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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In general, I would say the answer is no. Large universities have incredible resources and opportunities for science. But if your kid is not confident and gives up easily, then I do think the nurturing environment of a Slac might work better for them. For med school SLACs might have an edge as big schools can be more competitive and sink or swim. But if your kid is scrappy, outgoing and doesn’t get defeated easily, you can’t compare the science education at schools like Berkeley, Michigan, Cornell, etc. with small colleges [/quote]

You packed an impressive number of passive-aggressive hate on SLACs into that.  Truly a DCUM special right there.[/quote]

It’s funny that is all you took away from my post. I went to a SLAC and enjoyed my time there. And then went to a science PhD program at a top school and was blown away by the background, experience and confidence of kids coming from larger universities. Some of these kids had taken grad level courses and worked in the labs of Nobel prize winners. I did fine in the end but it was a rough beginning. My best friend went to Wellesley and then to MIT for a physics PhD. She almost flunked out of the PhD program because the physics was so much harder at MIT than Wellesley. It is what it is but SLACs do work better for some kids. Other kids find them too small and claustrophobic [/quote]

Where is your data? Because right now, your dataset is n=2 (you and your friend). [/quote]

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