<p>MagiTF, </p>
<p>There is a thread in the Parents Forum about education at top privates versus honors at a top publics where your perspective on the differences in the student experience between two schools with top departments in many fields would be very welcome. </p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/594472-classes-harder-just-harder-get.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/594472-classes-harder-just-harder-get.html</a> </p>
<p>As the economy unravels many parents are looking harder at these choices. Only older and more experienced adults can really speak to whether the differences discussed in that thread seem to have lasting personal benefits, but we parents would all like our children to get some joy out of the college experience. For some students that may be the opportunity to get cheap tickets to great college sports games, but for others that may be the opportunity for a once in a lifetime four years in an exciting intellectual atmosphere.</p>