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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do any LAC have business programs?[/quote]

Yes.

OP, consider Ohio Wesleyan.  We visited a few years ago and I was very impressed.

https://www.owu.edu/academics/departments-programs/economics-and-business-department/business-administration-major/

Allegheny (which I also liked when we visited) also has a business major:

https://allegheny.edu/business-major/[/quote]

Somebody’s a CTCL fan lol. Don’t fall for the gimmick OP![/quote]

O.M.G go back to the other thread. For the love of Pete. [/quote]

The OP is looking for business programs and somebody is on here pushing one CTCL school after another.  CTCLs are not known for business.  Actually they’re not known for anything - but especially business.

Sure I’ll stay off this thread so long as posters with an agenda don’t try and lead OP astray.  [/quote]

PP here who posted the LACs that have business majors.  I suggested these schools because they do have business majors and because OP's DC may benefit from the small size and personal connections that a LAC offers.  Given the GPA and the ACT score, a LAC may be the right choice.[/quote]

OP here. I should have mentioned that DS has had trouble staying on task so the thinking is that a smaller LAC may be a better fit. The fear of the big state schools would be him falling through the cracks. Unfortunately, he still requires a bit of hand holding. Not ideal but that is wat we are dealing with. Trying to find someplace where he can thrive and gain some confidence, if that makes sense. [/quote]

And this is exactly why I suggested trying another route before going the expensive private one and got laughed off the page.  Nobody is going to throw merit money at OP’s kid.  If the kid goes private, there’s a real chance OP is throwing money away.  But, hey, it’s OP’s money - and OP’s kid is exactly the kind of applicant whose “full pay” a second tier private would love to take. [/quote]

Thanks for your input and I agree. Unfortunately, for better or worse, community college just has a stigma attached to it. DS just shuts down when it is even suggested. Yes, I know we are responsible for this but we are trying to do what we can at this point.[/quote]

At least you're sounding reasonable.  One of my kids was in a more extreme position than yours is stats wise, also because of trouble "staying on task" as you say. SATs in the mid-1400s but a GPA well below a 3.0.  We have money to spare but there was no way we were going to "reward" DC or run the risk of wasting real money by investing in a lower-tiered private school in the hope that they'd coddle the kid.  Instead, we had DC take a year off do a gap year type thing (leaving home to volunteer).  DC then applied to in state publics and got into a respectable larger one strictly on the basis of the SATs (larger state school admissions are generally numbers-driven) and went there.  DC eventually graduated and enjoyed the time there -- and we were less annoyed by the extra tuition payments it required to get DC the degree because tuition was much lower than private schools.

DCUM parents with more money than time tend to think that money will buy their kids private school educations (both high school and college) that give them a leg up on success.  For a lot of kids, though, that's not the ticket -- and it leads to stress and disappointment within the family.  There's another way.  Just my two cents.      [/quote]

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