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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is something to be said for attending a SAC in a "bad" or more accurately "remote" location. Its different. I went to St. Lawrence and absolutely loved the location. yes Canton is quite depressed, all of update NY is depressed, but driving through the Adirondacks to get there? Loved it. I came from the suburbs outside NYC and this was so different than what I was used to, that it was a very impactful experience. Eye opening actually.  Its also so insular that the kids really stick together and create more of a community than you might see in a location that has more "non-college" things to do. [/quote]

I thought the campus was beautiful but administrators we met/dealt with other than the school president were awful. They treated the parents at the admitted students day like chilren.  My kid had appointments to meet some profs in kid's area of interest and kid's 20 something year old advisor told kid as we were walking off no. Profs came looking for kid and ignored her. The president of the college was very gracious and interesting.  She wasn't the only admin acting like this. During the hour long parent's luncheon, I walked out to our car to get spouse's medication and was chastised for leaving the building. Kid and I stopped by the swag table where the admins didn't want to actually let people take the free pens etc they had put out.  They were rude to people in line waiting for food and started taking away food well before the lunch hour was up and people were still in line.  The dog and pony show the parents have to sit through to hear how wonderful the school is was bizarre. It was more like a marketing pitch for new professors. We'd been to several admitted students days by this time and this one was so different. The interactions with the "advisor" my kid had completely shut down kid's interest in the school. It had been one of kid's top schools prior.[/quote]

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