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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid (who just graduated from an SLAC) had many more leadership and research opportunities then she would have at a large public. The community is so small that no one goes unnoticed (in a good way). She really emerged and shone.

Plus, because there are only undergrads to staff the labs, she had her choice of research opportunities and parlayed that into  3 or 4 peer reviewed publications as an undergrad. I doubt that would have happened at a large RO1 university.[/quote]

Although I see more advantages in attending private National Universities and large public honors colleges than small, rural, isolated LACs, I do think that the above post presents a reasonable position. The post indicates that there is less competition at his or her kid's SLAC which has some advantages and benefits. [/quote]

What about SLACs in urban areas? [/quote]

What SLACs are in urban areas? Macalaster in a more suburban part of St Paul. Love to know about other ones.[/quote]

It all depends on how you define SLAC and urban, but there are several:

Swarthmore (Philly suburbs)
Haverford (Philly suburbs)
University of Richmond
Colorado College (Colorado Springs)
Occidental (LA)
Trinity College (Hartford)
Rhodes (Memphis)
Trinity University (San Antonio)
St. John's College (Annapolis)
Reed (Portland)
Sarah Lawrence (NY suburbs)
Lake Forest (Chicago suburbs)
University of Puget Sound (Tacoma)
Lewis & Clark (Portland)
Goucher (Baltimore)

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