Great colleges with fewer intense strivers

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anonymous wrote:Striver is a term on this forum for Asian people.

Nonsense. And we are an Asian family.

Then look at the reality-these people don’t like you and think you’re ruining “their” institutions. Get your head out of the sand ffs.

Totally disagree with that assessment. Our family are diligent, but we are not strivers. We are unfailingly polite and kind; we would never push someone else down so that we could advance. We do not need to crow about our occasional successes - nor do we blame others when we do not succeed. We are team players. People here keep explaining it to you, and it has zero to do with ethnicity, but you seem unwilling to hear what they are saying.

Fellow Asian American who are diligent and hard working but don’t think we are strivers.

I’m well aware that when people mention strivers, they basically mean Asians. I have never heard anyone in real life say this term.

The term didn't used to have a negative connotation confined to one group. It simply referred to those trying to improve their lot through hard work, which wasn't looked down upon. Growing up I heard it often enough, not as a pejorative.

Are you purposely ignoring the many posts that have defined a striver. It is not someone who works hard. It is someone who does so by sucking up, constantly humble bragging about grades, and generally being annoying about school. Most people don’t do this. As I’ve said before, act like you’ve been there before. Show some grace and dignity.

The lack of awareness and self-awareness here is shocking. Which is kind of the point. All of the people who are being so defensive and melodramatic are exactly the ones I don’t want my kids going to school with. It truly is possible to work hard, have normal relationships with professors, but also to chill. And contrary to the obsessed, there are many Asian students who do this very well. And many non-Asians who are strivers.

You keep trying to normalize the slur. That says a lot about you.

You continually saying that it is a slur and I’m normalizing it says a lot about you. You are slow, stubborn and unable to demonstrate critical thinking skills. Apparently too busy striving to learn how to actually think. Which is the real point of college.

[Anonymous]

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anonymous wrote:Striver is a term on this forum for Asian people.

Nonsense. And we are an Asian family.

Then look at the reality-these people don’t like you and think you’re ruining “their” institutions. Get your head out of the sand ffs.

Totally disagree with that assessment. Our family are diligent, but we are not strivers. We are unfailingly polite and kind; we would never push someone else down so that we could advance. We do not need to crow about our occasional successes - nor do we blame others when we do not succeed. We are team players. People here keep explaining it to you, and it has zero to do with ethnicity, but you seem unwilling to hear what they are saying.

Fellow Asian American who are diligent and hard working but don’t think we are strivers.

I’m well aware that when people mention strivers, they basically mean Asians. I have never heard anyone in real life say this term.

The term didn't used to have a negative connotation confined to one group. It simply referred to those trying to improve their lot through hard work, which wasn't looked down upon. Growing up I heard it often enough, not as a pejorative.

Are you purposely ignoring the many posts that have defined a striver. It is not someone who works hard. It is someone who does so by sucking up, constantly humble bragging about grades, and generally being annoying about school. Most people don’t do this. As I’ve said before, act like you’ve been there before. Show some grace and dignity.

The lack of awareness and self-awareness here is shocking. Which is kind of the point. All of the people who are being so defensive and melodramatic are exactly the ones I don’t want my kids going to school with. It truly is possible to work hard, have normal relationships with professors, but also to chill. And contrary to the obsessed, there are many Asian students who do this very well. And many non-Asians who are strivers.

Many posts here have given a biased and incorrect definition of the word. 'Striver' denotes those of all ethnicities who are simply hard-working and upwardly mobile. The negative qualities you list are not inherent in the term, no matter how many ignorant people on the internet try to co-opt it as a racial slur. What is shocking is that your only frame of context is this made-up culture of grievance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can you please suggest colleges for a bright person but without the rat race mentality that is still prestigious?

Is an intense striver and deeply focused kid striving and trying extremely hard whi h perhaps could lead to a stressful environment? This is what I thought this meant.

Or is an intense striver a code word for Asian? (Someone posted that and am curious if that is really what was meant?)

[Anonymous]

It is not a code word for Asian.

It only means "Asian" the way that people said the OK hand symbol was a racist signal and people were like "oh shit I guess they're right; can't ever use the OK symbol or maybe people will think I'm in the Wehrmacht" instead of "shut up you dummy it's not a secret code".

[Anonymous]

College of Losersville

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College of Losersville

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anonymous wrote:Striver is a term on this forum for Asian people.

Nonsense. And we are an Asian family.

Then look at the reality-these people don’t like you and think you’re ruining “their” institutions. Get your head out of the sand ffs.

