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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not sure why people think SLACs don't have tons of ECs. And obviously, it's easier to be in leadership at a SLAC if you're one of 25 seniors in an organization, as opposed to 250. And the notion that you're limited in what you can study? I suppose it's true that most SLACs don't offer animal husbandry or mining management. But they all have the same academic basics as the 30K student flagships.

As for meeting hundreds of new people, my sister went to an all-women's college with about 200 classmates and didn't know all of them. No human being makes more than about 200 actual friends/acquaintances in any social setting like a college. The fact that there are 10,000 other freshman to meet at Michigan doesn't really matter once you've met your 150-200. As someone else said, schools of that size are like small cities. No way will you encounter the vast majority of them much less be in touch with them 20 years later.

[b]I went to a school with 1,200 fellow freshman. I'm in touch with about 150.[/b] I've had 3 non-super close friends (not people I invited to my wedding) ask me to take in their kids while they've been in DC for internships. They're obviously people who feel a connection with me after all these years. It's been a blast to catch up with them. I've worked with classmates who have brought me in on staff or as a consultant over the 30 years or so since we graduated. Our school was big enough to create a significantly sized alumni network but small enough that I was able to form strong bonds with lots of people. I wouldn't want any child of mine, even a self-starter go-getter like I was, to be at a school larger than mine as an undergrad.

Also, the state flagships tend to be among the least racially and economically diverse of the most selective schools available. [b]The privates and the SLACs have the flexibility and political will to form diverse classes of students in ways that UT Austin and Michigan cannot.[/b]

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How, exactly, are you "in touch" with that many people?  Do you have a massive WhatsApp chat group?  A facebook page?  An alumni organization?

You really don't think the same things are going on with graduates of State U?

And, please, show me a large list of top LACs that are overrun with Pell Grant recipients and POC.  I'll wait.

Simply amazing that you draw conclusions about big state schools based on you're NOT having even attended one.[/quote]

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