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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m another anti-SLAC poster, but not because I think they’re overrated or you can’t get a job coming out of them etc.  I think they’re fine schools generally, but only if they’re top 14-20, and below that (CTCL level) they’re just not worth the extra money and attract too many underachieving students with well to do parents who somehow have convinced themselves that simply by virtue of smaller size and larger price they are better than the other option available to their kids - second tier state schools - when in fact the truly important metrics (quality of entering study body, graduation rates, and employment statistics) are equal.

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I’m the HYS/state school PP who said the anti-SLAC posters have convinced me to look at SLACs more closely, and this response is another example of why. It’s just not very thoughtful and sounds more like jealousy and resentment than anything substantive. [/quote]

Right? If it's not that person's money, then why do they care? Some kids will not get into top SLACs, yet may not thrive at a state school. So what does it matter then if they go to a "CTCL level" school?

And what is an "underachieving" kid?" FWIW, many kids with LDs are sometimes not diagnosed until late MS/early HS as they had developed techniques to compensate until they are no longer viable.

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