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[quote=Anonymous]two younger siblings attended top 3 slac's (AWS).

The good: individualized attention, flexibility (as in less red-tape, open ended assignment dates, if you get in trouble they don't blindly get cops involved, etc), class size, interaction with professors outside of class/weekends/after office hours, focus, resources available per student.

The bad: career services & lack of scale or national name recognition across every industry sector (tons my siblings' are underemployed or struggled to find work - the only reason my siblings did ok was because I was on their ass' non-stop about meaningful internships since they were freshman in high school. They emailed and cold called/trolled for internships for so long that they ended up building good summer experiences at top places in the private sector and research universities so they had great offers coming out of college).

there is no question my siblings worked 3-4x harder on their own in getting internships and job offers compared to their peers that went to HYPSWM. OCI matters.

the ugly: the 'bubble' of going to a school under 2500 kids can get suffocating.  [/quote]

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