@OHMomof2 I get that. I went to a small LAC and loved so much about it. Having alumni connections is not the same as seeing the grind, though. I would have appreciated that perspective as an undergrad. The only picture I saw on a daily basis were tenured professors which is fantasyland for someone who wants to go further. I did get that perspective when I studied at a large research university overseas and it was really eye-opening for me. But I wish I had seen it sooner. The alums you are going to see in those directories are not the ones who dropped out of grad school or who are forever ABD because they have kids. At least not from my LAC.