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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"OP again. I should say that I went to a truly huge HS that had every subgroup from jocks to gunners to goths (it was the 90s!) which is why it felt so good to “find my people” at a slac with no sports or frats."

I was trying to explain this to my friend who went to Michigan. She is convinced that a very large school like that is great for everyone since they'd have students of all types there and therefore any student could find people to befriend. But to me (I'm also someone drawn to schools with an intellectual vibe) a school like that would be awful. I'd basically be trying to drown out and ignore the vast majority of my classmates because they aren't at all "my people."

Some SLACs basically gather a few limited types of students and offer a niche experience. The kids who want to focus on putting together 15 different outfits to do sorority rush and get invited to the Auburn or Ole Miss game by a boy in Chi Alpha Dogma and paint an ice chest for their football game date will self-select away from those SLACs. https://www.prepinyourstep.com/2017/04/tips-for-painting-fraternity-cooler-in.html#/ And the schools will not be very interested in those students since they won't fit in with the the rest of the their students who want to write for the campus literary magazine and discuss Meno over dinner. [/quote

You must be a blast at parties. Michigan does have an, “intellectual vibe.”  That you lump all large state universities together suggests to me that you are aren’t as sophisticated as you think you are. By the way,  your commentary gives out a, “snob vibe.”[/quote]

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