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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My private school kid, who has worked hard but not done well, will likely only have SLACs as his choice. Already deferred at one state university and will likely get rejected from the other three he's applying to. Our local pressure cooker privates have a direct line to the SLACs for the bottom of the class kids who can't get into the large universities. [b]For my kid with a severe executive function disorder, he would have a difficult time navigating a large state university anyway.[/b] Though I have no stress about him navigating life once he graduates. He's smarter than 99% of the world. [/quote]

Do SLAC’s really provide that level of coddling?  I mean what specifically are SLAC’s doing that make it so much easier for students to navigate the system? [/quote]

Agree. This coddling sounds like middle school. How do these kids make it in real life?[/quote]

OP here, that’s exactly what baffles me about the response on this thread. Individual this, personalized attention that; you can find these at state schools too if you seek them out, but no one serves them to you on a silver spoon. You have to be a go-getter. And being a go-getter is much more emotionally healthy for kids in the long run than coddling them from 18-22. How do these graduates even function in companies? No wonder so many of them are shoehorned into the ivory tower as adjunct lecturers are what not. Honestly sad that their parents would *encourage* that sort of decision. Listen up SLAC parents: if your kids don’t have the executive function skills to cut it at a state school or a large/medium-sized private (like an Ivy), they’re probably not ready for college at all. [/quote]

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