Originally Posted by Kriston
I think that's probably the trade off: do less work and pay more money for college. Get straight As and high test scores and go for free or at least a lot closer to it.

Just another idea...

And has somebody who has been to both kinds of colleges, based on my experience (I know there are exceptions), I would say, "You get what you pay for." Those small colleges are darn good. I was not so impressed with my highly ranked state school experience.