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[quote=Anonymous]<quote>The biggest difference that I would offer is "customer service." I was successful at my undergraduate institution because I was good at self-advocacy, had excellent executive function, did not require specific supports, and sought out mentors.

A big state school does not care if you make it through, whereas a smaller or "better" school is going to take care to keep kids from falling through the cracks.</quote>

I attended two state and two private colleges for undergrad and grad schools (UMD and Georgetown among them), and I 100% agree with this assessment.  Personally I would say the public versus private college dichotomy is very similar to public versus private schools at any level of education.  In my experience, private colleges are swankier, cushier, have a lot of wealthy and very driven kids; publics are scrappier, much more diverse, lots of opportunities if you know how to look for them but lots of room to slide through if not.  In general private kids are more highly "polished," for what that is worth.  u[/quote]

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