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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]all this talk about sticker price is it worth it blah blah.  Oldest went to non-Williams/non-Amherst Nescac and was full pay - basically told him before he went you will not be living in ur old room or our basement after graduation, you will get a job and be on ur own.  And in exchange, we will pay for college.  Kid making well over $100k and living on his own, and thank god one of the 65% from his graduating class who is employed :)[/quote]Congrats on the successful launch! That's great your son landed well. We're just doing our due diligence on the whole cost-benefit thing and not because we can't swing it, but because we're not in the habit of writing blank checks without asking questions. Sounds like the non-Williams/non-Amherst NESCAC worked out perfectly for your family. Funny you mention Williams. A coach there went hard recruiting my son at a recent prospects camp. My son engaged politely but told me later he wished the D3 coaches would back off since he's focused on D1. Kid didn't even realize Williams was supposed to be prestigious. Different priorities, I guess.[/quote]
Frankly, I’d you can’t get a job after landing at a top lac- a university isn’t gonna help you.

It’s easy mode. Get an Econ degree, have no passion, take the corporate classes, join the consulting clubs, mock interview constantly with friends, secure a sophomore summer internship after freshman year Econ research with a professor, take the right stats classes, and you’ll leave with an awesome consulting gig senior year minimum. Sounds like a lot but space that across 4 years. Don’t like business? Great, do CS, take the hard classes, join the ai club, and prep.

You’ll get an interview coming from a top school. I say this because DD goes to Pomona and easily got a gig with hardly anything on her resume for BCG and McKinsey. A lot of LAC grads are hellbent on grad school (and good on them) but you definitely don’t have to worry about roi if you’re at all focused.[/quote]

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