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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Macalester has a fantastic reputation.  It used to be an excellent regional school but now has a much wider reach.  Its particularly good for kids who are interested in international affairs.[/quote]

It has no reputation.  Small regional school that would be an enormous disappointment for most Big 3 parents.
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I don't care for the US News Rankings, but for those who do, Macalester ranks above Oberlin, Kenyon, Connecticut College -- these are all schools students attend from Big 3 schools.  Macalester has a unique international bent.  We looked at it but DC thought it would be too cold.[/quote]

to be honest nor do bates, colby, trinity, conn college, hamilton etc... all those NESCAC schools aside from amherst, williams, maybe bowdoin are just finishing schools for full-pay kids from the suburbs.[/quote]

+1  Agree.  Not sure why parents spend so much money for these schools (add Boston U, Tufts, etc.) to the list.  The private colleges and universities worth the 50K + college costs are the Ivies and equivalent like Stanford and the "little ivies" like Williams, Amherst, etc.  The rest are simply not worth the cost compared to public state universities and certainly not worth the 100K+ in student debt that some people take out to send their kids for undergrad.

Seriously, employers are not going to care that Macalester is ranked above Oberlin and Kenyon nor are they going to prefer undergrads from these schools over UCs, U of Texas, U of Wisconsin, etc.[/quote]

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