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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Washington & Lee
Endowment 1.9 Billion
Graduation Rate 94.4%
SAT Range 1410-1530

Roanoke
Endowment 138 Million
Graduation Rate 69% 
SAT Range 1090-1270

Schools are not peers.  If you like Roanoke perhaps look at Washington College in MD.[/quote]

Why does any of this matter for a high stat kid that would be successful at either college?[/quote]

I hate to summon the bucknell boosters, but W&L actually places on the Street. Roanoke doesn’t. The best Roanoke College grad is probably going to Advance Auto corporate to do FP&A. [/quote]

Do you have a cite?[/quote]

Niche has Roanoke grads at 44k six years out, W&L at 76k. If you think the OCR opportunities at both colleges are equal, you're deluded.

(And I HATE W&L so I'm not saying this as a booster.)

Roanoke is a good safety school for someone considering W&L however. Reasonably similar vibes given the academic and outcome gulf between them.[/quote]

A top kid from Roanoke could make the same as a W&L grad six years out, no? [/quote]

I don't know that we can infer that from the bare averages, but even assuming we could, what does it say that if you are at the absolute top of the food chain at Roanoke and really minmax your experience there, you can end up earning the same as a bog average W&L graduate? Not good things about Roanoke.

Beyond that, there's OCR. I know for a fact that MBB consulting firms recruit at W&L. I believe bulge bracket banks may as well. None of them recruit at Roanoke. You wouldn't even have the chance to get your foot in the door to prove yourself as a top kid from Roanoke.[/quote]

If the kid from Roanoke ends up earning the same salary as a W&L kid then that’s a good look for Roanoke, no? [/quote]

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