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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]  Precisely.  The hiring manager doesn't care what CTCL is, nor do they even know.  This is why a lot of posters here are trying to tell you that CTCL is a marketing scam.  And, no, these kids don't receive a quality education "often more much cheaper than a public education due to merit aid".  Maybe you were the rare one who did, but most of these price tags  of the privates are now approaching $80K a year.  It takes a LOT of merit aid to match in-state tuition available at far more reputable public schools.  The merit aid offered (unsolicited) to my DD from two CTCLs still left a big gap between the CTCL private and UVA, plus the CTCLs were schools few had heard of and didn't have the type of engineering DD wanted.  All the CTCL schools wanted was her ACT score, which I know, because they told me they had purchased the list of DDs in certain locales with particular interests who had scored over a 32.  They didn't want DD because she hadn't even submitted an application - the CTCLS were desperate for top scoring students. When I said DD had retaken the ACT and now had a 36, there was a rustling of paper and then the person who called US (unsolicited!) said that in light of the 36 DD qualified for "the President's scholarship" of $28K.  That still left a huge gap between the CTCL and  UVA, so DD went to UVA.[/quote]

Disagree!  I went to a small Catholic college (My mother worked their, so I received 4 years of education for less than $10,000).   A number of our professors had personal connections to schools, businesses, hospitals, etc.  and could get students interviews/jobs at a snap of their fingers, if they wanted to stay in the area.   One could easily speak to a professor, while the kids at the state college had to work hard to get known by their professors who spent all day researching various topics, and had 0 minutes for connections, then start working at the bottom rung and fight over jobs.    In fact, if I had to go back to my college, many of my professors are still there teaching.   I attended grad school at a state school and 0 are still there!   
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My goodness that’s some great writing. [/quote]

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