Are liberal arts colleges overrated?

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<p>UCLA - what exactly do you mean by ‘not offering the diversity or providing the opportunity to mature’?</p>

<p>As far as the people that attend them, I would beg to differ. And research opportunities and internships are often easier, or at least just as available as at larger instituations. Considering the incredible sucess the top LAC’s have in placing people in top graduate institutions, I would readily assume that LAC grads are ‘mature enough for the environment of a graduate school’.</p>

<p>And if you compare the graduate profiles of top LACs they compare to anywhere:
Pomona - <a href=“http://www.pomona.edu/cdo/2007wheregradsgo.pdf[/url]”>http://www.pomona.edu/cdo/2007wheregradsgo.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Their people going into business compare favorable to UC-Berkeley’s business grads(chosen because of the money focus in the field, so easily comparable): <a href=“http://career.berkeley.edu/Major/2006SalaryReport.pdf[/url]”>http://career.berkeley.edu/Major/2006SalaryReport.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Comparable division of professional and grad schools to UChicago(although Pomona adds a sizeable(7%) contingent getting fellowships): <a href=“Home | CareerAdv”>Home | CareerAdv;

<p>Again - business bound people(easiest to compare) are readily comparable to the very good Tepper business school of Carnegie Mellon: <a href=“http://www.studentaffairs.cmu.edu/career/employ/salary/ba.pdf[/url]”>http://www.studentaffairs.cmu.edu/career/employ/salary/ba.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Here is Swarthmore’s data, which is littered with premier ‘prestige’ positions such as being a financial analyst at Goldman Sachs: <a href=“http://www.swarthmore.edu/Documents/administration/careerservices/2007_postgrad_survey.pdf[/url]”>http://www.swarthmore.edu/Documents/administration/careerservices/2007_postgrad_survey.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>I got my these profiles from another CC thread(if you are curious why I used these schools): <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/468409-where-do-graduates-go-official-thread.html?highlight=graduate+profile[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/468409-where-do-graduates-go-official-thread.html?highlight=graduate+profile&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>I fail to see any way in which LAC’s are not demonstrating the ability to compete with top Universities.</p>