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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Look at the Colleges that Change Lives schools!

(chuckle chuckle)[/quote]

Okay, I'm newer to this forum. I'm only a little bit familiar with Colleges that Change Lives schools. So, for the novice, let me in on the joke![/quote]

There's a running argument about Colleges that Change Lives. One side (which apparently includes PP) thinks that CTCL is a marketing ploy by third tier schools to get noticed, and that no one seriously would attend one of these schools if they had any other choices. The other side thinks that CTCL has great advice and that students who attend those colleges (or other schools like them) are happier and have better outcomes than PP would anticipate.

It breaks down to a prestige, competitive admissions strategy vs. a holistic admissions strategy.  [b]Do you want your kid to win the college admissions game? Or do you want your kid to find a school that is a good match and will further their development as a person, in addition to furthering their career goals?[/

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Excuse me while I vomit.  The point of the CTCL skeptics i[b]sn't that the listed schools aren't good, it's that there's nothing so special about them that distinguishes them in any meaningful way from hundreds of other schools with similar admissions standards other than their being in the book -- hence, the view that it's nothing but a marketing tool for the listed schools.[/b]  [/quote]

NP here. I agree with this except I would also say that some of the CTCL schools are questionable IMO because of very poor graduation rates and retention rates. I do think the CTCL group is a marketing tool and their main purpose exists to put on college fairs and speeches supporting their member schools. Some of these schools seem excellent but, like PP said above, there are hundreds of other schools that are similar and better and yet aren't included on this "list".[/quote]

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