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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Of course UT has an arts & science school - it’s called the College of Liberal Arts. [/b] Also, one of the student presenters had not heard of Manhattan (NY), which was mildly concerning.  Definitely a wide range of students there.[/quote]

Lack of basic Geographical awareness is pervasive throughout the United States and has been for decades.   It should come as no surprise to experience it anywhere in this country.  Truly sad state of affairs. [/quote]

You attended an information session and you don’t even know the name of the college(s)? Of all the things that never happened, this didn’t happen the most.

There is a College of Liberal Arts at UT, but it does not include [u]either[/u] art or sciences. Art is in the College of Fine Arts. Science is in the College of Natural Sciences.

If you’re going to make stuff up, at least do a basic amount of research first. [/quote]

I think you’re confusing me with someone else.  I was simply commenting on a student unaware of the borough of Manhattan in NYC. 
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The bolded is not from you? It immediately precedes the comment about Manhattan. It is incorrect.

If your Manhattan anecdote actually happened the way you describe, which I doubt, did it possibly occur to all of you wringing your hands that the student in question is likely from an underprivileged or even just non-privileged background and did not spend their childhood jetting off to NY for the weekend to shop and see Broadway plays? Exactly the kind of student the “top 6%” admissions program was designed to offer an opportunity to succeed.

You people talk a lot about wanting to expose your kid to diversity of experience, but you start wringing your hands when it might include exposing your kid to someone who might not have had all the privileges your kid had. You do need to stick with “elite” schools in the NE, where “diversity” means your kid can go to college with rich kids of many different ethnicities.

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