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<p>I completely agree. I think my choice of words in my earlier post was poor. I should have said, " All other things being equal, I’d rather be at a place where the students around me are happy to be there and don’t intend to transfer over a place where other students lack enthusiasm about the institution and are looking for ways to escape asap." Most students don’t have the luxury of of such a choice, and of course students get perfectly adequate educations in less-than-ideal surroundings.</p>