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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I turned down a SLAC that I really wanted to go to for financial reasons and ended up at a highly regarded state school (as an OOS student, but tuition was still less than half that of the SLAC) that was affordable for my family. I'm sure I would have loved the SLAC and I also suspect that if I had gone there I would have ended up living/working in New England (since my family is also there). And I do sometimes miss New England very much. OTOH, I got a terrific education at the state school, made good friends, met DH, and launched on a career path that I likely would not have taken had I gone to the SLAC. So it all worked out fine. As it would have if I had gone to the SLAC. Totally different, but fine.

I would not spend almost 3 times the money to send my kid to Emory (or anywhere), when the alternative is a fine school in its own right. The additional utility, however you define it, of attending Emory simply isn't worth $58,000 per year.

[b]Signed,
Someone who last year hired recent grads from Emory, Penn, Cornell, Johns Hopkins, and Dartmouth, and also UVA, UMDCP, JMU, UMass, and Tulane. All have been great.[/quote][/b]

+1  Love this.  [/quote]

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