<p>When I went to an LAC, there were three things I noticed.
- People constantly had disparaging things to say about ‘State school’ kids. At a state school, you’re just a face in the crowd, and you don’t have to go to classes but you can still get a degree. This lead to the collective conclusion that all state schoolers were stupid.</p>
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<li><p>Because you are at a liberal arts school with arbitrary graduation requirements, you will be much more prepared and much more ‘well rounded’ for the real world than your big school counterparts. You will be able to easily attain a job, (in reality) as long as its an internship at a museum or as an administrative temp).</p></li>
<li><p>The college ranking publications are pretty much the Gospel for LAC students. With such super subjective categories as “Most Beautiful Campus”, LAC students rush to their facebooks and post links and give themselves a pat on the back for going to such a ‘beautiful school’, but they won’t be able to get into a required class for their major next semester because of faculty cuts.</p></li>
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