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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]SLACs have very low ROI compared to state schools:

https://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/info-Salaries_for_Colleges_by_Type-sort.html

They seem like a total scam except for the 1%. Much better for your future to go to UMD or Ohio State or Indians or Purdue or VA Tech to [b]study engineering or business while enjoying college sports[/b].

SLACs seem like a waste for all but the wealthy 1%era who don’t have to worry about finding a job after graduation. Many of them don’t have [b]big college sports [/b]or [b]Greek Life[/b] to generate alumni loyalty. What’s the point of them? 
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Greek Life . . . College Sports . . . Engineering/business/hard sciences . . . all things that would completely turn my kid off of a college.  [/quote]

The notion that SLACs don’t have alumni loyalty because of a lack of Greek life or big sports is stupid. Many SLACs have a very avid alumni base. My SLAC has a great one and I have leaned on the network many times for jobs. Reunions are also a good indicator of alumni loyalty. I have gone to every one. At my 25th reunion, 70% of my class came, that’s huge compared with most schools, esp. big state schools.[/quote]

Maybe that’s your case. I went to a SLAC ranked currently in the high 20s, and the alumni network has been useless and most don’t come to reunions or city-based alumni meetups.

I will definitely be encouraging my kids to attend a flagship state school with big time college sports. College sports are a good way to connect students with alumni. No such thing exists at SLACs except for being a varsity athlete yourself. [/quote]

I have several colleagues who went to LACs and even ‘lesser’ Ivy League schools and they are not pleased with their alumni experiences & outcomes at all. Some of them even mentioned that they should have gone to big state schools instead. [b]They don’t feel any connections to their respective alma maters. That’s why bigtime college athletics is so important to many people.[/b]

I think prospective students should not solely select schools based on education and expected on-campus experiences but also consider what these schools could do for them in the future (and networking is just one factor here).[/quote]

A very good indicator of whether alumni feel a strong connection to their respective alma maters is the % who give money to the school (versus just pay lip service to it or buy a sweatshirt).  And using that metric, many SLACs do much better than big state schools.  [/quote]

Small private schools need to raise funds to survive; large public universities do not need to do so as they are publicly funded.[/quote]

LOL. No. I graduated from Michigan (OP's apparent dream school - sports! greek life! large! CS! business! ROI!). A few years ago, it raised over $5 billion in an endowment campaign. FWIW, both of my DC go to SLACs. [/quote]

LOL ! Yes !

The University of Michigan is an exception due to limited state funding. Read the wikipedia entry on the University of Michigan. The last paragraph under "20th Century" addresses this matter in a concise manner.[/quote]

https://umdrightnow.umd.edu/university-of-marylands-fearless-ideas-the-campaign-for-maryland-raises-record-1-5b  :roll: [/quote]

Eyeroll all you want. The fact is that the overwhelming majority of private colleges & universities need to raise funds in order to survive; public universities do not. However, public universities have adopted private school fundraising techniques--which is fine although unnecessary unless the state has reduced funding to its public colleges and universities.[/quote]

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