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[quote=Anonymous]14:46  i don't have the stats at my fingertips but more and more kids are doing five and six years in college.  It's been the subject of a number of threads here so is in the archives somewhere.  Of course that happens more frequently in the large university setting but it is becoming much more common.   A lot of kids take "gap years" during their education also for any number of reasons, including financial.  Some have to bob in and out of the system and work jobs to pay for tuition.  Even when I was in college and law school, some students bowed out for a semester or were put back a year because they had failed a course.  But, yes, SLACs are trying to make money any way they can so they can offer all those premium extras you see on tour.  Those gorgeous gyms, food halls, libraries, super dorms with kitchens all come with a price tag.  The SLACs are battling it out for the best kids so are throwing money at anything that will attract the best and the brightest and - most importantly - increase the no. of applications just so we can turn them down to increase our "selectivity rating" with u.S. News & World Report.  Sad but true.
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