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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Asking genuinely. They just seem so large and impersonal. The credential may be great but is the educational experience comparable to what one might have at a top private school? I attended a midsized elite private and suspect the educational experience I had is more similar to a smaller LAC. But when you go to Michigan or Florida or Wisconsin, is anyone really cultivating your abilities? Evaluating your written work carefully? Small seminars? Or is it more like watching good Ted talks and then handing something in ([b]and then getting an A because most of the kids are in staters producing high school level work).[/b] Interested in perspectives on this from state u grads. [/quote]

Sorry, OP.  When your idiotic bias is front and center, as yours clearly is, I have no interest in wasting my time with a substantive answer.  Frankly, you don’t deserve one.[/quote]

Ok, this is my experience. I was staying with my friend at prestigious state u and he paid me $50 in the 1990s to write a paper for him. I cranked it out in an hour and he got an A+. It was B- ish work at Ivy League. Ever since then I’ve tended to think state u was bs.  [/quote]

So you helped someone cheat, and YOU have the moral high ground? You are not a good person, OP.[/quote]

I never claimed I was a good person. I am just curious if I send my kid to state u will he have the same kind of intellectual growth experience I did, with professors giving me direct feedback on my papers, etc. I want my kid to have a good credential but it won’t be bad either if he grew along the way. [/quote]

Lol @ intellectual growth. You don’t sound very impressive. [/quote]

I made one snarky comment, geez [/quote]
You extrapolated from one student in one class at one state university to decide that all state schools are "BS."  Not all that impressed with your intellectual abilities, so I guess LACs turn out students unable to distinguish data from anecdotes?

If your kid is the kind of person who will skate by and do the minimum and isn't self-motivated, then a state school might not be the best for him.  State schools offer many opportunities, chances to work with faculty, etc., but they don't do as much hand-holding, on average.   Undergrads can get involved in cutting-edge research, work with world-class faculty, access incredible resources.  But you have to be willing to seek out those challenges and opportunities.  That said, I've seen kids skate through LACs, too.  As with many things, you get out of it what you put in.  [/quote]

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