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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Nope, I would not. if I haven’t heard of it, neither have most employers.

Ninety five percent of kids will do well at any college that has a major in their area of interest.  This notion that fit is some concept that would eliminate tons of schools is nothing more than a marketing ploy for the lesser known schools.[/quote]

Your second and third sentences seem totally contradictory to me. If 95% of kids will do well anywhere, why is it so important to go to a college future employers recognize?

Parents who are so focused on name brand schools strike me as lacking confidence in their own kids. How sad.[/quote]

I’m a new poster on this thread, but it seems obvious to me that “doing well” in this context means “having a good experience at college” and the PP is correct that 95% of kids are not delicate little flowers who’ll wilt in anything less than the perfect environment.

I honestly feel like people falling all over themselves to defend these schools are either college administrators themselves, or are boomers who still have this romanticized view of a “liberal arts education”[b] who haven’t grasped that it costs as much as a house to go to one of these places and most students/families just can’t afford to be so cavalier with that much money[/b].[/quote]

Maybe you haven't grasped that there are tons of people around here who can afford it.  Many sent their kids to private high schools to boot.  And as some other threads have made clear, some of these LACs offer very good finiancial aid.   [/quote]

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