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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How do these LACs compare to national universities? Is Williams HYPSM level? Are Bowdoin and Middlebury comperable to Duke and Northwestern? Or are they lower[/quote]

In what way do you want to compare them? Lots of professors send their kids to LACs because they feel like they'll get a better educational experience than at a larger university.[/quote]

This. I went to Harvard UG and regret (wish I had gone to Pomona). Although the name opened doors, I was far less well prepared for grad school than my LAC peers. Both my kids will attend LACs for UG, can apply to Ivies for grad if they want.[/quote]

Not sure that this post is genuine. Seems like made-up BS to me.[/quote]

It is absolutely genuine. Most of my Harvard classes were huge, in which I only interacted with TAs, until the final two years. Even then, professor interaction and feedback was negligible--most of them only cared about their graduate students. That is not the UG experience I want for my kids.[/quote]

Must have been a few decades ago that you attended Harvard.[/quote]

Lol, so Harvard has completely changed its approach to education in the past 20-30 years?[/quote]

Honestly, education is great, but my priority is fit first and then job placement. How do SLACs compare then?[/quote]

Depends. Grad school placement is great. In terms of finance/corporate jobs, I would suggest very top LACs as good or better than Cornell level schools. The networks are small but good and you aren’t competing with hundreds of your fellow classmates for the same opportunities 
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