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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Didn’t read the whole thread, sorry, but my guess is that a fair amount of people in this area went to a SLAC, had a great time, and make a reasonable salary. And they want other parents to realize the benefits of a liberal arts education.

I went to Wesleyan in CT and my spouse went to a huge UC school, so we’ve seen both sides. Both of us were STEM majors and we got STEM PhDs from the same grad school. [b]My spouse is constantly startled at how much I learned and retained in my really amazing non-science classes - I’ll happily expound for hours on American art from 1865-1945, social psychology, government (political action committees, gerrymandering), John Stuart Mill, etc. I actually think I enjoy life more because of this liberal arts education.[/b] We do fine financially as well - I made 3x what my spouse makes; however, his job is a labor of love and “good for the world”- which is made possible by my salary.[/quote]

I went to a NESCAC school and DH went to UDM-CP.  He has the same reaction to my broad-based general knowledge of history, the world, government, philosophy, foreign languages.  I make 3x what he does and like PP, make his lower-paid work possible.

Our kids both attended/attend LACs.  [/quote]

I went to an LAC and met my husband there. My husband loved his experience, but I wish I had gone to a bigger school. We're both successful. I went to Washington University for law school. DH went to grad school for psychology.  [b]Larger schools offer more variety and a stronger sense of community[/b], but less personal attention.  DH liked the community.  I would have preferred more choices and diversity.  We have one kid in a large engineering program at our state flagship. We have one kid at a LAC.  They choose for themselves. [/quote]

I have found it to be exactly the opposite regarding sense of community.
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Yeah, that meant to say "weaker sense of community."  I got interrupted by a kid. Sorry.  LACs are definitely more like a small town and have a strong community feel.  I hated it. I hated having everyone in my business. DH loved knowing everyone. He's a total extravert and it was great for him. [/quote]

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