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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I love the SLAC model.  My kid was accepted at two WASPs and I was pretty sure they would be at one of the them this fall.

The accepted student events changed things -- not for academic reasons, but bc kid had serious reservations about the social environment.  Too bro-y for my kid.

I was actually pretty surprised and bummed.  Was not my impression of those schools 30 years ago! I do love the academic model.  Alas[/quote]

So many parents are like Goldilocks. The T20 schools are too nerdy. The WASPs are too bro-y. Where can we find the college where nothing has changed since 1995?[/quote]

This was the kid's assessment.  I wasn't at the accepted students event and probably wouldn't be able to pick up a bro-y vibe (or any young-person vibe) anyway.  I probably wouldn't have been able to pick up the right vibe in 1995 either.

The kid picked a mid-sized T20 that seems to have bros, nerds, etc. Fingers crossed it works out. [/quote]
Wonder if he just happen to meet a lot of athletes. I can see Williams having a more Broey vibe (Econ athlete dominated) compared to Pomona or Swat.

DS felt that the Williams kids were “too uchicago”-obsessed with work over life, Amherst was fine, and chose between Pomona, Swat, and brown. [/quote]

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