Are Asian Americans not interested in top SLACs?

[Anonymous]

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Best Undergraduate CS programs
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1156992.page

Only one SLAC in like top 80 not to mention engineering.

SLACs are not to be taken seriously.

You really expect top administrators to be familiar with specific departments at schools where publishing isn't the priority? How would they be?

The most objective third party data that exists is from the NSF when detailing undergrad origins of PhD programs. CS PhD programs pick only the best and skew towards top LACs.

Top talents in CS/Engineering don't stay in academics

+1000
Cannot be more true.

[Anonymous]

I am a first gen Asian and I encouraged my kids to apply to SLACs but my kids were not interested because they did not want to be in small schools in remote locations. Despite, attending small private HS, they opted for larger schools. In retrospect, it seems like they made a good choice because they have a larger community to engage with and are not a minority. One of my DS's close Asian friend at Bowdoin does not like it and wants to transfer. Being a minority in a small environment is not easy.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The average SAT and ACT for enrolled students is comparable to any top private university, and any public one.

The point about acceptance rate is that these schools have tons of viable candidates to pick between. You cannot get into Williams unless you are a top student academically.

SAT is just a baseline that top colleges look at. There are way more things that a competitive student needs to show their talents and effort in order to get admitted . This is exactly why SLACs are just a Mickey Mouse when it comes to student quality comparison.

?? Your first two statements are true for top slacs as well.

My daughter got into Columbia but was rejected from Amherst and Swarthmore.

That's called yield protection, you stupid.
My DC was also admitted by multiple top 10s but was rejected by VT level schools.

DP. Resorting to name calling when confronted with info that contradicts you doesn’t make you more credible, it makes you less.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am a first gen Asian and I encouraged my kids to apply to SLACs but my kids were not interested because they did not want to be in small schools in remote locations. Despite, attending small private HS, they opted for larger schools. In retrospect, it seems like they made a good choice because they have a larger community to engage with and are not a minority. One of my DS's close Asian friend at Bowdoin does not like it and wants to transfer. Being a minority in a small environment is not easy.

My DC was put off by the locations of the Maine SLACs. Felt vey isolating. Enjoying Wellesley though.

[Anonymous]

My kids are still young but 7 of 9 of nieces/nephews are at LACs. All are Asian American so perhaps it’s less popular, but obviously not unknown or disliked.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Best Undergraduate CS programs
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1156992.page

Only one SLAC in like top 80 not to mention engineering.

SLACs are not to be taken seriously.

You really expect top administrators to be familiar with specific departments at schools where publishing isn't the priority? How would they be?

The most objective third party data that exists is from the NSF when detailing undergrad origins of PhD programs. CS PhD programs pick only the best and skew towards top LACs.

Top talents in CS/Engineering don't stay in academics

+1000
Cannot be more true.

Firstly, that’s very debatable. Secondly, you clearly aren’t aware that most CS/Engineering PhDs don’t stay in academia either. Turns our technical PhDs are sought after for senior technical roles in industry. What a concept!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People in Asia have never heard of SLACs. In many other countries "colleges" are for people who couldn't get into universities. Asians parents in America could explain the benefits of, e.g., Swarthmore to people back in the homeland until they were blue in the face, but the relative back home would pity them and snicker.

Explain why “it’s a school old money prestigious white American people really like, and they hire from there into Banking“ is somehow incomprehensible in Asia.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:One of the most idiotic threads on this forum. OP is a moron.

+1 We've also learned that many on DCUM have a very skewed impression of Asian Americans.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:One of the most idiotic threads on this forum. OP is a moron.

+1 We've also learned that many on DCUM have a very skewed impression of Asian Americans.

It’s kind of appalling how a lot of people just completely buy into the worst stereotypes.

[Anonymous]

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Why does this discrepancy exist?

I’ve done a lot of research on this very topic and my conclusion is that Asians are not interested in top SLACs.

Please, people, let’s get back to more important topics, like the infuriating prevalence of white people at Wake Forest & the mystery of why more people don’t apply to Hampshire.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Best Undergraduate CS programs
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1156992.page

Only one SLAC in like top 80 not to mention engineering.

SLACs are not to be taken seriously.

Says someone who takes USNews surveys seriously.

Only one in top 80.
Enough said.

[Anonymous]

Asians study serious stuff like CS and engineering. That's why.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Asians study serious stuff like CS and engineering. That's why.

They cannot rely on ‘knowing someone’ aka networking like white people. I didn’t think this was something to snark at but apparently privileged whites feel differently.

[Anonymous]

This is a dumb thread. It's not as black and white as posters say. It's not all or nothing when it comes to Ivies, SLACs or top publics. In my wide circle of Asian friends, many like Ivies or publics but many others do encourage their kids to go to SLACs, especially the Asians who are more acculturated.

[Anonymous]

I took my son to visit Middlebury and he hated it. We visited in winter which was probably a mistake. He found it too remote and said it didn’t seem much bigger than his public high school. He thought the kids were preppy and had a country club vibe. He also hated Vassar and thought Bowdoin was just ok. Loved Dartmouth and Cornell for some reason.
What are you going to do. I like SLACs but some kids find them too small, remote and homogeneous