It's "small" everywhere but DCUM, where it becomes "selective."

Anonymous wrote:Actually, I thought it was Selective Liberal Arts Consortium. See
http://slaconsortium.org/

http://www.acronymfinder.com/Small-Liberal-Arts-College-(SLAC).html

Anonymous wrote:Actually, I thought it was Selective Liberal Arts Consortium. See
http://slaconsortium.org/

That refers to a consortium of a specific group of small liberal arts colleges - there are other SLACs

The funniest one we received last week was a letter from a no-name institution congratulating DS that, based on information he provided to the college board (which cannot be much more than his email address at this point, since he hasn't released scores), he is "eligible" for a 19K per year "scholarship" worth 76K over four years. This reminds me of Jos. A. Bank ads: buy one, get three free!!

Actually, I thought it was Selective Liberal Arts Consortium. See
http://slaconsortium.org/

It's sad, but (presumably) more selective schools like Washington U and U. Chicago spam students who are obvious mismatches with materials trying to boost applications and turn down more applicants. I'm not sure which is worse. It all ends up in recycling.

Anonymous wrote:OP here. SLAC is selective liberal arts college. I think I should have left the S off for this one.

That said, DD is not an academic star and one of her first choices is a medium-sized liberal arts college that is moderately selective with two of her preferred sort of hard to find majors. So I don't wish any ill will to them (and really hope this one accepts DD).

But the one above and another college that emailed just an hour before titled "Why I'm so eager to see your application" (we visited that one, but won't be applying there) are over the top.

SLAC is SMALL liberal arts college

I assume they'd waive the app fee so it isn't a matter of generating app fees

As a parent, I think it's creepy (and possibly sexist). But, these marketers know their audience. It could be humorous to the right age group.

OP here. SLAC is selective liberal arts college. I think I should have left the S off for this one.

That said, DD is not an academic star and one of her first choices is a medium-sized liberal arts college that is moderately selective with two of her preferred sort of hard to find majors. So I don't wish any ill will to them (and really hope this one accepts DD).

But the one above and another college that emailed just an hour before titled "Why I'm so eager to see your application" (we visited that one, but won't be applying there) are over the top.

They think they are being quirky and clever, but are faing miserably (other than the fact that we are talking about it now). Not a good use of tuition money. Middling slacs will be the first to close because no one wants to pay that much to attend a place with limited return on investment. It's pathetic, really.

I guess the answer is a good way to determine if this SLAC is right for you. People employed by the SLAC's admissions departments often have a sense of humor. Does it match what you guys are looking for?

I think it's funny.

Yuck. What's a SLAC?

Didn't the number of high school graduates peak recently and is now trending down? Expect more competition. Good for the grads.

Creepy and unprofessional. They just want to up their #s and application fees.

Lame. Who would want to attend a school that tried so hard?

My DD, a senior, is getting pretty desperate-sounding email from some middling SLACs beseeching her to apply. I just had to share this one. She has never expressed an interest in this school that I know of. The subject line is "Is there someone else?"

"You’ve spurned our advances and we are starting to think there is someone else. Say it isn’t so! We thought we were a match from the start…

Free food, facts, short messages, long messages, we’ve tried it all. What can we do to light this flame?Give us a chance to be the one."

Funny or just creepy? I vote for the latter.