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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The "hidden value" list is a list of schools I would not spend my money on. If those are my kids options, in-state it is.[/quote]

Isn't the assumption that those would be nearly free due to merit? Otherwise, I 100% agree with you.[/quote]

I suspect that they get down to State costs with merit, not nearly free. [b]There are schools on that list that are far better than most state schools.[/b][/quote]

Such as?  I would choose one of our excellent state schools any day over that random list of "hidden value" schools. 
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I agree. [/quote]

Yep, economy is going to hell. Not the time to take a chance on a flailing private. This list is a decade too late.[/quote]

Some of these schools have big endowments.  Depauw has an endowment of almost a billion.  Denison's is a little over a billion.  Berry has an endowment of 1.2 Billion.  Santa Clara has a 1.55 billion dollar endowment.  Trinity has an endowment of 1.84 billion.  Furman has an 828 million dollar endowment.
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+1 People on this board are off the chain. Because most people only acknowledge the existence of about 300 colleges and universities, they think the schools facing closure are places like Conn. College or Franklin and Marshall. Schools like that aren’t going anywhere. Same tunnel vision that allows people to guilelessly say that schools like Emory or Tufts are shit. I’ll just never get it.[/quote]

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