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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Gossip from DD, lots of girls getting in ED engineering,[/quote]

This would be good. Every young woman I know from TJ who went off to UVA ... did not end up in STEM. It's like UVA sucked all the ambition out of them.[/quote]
I read something by Malcolm Gladwell about this idea. Hard to do STEM at an academic powerhouse.[/quote]

The video of his lecture about this is online, search:
Malcolm Gladwell on why you should never study at an elite college, but should rather choose a college where you are sure you can be the top student in your program.[/quote]

I think there’s a lot of truth to this. Go where your talents and academic strengths will stand out. Find mentors in your department who will use their connections to help you get ahead. I firmly believe it’s better to be a big fish in a small pond vs just one of many stellar students. [/quote]

Professors at non-elite colleges do not have as good a set of connections to help you get ahead as do the professors at elite colleges. Professors at an elite school can get you an internship, a fellowship, or a job with a single phone call. Professors at Podunk State simply can't.[/quote]

Ummmm, my professors didn't help me at all get a job.  I did it myself and life turned out pretty great.  Not their job to get your kid a job.  [/quote]

I found that the professors in my SLAC knew nothing about how the real world worked. No wonder so many of my classmates are living hand to mouth 35 years later. Many of them thought I was evil for going to law school. [/quote]
Doesn't sound like an SLAC issue. Just seems like you had unsupportive, weirdos in your life. Most top LACs have classes filled with consulting, lawyers, and big tech these days.[/quote]

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