Drunk on the LAC Kool-Aid!

[Pizzagirl]

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mommamocha makes a good point about regional preferences. I come from the Northeast, where LACs and other private schools are highly respected, and state universities are considered at least a little inferior. It was a revelation to move a few states south to an area where people actually like their state universities.

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<p>I third this point. The classic quadrangle-on-the-hill east coast LAC - which, make no mistake about it, I adore! - just isn’t as quintessential a college experience out here in the midwest, where the Big 10 state universities are well regarded and the automatic choice of MANY very smart kids.</p>