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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I focused my kid on schools that had "name recognition" among my set.  Places like Williams and Swarthmore.  The real name recognition -- as a brand and at a national level -- are those big football schools my snobby self prevented my kid from exploring.  Alabama, Auburn, Ohio State, etc.  He would have had a wonderful college experience at any one of these places, and no doubt landed a cush job with the fanatical alum network.  Instead, he's in at a barely Top 50 SLAC and hoping and praying for wait list movement with a lower NESCAC school that most of America has never heard of.

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NP and I'm falling into this trap with my Junior! If we're going to take out loans I want it to be for a "top" college with good ROI but then what if she doesn't get into those places?  Regarding big, less prestigious schools like Wisconsin or Clemson -- I could get on board with those BUT my daughter is shy and really wants to go to a small school!

Not sure what to do!?  A non-top SLAC might be a great fit for her but not for our budget.
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Luckily it's the non-top SLACs that often give a good amount of merit aid. If you find specific schools that would be a great fit, you can find out a lot about potential funding (either here or elsewhere). [/quote]

My DS1 really wanted a small school and for financial reasons ended up at one with relatively little name recognition. He had a fantastic experience there: got to know his professors really well, was a TA for 2 of them, was active in campus ECs, had 2 great internships, studied abroad, graduated with highest honors. He landed a good job in his field of choice shortly after graduation and appears to be doing very well there. With his merit scholarship, it cost us not much more than it would have to send him to our (expensive) in- state flagship. It's hard to see how paying a lot more for a top SLAC would have had a higher ROI for him/us.[/quote]

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