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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have made the last few posts in this thread.

SLACs & LACs do not need to be so defensive. I love big schools and am not a fan--but a graduate of--a rural LAC. Yet, even I recognize that many LACs offer a tremendous education and educational experience for one who desires a small, intimate rural setting with its attendant lack of privacy. Not for me. But that is me--not you.

No one can deny the benefits for attending Williams, Amherst, Pomona, Swarthmore, Claremont McKenna and several other LACs. Just know what you are getting into. That's all. If it suits you, then great. If not, then beware as small communities do not offer the freedom, diversity, and multitude of options available at larger schools. Not a criticism--just an observation. Some folks like small town life, while most prefer cities.[/quote]

Idk, I think you come across as kind of weirdly obsessed and I didn’t attend a SLAC and my kids aren’t either. I also think — as someone who did attend a big school — that you are strangely idealizing the big school experience. Let me tell you as a woman in a big school eng program, “freedom” and “diversity” are the last words I’d attach to my experience. You seem determined to put forth a view of how life in a big school is that simply doesn’t resonate as true for a lot of people.

Maybe you aren’t obsessed, but having read your posts, you could have fooled me. [/quote]

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