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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Very town and gown
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[b]Everyone goes off to grad school so it feels a bit high-schoolish[/b], albeit an alternative high school[/quote]

I have no connection to Grinnell whatsoever, but that's a weird take.  [b]You're suggesting that students who are going on to grad school from college are less mature?  [/b]Because they know what they want to study and are ready to make a commitment to that?     [/quote]

Not pp but it means they’re delaying entry into the real world & job market. [/quote]

Meh -- grad school is the real world -- there are deadlines and professors/bosses and coworkers/peers and unless you're in a very long-term PhD program, you're starting to look for a job almost from the get-go.  I say this as someone who worked for two years between college and law school.  When I went back to school, I found my daily routine to be much the same as it was when I worked.  The major difference (besides not having a regular paycheck) was that I worked every weekend in law school, but had a longer winter break.  [/quote]

I meant that attending an LAC in a rural, isolated location is a way to delay entry into the real world & job market as it is a continuation of high school that almost necessitates that one attend grad school.[/quote]

So, it's okay to "avoid" the real world by going to a public university, just not an LAC? I'm not sure how going to a university is more "real world". If you think students should go right from high school to the real world, shouldn't they just get a job and skip college all together?
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It is a personal choice.

Easy to understand parent's who want their children to attend school in an intimate, protected environment with fewer administrative hassles. But, small and isolated has negative aspects as well--the most obvious being too few options socially & academically.

Until very recently, the top LACs had yield rates of about 40%. [/quote]

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