"

News flash: any private school kid with a pulse can get into your SLAC.

Keep telling yourself that mom…..and take another hit of copium.

You've said "copium" three times now. Please SYBAU and end your weird little rant, Hamilton grad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I will never understand the deep insecurity of SLAC parents. How many of these threads do we need?

You can continue deflecting but we all know that it is the insecurity of R1 parents, especially those dreaming of Ivies who keep the SLAC threads going. You can't handle the truth.

I guess the rest of us should consider ourselves fortunate that we are allowed to walk the earth with SLAC graduates

The random pretend sarcasm stage….the copium posts are about to begin

Which LAC did you attend? My guesses: Skidmarks, Colby, Oberlin, Grinnell?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Students interested in engineering and undergrad business look elsewhere.

Engineering yes, other than Mudd and Swarthmore. But plenty of LAC grads majored in Econ, secured high-level internships etc.

Yes. But, most LACs don't offer accounting. Which is fine, of course, just limiting in exposure.

An undergrad in accounting isn't that valuable as you pretty much need a master's to be a CPA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have three kids: two NARPs, one athletic recruit. Each chose a different educational path.

The athletic advantage is earned. I also think it is why employers and graduate programs value athletes who also maintain academic excellence.

It boils down to this: they develop an exceptional discipline practice and pair it with vigorous health. Most also have a nuanced understanding of how to best operate within a team at any given moment/situation. That is the trifecta. It can be applied to all areas of life. Being highly disciplined and high energy is a powerful combination.

If this is not your path, find one of the many others. But there is little point in disparaging the success and good fortune of others. Become competitive in your own way. There are many roads to success, but resentment won’t get you there.

+1 I don't think most of these people understand how much work it is to be a high caliber athlete and do well at school. I was D3 athlete/engineering student and it was fun but not easy. Team aspect of it also should not be overlooked.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:SLAC parents think they're better than R1 parents, but are just ashamed that they have to whip out Google every time they explain to others where their DC attends.

"Look!! Colby has a 7% acceptance rate! Isn't my DC so special and smart?"

News flash: any private school kid with a pulse can get into your SLAC.

Keep telling yourself that mom…..and take another hit of copium.

You've said "copium" three times now. Please SYBAU and end your weird little rant, Hamilton grad.

Are you trying to be clever? You’re not up to par for SUNY Cortland much less Hamilton.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I will never understand the deep insecurity of SLAC parents. How many of these threads do we need?

You can continue deflecting but we all know that it is the insecurity of R1 parents, especially those dreaming of Ivies who keep the SLAC threads going. You can't handle the truth.

I guess the rest of us should consider ourselves fortunate that we are allowed to walk the earth with SLAC graduates

The random pretend sarcasm stage….the copium posts are about to begin

Which LAC did you attend? My guesses: Skidmarks, Colby, Oberlin, Grinnell?

Skidmore would be a great place to spend 4 years of school. Saratoga Springs is wonderful. But alas I went to a SUNY which while not Skidmore was enough to get me to a 7 figure income.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I will never understand the deep insecurity of SLAC parents. How many of these threads do we need?

You can continue deflecting but we all know that it is the insecurity of R1 parents, especially those dreaming of Ivies who keep the SLAC threads going. You can't handle the truth.

I guess the rest of us should consider ourselves fortunate that we are allowed to walk the earth with SLAC graduates

The random pretend sarcasm stage….the copium posts are about to begin

Which LAC did you attend? My guesses: Skidmarks, Colby, Oberlin, Grinnell?

Skidmore would be a great place to spend 4 years of school. Saratoga Springs is wonderful. But alas I went to a SUNY which while not Skidmore was enough to get me to a 7 figure income.

In your dreams.

[Anonymous]

Perceiving LACs and universities as mutually exclusive preferences is a sign of ignorance, as is painting both categories with a broad swath. I had high school classmates who matriculated at our local HYP Ivy (where they earned EA admission). . . in part because Amherst, Swarthmore, Williams, Pomona et al had rejected or waitlisted them. At my LAC, I had classmates who had earned admission to, and then turned down, the Ivies, Stanford and/or Chicago. And while some of my high school classmates accepted at both LACs and universities matriculated at one of the latter, where they chose to go had been their first choice all along for reasons having to do with the singularities of what their respective schools offered (and which they would not necessarily have found at another university).

Also, I have no idea why people think LACs are only for the affluent. The percentage of students receiving need-based financial aid at LACs is generally higher than at their university counterparts (Princeton, the school with the wealthiest endowment per capita, is a notable exception at 67%); but at Yale, Penn, Brown, Cornell, Northwestern and Chicago (the lowest at 34%), under half of the undergraduate student body receives need-based financial aid, while at Dartmouth, Harvard, Johns Hopkins, and MIT, numbers range between 52-56% (need-based scholarships are also under 50% at Stanford, but it fields multiple elite athletic teams, so athletic scholarships likely account for this figure to some extent). At Williams, Amherst, Swarthmore, Pomona, Bowdoin and Wellesley, 51-57% of the student body is on need-based financial aid.