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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wouldn't call Sarah Lawrence crapola- but I agree that these two schools are not equivalent. I actually went to Amherst and never had a bad professor. I never felt limited in class selection. I published research as a first author in a high impact factor journal as an undergrad.

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DH went to Sarah Lawrence. I went to UF.

He had small classes, but ran into several bad teachers and had very few classes to choose from so he ended up feeling cornered into taking classes he had no interest in just to stay on the graduation track. He liked many of his classmates but overall it was a miserable experience.

Meanwhile I had endless opportunities at UF. The work in my major was challenging and engaging. And the social opportunities were amazing. It was the best 4 years of my life. There was no hand holding though; you better have great executive function skills to manage a big university education.

And when we graduated? I walked right out and got a degree in the field we both majored in, while he struggled for several years before he got hired at the company I was working at.[/quote]

That's a bit unfair.  Sarah Lawrence is a crapola LAC.  UF is one of the best state u's.  It's like comparing Amherst to Utah State.

I think a fair comparison would be a LAC vs a state U with comparable average SAT scores (just as a way to approximate the caliber of the student body)[/quote][/quote]

I just think we can all agree, Sarah Lawrence is not the ideal institution for a student concerned about gainful employment.[/quote]

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