- @LuckyCat posted:
What would you consider an "insigificant" or "no reputation private?" I think there is a broad spectrum of private colleges in this country. Many in the middle have little name recognition outside their region but are giving their students good educations. There may be lots of reasons to send your kid to one of them if you can afford it that have nothing to do with snobbery.
It’s a snobbery thing in the northeast and even more so in New England. I consider an insignificant private college to be one where parents pay 60K per year rather than 20k for a state school and the kid doesn’t come out with any advantage heading into the job market.
How about a private for 60K where acceptance is based on the kid fogging a mirror and dad can write the check?
I’m not judging school and class size in my comment. There are large privates with large class size. There are state university system campuses that are smaller with smaller classes.