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[quote=Anonymous]I turned down a SLAC that I really wanted to go to for financial reasons and ended up at a highly regarded state school (as an OOS student, but tuition was still less than half that of the SLAC) that was affordable for my family. I'm sure I would have loved the SLAC and I also suspect that if I had gone there I would have ended up living/working in New England (since my family is also there). And I do sometimes miss New England very much. OTOH, I got a terrific education at the state school, made good friends, met DH, and launched on a career path that I likely would not have taken had I gone to the SLAC. So it all worked out fine. As it would have if I had gone to the SLAC. Totally different, but fine.

I would not spend almost 3 times the money to send my kid to Emory (or anywhere), when the alternative is a fine school in its own right. The additional utility, however you define it, of attending Emory simply isn't worth $58,000 per year.

Signed,
Someone who last year hired recent grads from Emory, Penn, Cornell, Johns Hopkins, and Dartmouth, and also UVA, UMDCP, JMU, UMass, and Tulane. All have been great.[/quote]

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