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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Daughter just graduated with a history major from a SLAC.  She just started a job at cybersecurity company as a consultant. She interned with the company in DC last year.  Not all interns received offers.  Her ability to write was probably a very important factor.    [/quote]

Fascinating. SLAC again [/quote]

No, nothing fascinating about a graduate of a small college landing a job--unless, of course, your job is to promote LACs.[/quote]
If anything it reflects the forum’s interest. There’s a big UVA/W&M/LAC culture here. [b]Sometimes my eyes light up when the typical elite universities come up, because they’re becoming a rarity of conversation [/b][/quote]

Agree.

Websites with college boards seem to be dominated by LAC marketers. Nothing wrong about reading the LAC hype, but readers miss out on the tremendous variety of offerings and options available at large universities--both public and private.

If interested in a particular major, visit the website of a Big Ten university and investigate the courses, programs, research opportunities, internship/externship opportunities, job placement, etc. You might be pleasantly surprised.

LAC folks just seem to have a lot of time on their hands and resort, unnecessarily, to making exaggerated and often false assertions.

Whether one prefers a small school or a big university, the key is to take advantage of the opportunities offered.

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I went to a university and so did all 3 of my college-aged children, but i think the “discovery” of other majors is pretty exaggerated. Most American students are covered by the 40 or so majors at a liberal arts college. You lose out on like sports management or non-Econ business at some schools, but they aren’t really necessary things to study. Sure there’s a lot more of things, but there’s a lot more undergrads, and grad students  and post docs. The class options are immense; but, many students don’t really take anything overly advanced that would take an LAC out of the picture.

This was longer than I wanted it, but I’ve seen a lot of “fed up” university parents make some pretty unfair comments about LACs[/quote]

As I noted above, you missed the point of the post that you quoted.[/quote]
I don’t get why every post has to be a measuring contest between liberal arts colleges and large universities. It’s literally just people going “this place is small” “ok well this place is BIG, how bout that” “well, you actually don’t know how amazing it is to be SMALL.” Just pick the college you want.[/quote]

Thank you!!! 
Appreciate you.[/quote]

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