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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I love how the few people that went to the top 5 schools are rapidly posting about how great their school experience was. What you're not seeing is everyone who went to school 10 and down the Haverfords, St Olafs, Macalaster College, Pomona etc. Btw GW and Georgetown are not considered small schools. Oh and if you don't think Vtech or UVA don't have a huge alumni presence then you're smoking something.[/quote]

1. You need to get your ranking straight. Pomona is definitely top 5-7 and Haverford is very close behind. St. Olaf and Macalaster are good, but not in the same league as Swarthmore, Amherst, Williams, Pomona, Wellesley, and probably Carleton and Davidson.

2. No one said that UVA or VT, or UMD, for that matter has small alumni presence. However, there is something special about the very tight alumni network at the most selective, SLACs. UVA alum (and I speak as one!) are a dime a dozen here in DC, but when I see one of my colleagues meet another "Swattie," it's like they are kindred spirits. Maybe because it's a self-selecting bunch that choose to attend these schools (UVA, OTOH, was a "default" option for the strong students at my NOVA high school)? BTW, all the alum I've known from Swarthmore and Williams seem to be doing really interesting, cool work. I would be very, very pleased if DD got into one of those schools.[/quote]

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