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[quote=Anonymous]I agree with statement that you should go with what your student prefers and not worry too much about how to compare rankings. Top SLACs have advantage in better mentoring from profs (and resulting better recommendations), small classes and focus on undergrad education, less competitive clubs and easier to get leadership in clubs, all of which can translate into advantage in law/grad school apps, also rabid alumni network can help with jobs. Ivies are R1, so better name recognition with ordinary folks and internationally, bigger departments mean more variety in classes, labs, often profs are at the very top of their fields, which can be exciting. Social scene is also very different, which might make Ivy or SLACs much much more attractive to a particular kid. I went to HYP, DC ed’d unhooked to WASP even though naviance showed much better chances at some Ivies, because WASP was first choice. Back in the day it wasn’t as easy to get info about differences between schools and I applied mostly based on rankings. Watching my DC’s process, I was surprised to find that once you really look at them a lot of the Ivies have features (frats, eating clubs, hyper-competitive clubs, very pre-professional vibe, very urban) that made them less attractive to my DC than several top SLACs; of course for some kids some of these features would be advantages. DC very happy with WASP choice, and for their major and career plans I think the SLAC is the same or maybe even a little better than most Ivies, but for another kid an Ivy might well be better. [/quote]

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