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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, If I had enough disposable income to pay $60K per year without really feeling it, then yes, I'd send my kid to the best SLAC he or she could get into.

The top SLACs offer a fantastic education, much more individual attention than your kid will ever get at a large state university. Your child will get to know his professors, will know lots of kids on campus, will really feel like a member of a community. Because your child will be known, people will be interested in how she is doing, and what she's doing, and where she's going. For kids who have never lived away from home, this can be very helpful in making the transition.

And the other students at the most selective SLACs are going to be amazing, talented, multi-faceted kids, as interesting a group of kids as you'll ever meet.

At the less-competitive SLACs, the education will still be great, but the kids may not be as ambitious or accomplished as the kids at the top SLACS. But your kid will still have a great small-school experience.

I don't have the $$, so my kid is going to our huge state U. I can't justify spending the $$ for the SLAC, even though my kid did get into a top SLAC. I would be taking a huge financial risk to spend $250K to send my child to college. Just can't do it. [/quote]

Don't worry. You are not alone. My dc is a very strong student and would love to apply to some of these wonderful LACs but we will not qualify for aid and we can not afford $250,000 for each child's undergraduate degree. Your dc will be at a state university with plenty of other strong students with parents that said no way to $250,000. [/quote]

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