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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]College prof here. College enrollments are set to drop off a cliff, but the elite schools will be just as hard to get in as ever. It's already a great time to get deals on lower-profile colleges, though. Your kid can get a fantastic and cheap(er) education at a smaller SLAC, and you can bargain for tuition breaks, too. Just apply to several and then pit them against each other. They are so desperate right now because they are tuition-dependent. Ask me how I know...

https://www.chronicle.com/article/the-shrinking-of-higher-ed[/quote]

This is behind the paywall so I can't read it. But those "smaller SLACs with a tuition break" - what type of college are we talking about? I presume this is not the Amherst / Williams / Pomona highly selective college but is it a place you'd actually want your kid to attend?[/quote]

Seriously? Folks roll their eyes when they hear of the "no name" SLAC I attended then occasionally say "I've never heard of that." From that college, which offered merit for this working class kid, I attended an Ivy for grad. No one there seemed super focused on where anyone went to undergrad.

Frankly, it is a little sad when someone cleaves onto their UG Ivy or Little Ivy degree decades later. You worked, had a family, etc, but you still need to invoke that UG degree for status. [/quote]

Prestige does matter. It helps you. Probably helps more when you're just starting out, but it still helps. The question is whether that prestige is worth paying for.

But to return to the point, not all "lesser" SLACs are the same. If you had to put them in tiers based on selectivity, what tier of school is "desperate" now as the PP said?[/quote]

I would look at the NACAC list of colleges still accepting applications. This is not to say that these schools are "desperate," but it could give you some options that might offer tuition breaks.

[url]https://www.nacacnet.org/news--publications/Research/openings/[/url][/quote]

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