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[quote=Anonymous]I'm a tenured professor at an R1, who attended a PAWS college, then completed a PhD at HYP in the social sciences. It is absurd to compare SLACs to "National Universities" (a UWNWR silly category) based upon percentage of applicants admitted. 
No one on this thread seems to factor in that the seniors who apply to top SLACs are already a highly filtered group, for better or for worse. Chances are that applicants already come from a well-educated family and/or attend a high school with superior college counseling. Everyone has heard of HYP; you don't need a selective graduate degree to know that these schools have reputations. This is a major reason why H, in particular, has such low admit rates; everyone applies to H, even when it's a crap shoot.
OP, your child needs to figure out what environment she'll need to thrive. It can be small or large, urban or rural, Greek or not, etc., etc. I truly do not think that your child understands what "competitiveness" actually entails. So much of her happiness in college will be in finding a supportive friend group, and she can find this, or not, wherever she ends up.[/quote]

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