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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do people on this forum really think their snowflakes can’t be intellectually stimulated at “non-selective” schools??

First of all - there will be plenty of smart kids basically anywhere and people can find their tribe.  Second of all - what about being able to function in the real world, in the workplace where people have all different strengths and skills.  Sometimes an average student can be brilliant socially or politically or just “get” geospatial thinking.  It would be a sad world if only good test takers prevailed across the board.

I hope my kid finds the school that meets their needs academically, socially and culturally and I don’t need artificial selectivity metrics to tell me what that is.[/quote]

Well stated!!

As long as you attend a school in the T200 or so, there will be plenty of "intellectual peers" for your kid.  Sure, it won't be 100% like a T25 school, but there will be plenty.

And yes, in the real world you will need to function with people who did not attend a T20 university, because that is most likely who 85%+ of the colleagues will be, including the management chain.  
Plenty of smart people attend their State University because it's affordable and they are smart to know you don't need to go into massive debt.

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