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[quote=Anonymous]I've had kids at SLACs and #1 is a valid point. There is not the same breadth of possible majors at a smaller college. But the teaching and opportunities to work closely with professors (since there are no grad students) allows students to pursue their chosen major in greater depth. This also helped draw out my kids, who tend to be introverted, and  make them more active participants in their own education. I think if they had gone to larger schools, they would've quietly sat in the back of their classes, gotten good grades but not gotten all out of college that they could have - either socially or academically.

As for getting a job at graduation, both my kids have received a tremendous amount of guidance and help from the careers centers, professors and alumni. They both had paid jobs or internships over every summer during college, and the one who's graduated had multiple job and grad school offers at graduation. I went to a highly-regarded state university and their experience couldn't be more different than mine.[/quote]

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