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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Richmond is even preppier and more greek than Wake, but smaller.

Contrary to what you read on DCUM, Richmond and Wake are very popular these days, with both receiving a record amount of applications this year.  Turns out there are a lot of kids that like the combination of small classes with professors that care about teaching, meticulously maintained campuses, great post graduate outcomes and a fun D1 sports scene.

However, if your kid is small-minded enough to think all full pay kids are lazy, perhaps besides questioning your parenting skills, you should send them to UC-Merced or VCU so she doesn't have to deal with the affluent.[/quote]

Wow. You have some angst issues.

I wrote the fratty comment. I'm an UMC white person whose kids will easily be full pay who was in a greek organization at a top tier school and works on Wall Street. I think USN&WR is trash. Probably not the mental image you had of me, huh?

I was told that Wake was what Duke was for our generation (because Duke has gotten a lot more intense). Work hard, play hard, but super smart kids. I was underwhelmed by most of the kids I met there and it was more pre-professional than intellectual. Which I know is generally par for the course these days but it was more than I expected. It is a very good school. Don't get me wrong. I did like the size, campus was beautiful, professors seem truly engaged. But a more serious kid will not be happy there. Which is fine. Different strokes for different folks.[/quote]

I don't get the point of this post.  Why is it relevant where you work or whether you are a full pay family?  I would never make assumptions about the entire student body of school based on a one day campus visit as a parent.  As a parent of a Wake kid, I've been consistently impressed by how much the kids care about their academics, and how robust the club scene is outside of greek life.   Is it more preprofessional than intellectual?  Probably, but so is the T10 college I attended.  So is Duke, for that matter, especially historically.

There is no question that Wake (and Richmond) are both preppy but that actually isn't synonymous with "fratty.'  
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