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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hendrix College:  67 percent
Hope College:  67 percent
Southwestern University:  67 percent
Cornell College:  66 percent
Partial list of CTCL schools where a third or more students don't graduate in four years.

Williiamette University: 66 percent
St Mary's of California:  65 percent
Lawrence University:  65 percent
Austin College: 63 percent
Eckerd College:  63 percent
St John's College:  63 percent
Agnes Scott College:  62 percent
Bard College: 62 percent
Ohio Wesleyan University:  62 percent
Earham College: 58 percent
New College of Florida: 57 percent
Goucher College: 56 percent
Lynchburg College: 51 percent
Hiram College: 50 percent
Guilford College: 45 percent
Marlboro College: 44 percent
Evergreen State:  42 percent
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My child is at Lawrence and they have a popular dual degree program where you get your bachelor's in music and bachelor of arts/science in 5 years.

Also, given that the average 4-year graduation rate is 33%, I'd say these are some dang impressive numbers! Thanks for sharing!  :thumbup: [/quote]. Again the average for private is over 50.  Not 33.  Many CTCL schools are no better than average private schools.  Not special.  Not life changing [/quote]

This idea that schools are better or worse than each other, rather than better or worse for a particular kid, is a problem.

My kid struggled greatly in high school, it took him 5 years and he graduated by the skin of his teeth.  A CTCL school is better for him, because it has a track record for helping kids like him turn their path around.  Do they hit 100%, no, but I can guarantee that if I had a few spare millions and bought my kid's way onto the Harvard Z list his chances of graduating in 4 years would be zero.  So, I'll take the sixty-something percent.[/quote]

The thing is, some schools ARE better than other schools.   That’s the reality, snowflake.  These schools are not among the best.  [/quote]

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