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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Only a handful of LACs are worth the full price, and students who can get into them can get into T10/T20 universites, which are a much better investment in the long-term.[/quote]

Is going to a LAC any different than going to say UVA College of Arts and Sciences?  And if you look at a LAC like Washington and Lee, they have a business school, and even a (limited) engineering program.  [/quote]

I doubt any LACs, or even Harvard, is worth the full price.  If a T20 provides even $10000 merit aid per year, you would be a fool to take name-brand LACs or even Harvard.  (Even name-brand LACs like Swarthmore and Smith are turning pre-professional/vocational by offering pre-professional programs, e.g., engineering.  These schools follow - not lead- state universities.  [/quote]

Harvard has engineering and has perhaps had it longer than any other university in the U.S.[b]  They also provide among the most generous financial aid, even to relatively high middle income families[/b].  If you look at reports like this, you can see Harvard graduates, adjusting for majors, earn more than almost all other colleges and also are very high earners without adjusting for majors.  [/quote]

That's based upon what HARVARD (I'm a grad) thinks middle-income is.  Here is it:  "Our program requires no contribution from Harvard families with annual incomes below $65,000. About 20% of our families have no parent contribution.
Families with incomes between $65,000 and $150,000 will contribute from 0-10% of their income, and those with incomes above $150,000 will be asked to pay proportionately more than 10%, based on their individual circumstances."  We got zero, nada.  The only kids that can attend Harvard these days are the low-income and the rich.  The MC and UMC cannot afford $75K a year.  And BTW the law school is now $100K a year.  WhY? Because it's harvard so they can charge it.
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