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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Perhaps they don't want to give out Ivy-tier signaling.

Most of these second tier LACs are where wealthy Americans would send their kids generation after generation.  They care about education quality, kids get great education at these places but at the same time is not cutthroat.

The kids will go to great med schools law schools and PhD after graduation, and become good doctors, lawyers, and scholars.  Quietly raise their next generation of kids.

Then repeat the cycle.

Immigrant parents don't care about these schools.  American wealthy don't want them to care either.[/quote]

Fascinating take. My sense from this is that SLACs are where lazy rich kids go because they have the connections and inheritances to drift through life and don't want to be encumbered by smart kids or real ambition. And that matches my anecdotal observations about the families that choose these schools. Which is fine. It's sheltered families that have no desire or need to participate in the real world. But for any bright kid that wants to do things, this sounds like banishment and a destiny for a very boring life.    [/quote]

This is an odd and ignorant take. The kids at the top SLACs certainly are not lazy. They are highly qualified and very motivated. Just as much or maybe even more than the uni's. You can't disappear and cut class at a SLAC where there are only 20 students in each class. The prof is going to notice. If your kid is lazy they would go to a larger school where there are huge lectures and no one will know if they cut classes.[/quote]

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