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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Aren’t a lot of the expensive private SLAC in small towns ?
I don’t see the difference.[/quote]

My DD considered SMCM and only applied to LACs. She preferred the rural, small town locations. But the problem with SMCM was that it isn't in/right next to a small town. You have to drive 15 min to get to a suburban strip mall area. She preferred the schools where you could easily walk into a cute town and she ended up at a school like that. She doesn't have a car so it matters that the grocery store is a quick bike ride away, that she and friends can stroll into town to visit the thrift shops or see a movie. At SMCM you need a car, a friend with a car, or work around when a shuttle can be used. [/quote]

Good point but with low instate tuition that is the compromise for students.[/quote]

True. We're in VA and with merit SMCM was similar in price to private LACs that gave merit. Might have been a different calculation if we were in MD. She could have gone to UMW for less than the LAC she chose but it didn't have some things that were important to her.[/quote]

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