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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Speaking of this whole LAC vs. university business, I know of one student from Arizona (where I used to live) who turned down Yale, Stanford, and MIT for Pomona.  (http://azdailysun.com/sports/high-school/npa-s-wayment-steele-signs-with-pomona-college/article_67db9983-7dec-538f-8135-dd93580cb52b.html)

She went onto have an extremely rich research-based career at the school, ultimately going onto become a Churchill Scholar (top undergrad distinction for a STEM student). Her accomplishments are detailed here: https://www.pomona.edu/news/2015/01/29-hannah-wayment-steele-15-awarded-prestigious-churchill-scholarship-cambridge She also received the Goldwater, another prestigious science distinction.

I looked her up just now and it seems that she went onto a PhD in Chemistry at Stanford after her year at Cambridge. Extremely impressive stuff. One anecdote, I know, but it has stuck with me for a while. When I first read the article, [b]my thought was- seriously? Pomona? I looked them up thinking there was some merit scholarship that could explain it, and there wasn't. How could anyone turn down STEM powerhouse Stanford or MIT for some tiny liberal arts college?[/b] Academic excellence in the liberal arts...how could one get better than Yale? A few years later, someone posted Hannah's Churchill article on Facebook, and after reading it I realized her choice of where she went didn't affect her prospects. Clearly, she was insightful enough to know of the opportunities to seek out and the path to move toward in setting her up for the most coveted paths possible with a science degree.

No judgement call to be made here, but if a highly talented STEM student told me they preferred a LAC to a prominent research U, I'd think back to Hannah and feel like they could get as strong of an experience at either. [/quote]

You are ignorant.[/quote]

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