Why is DCUM so obsessed with small liberal arts colleges?
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Anonymous
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Most graduates of SLACs have pretty dismal earnings compared to their Ivy/Public University peers. So why are SLACs throw around here so often? I see a lot of people recommend random schools like Grinnell but why would you send your kid there for a pretty hefty sum when they could go to a state flagship and be in either a better or similar position?
Source: https://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/info-Salaries_for_Colleges_by_Type-sort.html |
Anonymous
| So they can be in a bubble with other wealthy white people, of course. That is not offered at the state flagship, sweetie. |
Anonymous
If you join Greek life you can do just that... |
Anonymous
| Not everyone wants to go to a large state school. |
Anonymous
| Some kids don't want to go to a huge school and will do better in a school with close access to professors and smaller classes. |
Anonymous
| If you know your parental connections are going to get your kids those first internships and jobs, and thus those top salaries, you get to pick what’s the best fit for your kids. |
Anonymous
| Because their kids can’t get into Ivies, and they think more expensive things are better. |
Anonymous
This was probably intended to be snarky, but I actually think it’s true. |
Anonymous
| The earnings in that link don't look dismal. What are you seeing? |
Anonymous
OP here, Grinnell’s average salary ten years out from graduation is around $77K which is quite concerning. Same thing with Skidmore and other selective, but not too selective, LACs. |
Anonymous
OP here, that’s what I was thinking too but the link shows that the “top” salaries don’t really go to Grinnell/Oberlin/Skidmore/SLAC grads. So that doesn’t really make sense. |
Anonymous
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Is salary the only measure of a life worth living?
Are you the Dartmouth mom? Just wanted to start a thread but knew you couldn’t work the “daughter not interested in STEM” angle yet again? |
Anonymous
Obviously not, but I just wanted to know why DCUM families would throw around that much money when the earning potential is so low (and at 32, most are probably married and having kids). |
Anonymous
First, I didn’t mean it snarky at all. My kids go to a private K-12 and I know full well how the world really works for the privileged. Which is also the flaw in OP’s reasoning. There’s the DCUM set Grinnell kids, who already have their meal ticket when they show up on campus, and then there’s the local Midwestern Grinnell kids, who go on to make $25k a year as editor in chief of a local newspaper. The statistics aren’t telling you anything helpful here about the logic of the well-connected. |
Anonymous
The mid career salaries on your chart make liberal arts look a lot better than you imply |