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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They will never be elite as long as their school is known for having a racist and homophobic environment[/quote]

People are saying that about schools that are great but are too “woke” anyway.

My kid is at South Carolina in the business school. It will probably never be considered “elite” and it will never be HSPY. But:

1) they are learning a ton (finance, accounting, stats, data science, org behavior, etc). 
2) the dean of the b school said they had 16,000 applicants to the b school and only accepted 1600. So, 10% accepted for the b-school. 
3) they received a scholarship for $16k a year, making it the same cost as many Va schools all in. (40k COA)
4) they will get a job easily. Already have gotten an internship. 
5) socially and weather wise, it is fantastic. I wish there was no Greek system (they are not in one but still have a great social life) but I think Greek systems (and even Princeton dining clubs or secret societies) are dumb in general. That could be said about many schools.

The kids at the school are more liberal than the state of SC is politically. I’m hoping my kid’s perspective rubs off on them, and that more South Carolinians grow more educated about political issues, more like the rest of the east coast politically, and it gradually becomes less of an issue. They have a mix of friends that are both conservative and liberal and it hasn’t been an issue. No one is hanging up a confederate flag in the dorm though.

The only way places like SC, Indiana and Tennessee are going to change is if there’s some idea exchanges with people outside their current bubbles. It’ll never be Manhattan, but I’m hoping it will gradually get less insular with more people taking advantage of the positives in those places.

Also the abortion thing is a red herring. Any kid whose parents can pay for college out of state can pay to get them back to home to get health care. [/quote]

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