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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s not a valid question. They are known for being strong all around SLACs. They really aren’t known for each having a specific strength. [/quote]

Agreed. You generally go to a SLAC for a well-rounded liberal arts education (which unfortunately no longer seems to be valued). Learn how to think. So though some might theoretically be better than others in particular areas, if you are going to college because you want to be 100% focused on bio or Spanish or Econ, these probably aren’t the places for you.

I work on Wall Street and I prefer to hire smart SLAC grads of all majors and we will teach them what we want them to know. Then when the world changes and they need to adapt, they tend to be the best at doing so. Unfortunately, fewer and fewer people agree with me.[/quote]

+1 IYKYK[/quote]

+1000. I work on Wall Street. I want kids who have learned how to think. We teach the rest [/quote]

Also agree. I would take one of these any day over [b]some suck-up member of the ponzi scheme pre-business club [/b]at another school who thinks they are saying all of the right things but actually sounds like a total phony. On day one at my bank they might seem really smart but the smart liberal arts kid will blow by them very quickly and no one will want to work with them because they are insufferable.[/quote]

Except “your” bank is filled with these people. Your in quotes because this comment sounds like it actually came from a current LAC student.[/quote]

You are right that we have a lot of those people. I'm not happy about it, but such is life. And no, I actually didn't even go to an LAC, nor did anyone in my family, but I recognize their value proposition. The smartest person I ever worked with in banking went to a Tier 2 or 3 LAC that I don't think has ever been mentioned on DCUM and majored in humanities.[/quote]

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