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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This thread makes me think maybe it’s better to just go for a cheaper flagship than a $$$$ small school like these. Yes, I know fit matters most…[/quote]

My kid is at a SLAC. And it’s an “if you know, you know” thing. I really don’t care what my neighbors with 2nd grade kids or my PCP thinks about my kids college. Hiring managers, grad programs, professional schools etc know (and so do parents who have gone through a college search with their kids).  I’m in it to help my kid get the best education they can and the best preparation for after college. Not for having the “right” car magnet.

That said, now that I have done 2 college searches, I’d rank Lehigh and Bucknell above Dickson and Lafayette on reputation. But, fit matters too. [/quote]

Okay grad programs and professional schools maybe, but hiring managers, no.  You do realize that at nearly every single company, your resume has to GET to the hiring manager first through either an automated program or an HR representative/recruiter.  Even if the hiring manager has heard of your SLAC, chances are the HR team did not.  And FWIW, I am a hiring manager and have personally found that students from larger universities, even gasp public ones, tend to perform much strongly in the interview and testing process.[/quote]

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