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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Parent of a WASP student here. Not really. If you look at the overall averages, the WASP schools will have [i]marginally[/i] higher stats. (Emphasis on "marginally.") But the vast majority of kids in the top non-WASP LACs would thrive at the WASP schools; and the WASP kids would still be challenged at other top LACs. My guess is that the top 50-75% of students at the top non-WASP are virtually indistinguishable from their WASP counterparts.

The best place to test this would be the Claremont Colleges. I'm guessing that Pomona students don't notice any "caliber" difference in their counterparts at CMC and Mudd, although I'm sure there are cultural differences.[/quote]

+1 and even going down a tier in the LACs I think the only difference really is a greater SES diversity. There are plenty of smart kids who want the LAC experience who can't afford the highly ranked LACs but will choose to go down the rankings for merit $ vs. going to their big state U.[/quote]

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