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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I find that knowledge of schools like these is a great test of basic cultural literacy. I work with some people who think they know everything but have never heard of these schools and/or do not understand their value proposition. Going to these schools is a good way to exclude people like that from your life, which is a good thing.

I think it is largely a geography question. Pomona is a great place but not great enough for me to send my kid across the country when there is an offer at Williams. I love Williams and its culture but I could see why others might not.[/quote]
What would make it great enough? I feel like you added very little by not being specific. It’s great that you find these schools important, but what offerings does Williams have that blows it over the water? What is Pomona lacking? These are the things worth discussing.[/quote]

One of these schools isn’t better than the other, it is a matter of fit.

People argue about which SLAC is better but that is a false conversation. The top 20 SLACs are all better for undergraduate education than any other alternative. It is the model which is superior and the search should be for fit.[/quote]
Wrong. Williams is in a tier by itself as the best LAC and continues to be the best lac decade over decade.  [/quote]

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