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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are considering between OOS public university and top10 private university.
One of the common advices I received is that [b]public universities will make it difficult for students to get a personal attention and care.[/b]
I'm curious how much this is true compared to private universities.
Also, another advice I received is that the brand name of the private university will make a difference in the career.
I can see this in the case of HYPSM but other top10-20 private schools do really have a brand name recognition and advantages?[/quote]
Would you like your student to get tucked in at night?[/quote]

An unreasonably high percentage of people here would unironically answer yes to this question.[/quote]

Oh please, people are talking about being able to graduate in 4 years as they don’t have to fight for classes they need. Quality and personalized advising for med, law, grad school. Smaller class sizes where you can have closer relationships with profs for LOR, and so on. [/quote]

THis 1000%

The perks of a smaller private university are huge.  Not having to fight for the courses you want/need, great advising and advisors that know your student.

For ex: my kid was at a T100.  Spent 1 year in Major X, then needed to switch.  The "main advisor for Major X/School X" only knew my kid for less than 1 year, as they helped my kid figure out how to switch majors in April of Freshman year (on the day of Registration, 2 hours before reg none the less--so under intense pressure). That Advisor saw us at graduation and came over to talk. They knew my kid's name and remembered what major they were switching to.  This isn't a school with 2k students, it's a school with about 8K undergrads.

That's what some of us want for our kids.  When you have an ADHD kid, Anxiety ridden kid with Zero EF (except what you have trained them in), sometimes we and our kids know they need a bit extra care.  The benefits of providing that means they excel in life.

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I hear you. Intuitively, it makes sense. But do you have numbers to show this to be the case, as we look at student outcomes? [/quote]

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