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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are these schools striver schools?
[b]Johns Hopkins
Rice
Stern
Cornell.[/b][/quote]

Strivers are people not schools. I guess that there could be "striver schools" i.e. those obsessed over by stivers but Stern and Rice would not be among those schools. Ivies are "striver schools" because strivers (or Asian gunners as someone mentioned) are coveted because of their name and prestige, nothing in particular about any individual school really matters. Any kid who shotguns all 8 Ivies is likely a striver because those schools have nothing in common except prestige and an athletic conference. Same goes for kids who shotgun the T20 or obsess about Berkley, they are even worse in their desperate quest for prestige.

I am sure that there are many white "strivers" but my experience is that of the white upper class kids many go to top SLACs because they have little desire to be around "striver culture", or top publics if they really love engineering. They may apply to Ivies or other top schools but they don't obsess because they already have their brass ring, they are just polishing.

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What a nonsense observation.  Plenty of top SLACs have “striver” culture as well as sizable Asian populations (who I guess are all strivers).

The wealthiest students are also the ones that most covet the “striver” jobs in banking, consulting, P/E.
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You obviously haven't spent much time around top SLACs and the kids that you are talking about. Asian populations at top SLACs are less than half of what they are at top universities. Entitled cultures exist but stiver culture not so much. What you care calling a "striver job" for the those referred to as "strivers" in this thread are not striver jobs for the wealthiest students. They are normal jobs and they don't "strive", rather they assume that they will succeed in getting one because if you are a wealthy, athletic, hard working smart kid at Williams or Middlebury and you really want to go into banking or consulting you will have that opportunity.
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Again…complete nonsense.  Williams is full of kids that meet DCUM’s definition of “striver”.

The Asian population at Pomona is 22%…it’s 17% at Brown…it’s 14% at Williams…it’s 12.5% at Dartmouth…or are Brown and Dartmouth now not striver schools either.

Please, stop spewing shit.
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You just proved that you can do some basic searches on the internet but you only looked at half the equation. Why not check HYPSM for the Asian count? All you managed to do is point out that the Asian striver crowd doesn't succeed at Brown and Dartmouth; they still applied because they are Ivies and that is what matters to so many.

Regarding Williams; when you confuse the pre-professional boarding school kids with 'striver' you just demonstrate a lack of intellect. They aren't striving, they are just preparing for the jobs that they believe are theirs. Your community college education is failing you, pack it in and pick up your kids from violin parctice. [/quote]

Again…you are just spewing shit…and more shit.

Williams has more kids on significant financial aid than many Ivy schools (55%). It’s a credit that they actually accept kids trying to do great things who I guess are “striving”.

Really not sure why you keep doubling down on a college that doesn’t remotely fit your moronic vision of some college filled with the landed gentry.

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