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Anonymous wrote:Lots and lots of better options.

Not really. It’s a top SLACs with an academic profile generally equal to ANY top SLAC.

Agree -- Hamilton is basically at the top for SLAC. I would rank Pomona/CMC and Williams/Amherst above it, but it is basically a peer to Middlebury/Bowdoin at this point.

Anonymous wrote:Lots and lots of better options.

Not really. It’s a top SLACs with an academic profile generally equal to ANY top SLAC.

Anonymous wrote:Agree with others, Hamilton is extremely hard sell to our kid. But not unique as several other SLACs are also remote.

That is fine. Why send your kid off to a northern LAC if they would rather be in a city or in the south or at a huge University with thousands and thousands of students. that would makes no sense. For a student looking for an excellent small liberal arts college, Hamilton is great.

Agree with others, Hamilton is extremely hard sell to our kid. But not unique as several other SLACs are also remote.

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Anonymous wrote:Agree with others can’t imagine sending a kid to such a remote location with horrible long winters.

I not only could imagine it, but I sent my kid there! Where she is having an amazing time and is unbothered by the weather because she’s generally able to cope.

+1. There is an amazing product called a warm coat. Some people on this thread need to give one a try and stop missing out on winter.

Lots and lots of better options.

"Despite all I have seen and experienced, I still get the same simple thrill out of glimpsing a tiny patch of snow in a high mountain gully and feel the same urge to climb towards it."

— Edmund Hillary

Anonymous wrote:Agree with others can’t imagine sending a kid to such a remote location with horrible long winters.

I not only could imagine it, but I sent my kid there! Where she is having an amazing time and is unbothered by the weather because she’s generally able to cope.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Great place to spend $90,000 plus a year on a STEM degree and then end up making $65,000 a year getting chewed up teaching at an inner city charter school. Not exactly med school pipeline for all.

This fits the one Hamilton grad I know exactly.

Also describes two Ivy grads I know.

One of the best HS teachers I had was an ivy grad. Exposure to a great teacher is a valuable and memorable gift.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Great place to spend $90,000 plus a year on a STEM degree and then end up making $65,000 a year getting chewed up teaching at an inner city charter school. Not exactly med school pipeline for all.

This fits the one Hamilton grad I know exactly.

Also describes two Ivy grads I know.

Anonymous wrote:Great place to spend $90,000 plus a year on a STEM degree and then end up making $65,000 a year getting chewed up teaching at an inner city charter school. Not exactly med school pipeline for all.

Which school is a med school pipeline for all?

Anonymous wrote:Great place to spend $90,000 plus a year on a STEM degree and then end up making $65,000 a year getting chewed up teaching at an inner city charter school. Not exactly med school pipeline for all.

Nonetheless, Hamilton places 27th among all schools and 6th among LACs in enrollment-adjusted information for Wall Street and IB placement, for those interested in such potentially lucrative careers:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Great place to spend $90,000 plus a year on a STEM degree and then end up making $65,000 a year getting chewed up teaching at an inner city charter school. Not exactly med school pipeline for all.

This fits the one Hamilton grad I know exactly.

More trashing of science and science education by DCUM posters. Enjoy med school if that is your path. If I knew my doc was an arrogant jack ass trashing science teachers, I would find a new doctor.

Anonymous wrote:Great place to spend $90,000 plus a year on a STEM degree and then end up making $65,000 a year getting chewed up teaching at an inner city charter school. Not exactly med school pipeline for all.

This fits the one Hamilton grad I know exactly.

Snow Ridge and McCauley Mountain are 45 and 60 miles away respectfully. With rates under $50 for college students.