<p>Yes BlueBayou, I agree with your previous post that public land grant schools are wonderful. The reality is that if private colleges didn’t exist then many of the students who are currently attending/will attend them would be pushed out because there would not be enough spaces for all those desiring a college education. Of course the states could open more schools, but that would mean higher taxes and I’m sure that wouldn’t go over too well. I live in Virginia and the competition to get into some of our top state schools ( UVa, Wm. & Mary, Va Tech) is pretty fierce. If some of our top students did not choose to attend private schools ( for various reasons), the competition would be even worse.</p>