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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid has been over the president’s house more than once for receptions. Knows his dogs, etc.

[b]For the holiday formal, the faculty serve the kids their meal.[/b]

When a class is full or you may not meet the eligibility criteria, the kid writes to the prof and usually can get in.

International students who stay on campus over breaks  are invited to faculty homes for the holiday.

Etc etc

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Sounds lovely, what school?[/quote]

I went to a SLAC and so have 2 of our kids.  I agree that getting to know faculty is a major advantage for students at SLACs, but having the profs serve the holiday dinner sounds cringe-y.  [/quote]

I see why you might think that, but it is not done from a sense of entitlement or being spoiled. I am sure that the faculty who volunteer (some deans do too) are just good sports. It is a very folksy community (not slick or snarky). The students stand on chairs and sing the 12 Days or Christmas (and there are non-Christian songs as well). To buy tickets, they have to tent on the quad overnight with their friends. it is one of many traditions (like Mountain Day and Storm the Arch) that my DD cherished. [/quote]

Please pass the vomit bag.  Thanks.

I mean, c'mon.  This is so over the top.[/quote]

You are EXACTLY the type of person my kid hoped to avoid.

So that worked out well. 👍
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Yea, we never would have met.  No worries.  My kids didn't look at second tier colleges.[/quote]

Why so nasty? If the idea of SLACs makes you this angry there must be something bad going on in your life you should probably attend to instead of spewing unnecessary vitriol on the internet over an issue that should be of so little influence over your life. [/quote]

I have a kid who went to one and loved it.  Not Juniata, mind you -- a better one -- but still.  So try again.

I'm just saying that both kinds of schools have pluses and minuses.[/quote]

No, you were just trying to imply that your kid is superior to that of the PP.

Which is pretty pathetic on your part. [/quote]

Well, I mean, academically I have no doubt that my kid WAS superior to PP.  I'd never send a kid to a second tier private school.  If they can't get into a top private, I'd send them to a state school.  Just saying.

And I really don't think that, generally speaking, second tier private schools are superior to good state schools.  Take Juniata, for example.  Its six year (not four year) graduation rate is only 76 percent.  JMU, widely considered a Virginia second tier public, has a six year graduation rate of 82 percent.  A school is only as good as its graduation rate.  If Juniata is so wonderful and nurturing and easy to navigate, and JMU is large and impersonal etc etc., why are more students sticking it out at JMU and actually graduating?[/quote]

Sure, it depends on the school and your goals. Juanita is #20 per capita for producing future biology Ph.D.s. That's ahead of University of Chicago (#21), Princeton (#24), Stanford (#25), Duke (#30), etc. James Madison isn't to be seen in the top 50.

https://www.collegetransitions.com/dataverse/top-feeders-phd-programs

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Well, from the standpoint of this parent the primary "goal" of attending college is to actually graduate first.  And apparently students who are graduating from schools like Princeton, Stanford, and yes JMU in greater numbers than second tier liberal arts colleges are deciding to do different (and probably more lucrative) things than pursuing PhDs.  [/quote]

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