Totally disagree with that assessment. Our family are diligent, but we are not strivers. We are unfailingly polite and kind; we would never push someone else down so that we could advance. We do not need to crow about our occasional successes - nor do we blame others when we do not succeed. We are team players. People here keep explaining it to you, and it has zero to do with ethnicity, but you seem unwilling to hear what they are saying.

Fellow Asian American who are diligent and hard working but don’t think we are strivers.

I’m well aware that when people mention strivers, they basically mean Asians. I have never heard anyone in real life say this term.

The term didn't used to have a negative connotation confined to one group. It simply referred to those trying to improve their lot through hard work, which wasn't looked down upon. Growing up I heard it often enough, not as a pejorative.

Are you purposely ignoring the many posts that have defined a striver. It is not someone who works hard. It is someone who does so by sucking up, constantly humble bragging about grades, and generally being annoying about school. Most people don’t do this. As I’ve said before, act like you’ve been there before. Show some grace and dignity.

The lack of awareness and self-awareness here is shocking. Which is kind of the point. All of the people who are being so defensive and melodramatic are exactly the ones I don’t want my kids going to school with. It truly is possible to work hard, have normal relationships with professors, but also to chill. And contrary to the obsessed, there are many Asian students who do this very well. And many non-Asians who are strivers.

You keep trying to normalize the slur. That says a lot about you.

You continually saying that it is a slur and I’m normalizing it says a lot about you. You are slow, stubborn and unable to demonstrate critical thinking skills. Apparently too busy striving to learn how to actually think. Which is the real point of college.

No. Mostly I don’t need some white woman educating me about racism. But thanks for trying.

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Anonymous wrote:It is not a code word for Asian.

It only means "Asian" the way that people said the OK hand symbol was a racist signal and people were like "oh shit I guess they're right; can't ever use the OK symbol or maybe people will think I'm in the Wehrmacht" instead of "shut up you dummy it's not a secret code".

It was a symbol co-opted by racists so they could use it without being caught.

Just like people use striver on this forum.

[Anonymous]

Please ignore the troll. Do not feed the troll.

[Anonymous]

For Tech

Georgia Tech, Carnegie

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do you mean where an average kid won’t be bottom of class? Any school below T100. Anything above that will still have students trying to go to med school, law school, etc.

WHAT? You are so tone deaf. Only a striver mom would say that schools below the top 100 don’t have students trying to go to med school, law school, etc.!! These are schools like Auburn, Loyola Marymount, Temple, University of Missouri, BYU, University of Tennessee, University of Arizona, University of South Carolina, VCU, JMU, University of Iowa, Elon, SDSU, University of Vermont, University of Alabama. All ranked below 100 and filled with smart kids aiming for law school and med school.

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Anonymous wrote:Do you mean where an average kid won’t be bottom of class? Any school below T100. Anything above that will still have students trying to go to med school, law school, etc.

WHAT? You are so tone deaf. Only a striver mom would say that schools below the top 100 don’t have students trying to go to med school, law school, etc.!! These are schools like Auburn, Loyola Marymount, Temple, University of Missouri, BYU, University of Tennessee, University of Arizona, University of South Carolina, VCU, JMU, University of Iowa, Elon, SDSU, University of Vermont, University of Alabama. All ranked below 100 and filled with smart kids aiming for law school and med school.

I live in the South and know many happy, successful professionals who have gone to Auburn, Sewanee, Alabama, USC, UTK, and lesser-known regional colleges! Unless you’re planning on teaching at Yale, working at Goldman Sachs or clerking for the Supreme Court, it really doesn’t matter.

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Anonymous wrote:Do you mean where an average kid won’t be bottom of class? Any school below T100. Anything above that will still have students trying to go to med school, law school, etc.

WHAT? You are so tone deaf. Only a striver mom would say that schools below the top 100 don’t have students trying to go to med school, law school, etc.!! These are schools like Auburn, Loyola Marymount, Temple, University of Missouri, BYU, University of Tennessee, University of Arizona, University of South Carolina, VCU, JMU, University of Iowa, Elon, SDSU, University of Vermont, University of Alabama. All ranked below 100 and filled with smart kids aiming for law school and med school.

I live in the South and know many happy, successful professionals who have gone to Auburn, Sewanee, Alabama, USC, UTK, and lesser-known regional colleges! Unless you’re planning on teaching at Yale, working at Goldman Sachs or clerking for the Supreme Court, it really doesn’t matter.

100% true. Immigrants and FGLI families don’t get this though.

[Anonymous]

Bates, Bowdoin, Colby

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Please ignore the troll. Do not feed the troll.

Stop posting anti-Asian threads