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Message: [QUOTE="alphaorange, post: 358129, member: 305"] Sir, with all due respect, you are brighter than to have to ask that question. Private schools are smaller, almost without exception. Smaller schools means a smaller alumni base. A smaller alumni base means smaller numbers of emotionally invested fans. Smaller numbers of emotionally invested fans means less attendance. Simple. Another qualifier is the fact that alumni of state schools tend to be from that state and often stay in that state. Private schools draw from a much wider area and the alumni have no attachment for the area after graduation. I have no stats on this but I would give odds the difference is very substantial. [/QUOTE]