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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Probably but I'm worried about them - I'm worried the peer group isn't in it for the long run/kids drop out, etc. I visited a school with a low retention rate that I really liked and so did my DC, but I know 2 kids that dropped out of that school already - and I worry my kid would get in with a group that isn't committed to 4 years.

Not sure what comes first here - the chicken or the egg, but I do want my kid to go to a school that most people finish.[/quote]

Retention rates are much more a function of non-academic issues, like cost, family responsibilities, etc. than it is about not being able to hack the work.   That’s yet another glaring flaw with rankings systems.  They reward colleges that “cream skim” from wealthy and UMC students who are very unlikely to drop out for those reasons, and punish ones who take first gen and Pell Grant students who are more likely to be forced to suspend their education for financial or familial reasons. There are 100s of colleges where almost anyone can find their intellectual peer cohort.  No one on this board should be worried that their kid will be too smart for any college that they’ve ever even heard of.[/quote]

I'm a PP - I'm not worried my kid is too smart for the school, I'm worried his friends won't take the school seriously and will be inclined to quit and work or take time off because that's what all the kids are doing, or whatever.[/quote]

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