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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m the “troll” who thinks that CTCL is baloney. The list above is not of every CTCL school and their graduation rate, it’s just a sample.  I’m sure others are equally or almost as low. The point is that the schools are just not great.  Collectively they are just a subset of average private schools that are marketing themselves together because they’re desperate. That’s it. It’s annoying that you people insist that they are special simply because they’re in some book.  [/quote]

They're a group of schools with things in common like small classes, forgiving admissions committees, and support for struggling kids, who have decided to join together to use their limited marketing budgets.  They've come up with a label that describes their goal, which is to change trajectories for students.  If your kid is already on a perfect trajectory, then these schools aren't for them, because they don't need this kind of change.  But for kids who do need it, they are special places.  Not more special or less special, but special.

If that's not what you or your kid needs, great.  I'm happy for you.  But I have no idea why you think it's annoying when schools market themselves by describing themselves accurately, or when people who do benefit from this model recommend their schools to other people in similar situations.  
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+1. A lot of these schools have specialized, unique programs that don't appeal to many. But, by benefiting from the positive press generated from being on such a list, they're able to attract students, many of whom really benefit from their programs. It's win-win. There are thousands of colleges nationwide, and no one is arguing that these are top 25 USNWR schools, but they have some common positive features and there's really not much else to it.

One of those features, not previously mentioned, is that some of these programs rank in the top 20 of all schools producing future PhDs. 
https://www.collegetransitions.com/infographics/top-feeders-phd-programs
Reed, Allegheny, and Kalamazoo are all in the top 20 for all disciplines, and many of the other schools make appearances on the list for certain disciplines, including Earlham, St. Johns, Knox, Beloit, OWU, Whitman, Centre, Juniata, and Rhodes.

Not bad for a bunch of schools targeting B students.

The troll poster has really commandeered this thread, replying to every single post as if he/she has nothing better to do with his/her time than bother people talking about a group of 40 mostly small LACs targeting students who clearly are not his/her own children. I don't get it. 
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