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<p>Could we hope for a day when people will start to inderstand that labels such “Top 30 or Top 50 LACs” are meaningless. Why should one assume that all LACs are identical? After all, are all “Top 50 universities” cut from the same cloth. </p>
<p>One needs to look at programs and not at 'generic" labels. Does anyone really think that an English major from Kenyon will be marked for life negatively in the writing circles? Does anyone that the daughter of Curmudgeon fared poorly as a medical school applicant after graduating from Rhodes College? </p>
<p>When comparing LACs and public school, there is a common denominator, namely that students can obtain an excellent education at both. There is, however, another common denominator, and one that is more important: immediate and future successes are entirely dependent on the INDIVIDUAL! And, as the mention of Rhodes indicates, the experience at one school is also entirely dependent on the individual student.</p>