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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Data on this is weirdly high .. like only 60% finish. In so many other ways it's a match for DC.  But having a quirky kid is one thing, and having a quirky drop out is another.  I dont want to protect the downside.

Any personal experience or explanation? [/quote]

Has your child thought about any career after St. John's College ?

As an aside: We just drove around the Santa Fe campus--beautiful location. Dozens of outstanding restaurants and over a hundred art galleries nearby.[/quote]

I've known some grads and some drop outs. Medical and law school, politics and programming are big, career-wise. I think it's a school that recognizes that the [b]undergraduate experience is actually an experience, and not just a diploma-making machine[/b]. Really smart kids need different toolsets sometimes, and being trained to question and being trained to learn is not a bad idea for some--a lot have already mastered all the technical stuff.

I know we're at peak unfashionable now, but these pendulums swing back around, and having a literate population is important. [/quote]
ie, if your family has money and your kid doesn't need a job after college, and just wants to be a professional student, it's great.[/quote]

Did you read the sentence before the one you bolded that lists the common careers for SJC graduates? Medicine, law, politics, programming. It sounds like they're doing pretty well, not being "professional students," dill wacker.[/quote]

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