<p>ProudDad, having been here for a long time, on this forum and on the prior ones, I happen to think that discussions about statistics, albeit often debated on this particular sub-forum, are dwarfed by discussions on best fit. Is it an accident that MANY posters object to the abundance of posts extolling the merits of a LAC education? I know that I discovered those rather unheralded “beasts” after joining this site in 2003. One of my very first post was an attempt to explain why I considered attending a Honors program at a VERY large state university was the best opportunity for me. </p>
<p>Different sub-forums have different tendencies. This one seems to focus a lot more on prestige, name recognition, and the omni-present “reputation” than any other forum, except for the questionable but popular WAMC. It also happens to be mostly complimentary of the mega-schools, thanks to no spared and mostly repetitive efforts by a small army of posters who have a profound affinity towards a well-defined type of school and Saturday afternoon football</p>