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[quote=Anonymous]"NP here. What difference does it make if other students are slackers? Serious question"

I went to HSYP for college and then did a PhD at a small university. I taught both as a TA and as an adjunct at various colleges. I actually do think the attitude students take toward their academics does impact on the experience of other students. At some of the SLACs where I taught, the kids themselves set a high bar for preparation in seminars and discussion sections and it made for a much more stimulating learning environment. There are several SLACs that are not the top ranked ones where the average and mean SAT scores are on par with much higher ranked colleges. I was reminded of this when looking at colleges for my own kids. The rankings include lots of factors that don't impact on student quality, so this shouldn't have surprised me. It's also the case that SLACs tend to be more holistic when evaluating applicants and seem to be more willing to take students with grades or scores that don't reflect the level of enthusiasm and energy that they will demonstrate once sitting in the college's classrooms.

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