<p>I’m really not trying to be adversarial, but…</p>
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You commented that sawdust’s post was condescending. One might think the same thing about yours. 
Where does this leave the rest of us? Can no other schools enrich and cultivate their students?</p>
<p>There was also the question/comment about who would fit in at what kinds of schools:
At the risk of opening up another can of worms, it seems to me that expensive private and elite colleges are most accessible to the extremes of the financial spectrum, while state schools are filled with middle class kids who are neither rich enough to pay for private education nor poor enough to get substantial financial aid.</p>
<p>And finally a kernel of truth from oldfort:
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