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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have no problem with attending a top 20 liberal arts college.  They’re clearly very strong schools.  It’s the silly CTCL schools that are a rip off and a con job.  [/quote]

How is a CTCL school any worse than a lower ranking State U?  Not everyone has the same capabilities and same needs.  CTCL is good for some folks and not fair to compare the T20.  They don’t claim to be T20.[/quote]

They claim to be special, but they’re not.  They’re average schools at best, at an above average price.  [/quote]

So what?  If people like them and can afford them (many give good merit aid), why do you care?  It seems you think there is only one path.[/quote]

So we agree then.  They’re not special.  [/quote]

Special in what sense? Are they like Harvard? Absolutely not, but for a kid who wants or needs extra attention or a certain type of learning or sense of community, they are probably special.  Maybe your kid is perfect and doesn’t want or need that type of environment.  Good for you.  For some kids, the excel and get a great education whereas they might in a larger, less personal environment.  For some kids, it’s the difference between getting a degree or not.  I’d say that’s pretty special for those kids.

But of course, your kid is perfect so they are not for you.  God forbid DCUM talk about good schools for kids that don’t take 10+ APs or score 1500+ on the SAT.  I pity your child if your view of education is really this narrow minded, but I suspect you are a troll.[/quote]

The problem with your argument, which I have seen time and again on this website, is that you’re making it only after your kid wasn’t good enough to get in to one of the top schools. Had they been, you would be making a completely different argument.

Own it.  [/quote]

NP. You are such a sad, sad person. I turned down a top ten school for one outside of the top 200. I have never once regretted that choice. I’d make it again tomorrow. There are plenty of people in the world who find your way of thinking to be horrifying and reductive.

Anecdotally I am hearing of more very top students turning their backs on the highest-ranked schools because they are now filled with people like you. They want brilliance and intellectual freedom, not grubby strivers. [/quote]

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