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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Perhaps they don't want to give out Ivy-tier signaling.

Most of these second tier LACs are where wealthy Americans would send their kids generation after generation.  They care about education quality, kids get great education at these places but at the same time is not cutthroat.

The kids will go to great med schools law schools and PhD after graduation, and become good doctors, lawyers, and scholars.  Quietly raise their next generation of kids.

Then repeat the cycle.

Immigrant parents don't care about these schools.  American wealthy don't want them to care either.[/quote]

Fascinating take. My sense from this is that SLACs are where lazy rich kids go because they have the connections and inheritances to drift through life and don't want to be encumbered by smart kids or real ambition. And that matches my anecdotal observations about the families that choose these schools. Which is fine. It's sheltered families that have no desire or need to participate in the real world. But for any bright kid that wants to do things, this sounds like banishment and a destiny for a very boring life.    [/quote]

They are not “lazy rich”.  lol

You should be happy if your Asian grandchildren are going to these lacs.  The “smart kids or real ambition” Asian kids you raised and so proud of will not raise your grandchildren the same way you did.  They won’t be drilling APOS math at age of 3.  They also won’t do AMIE starting 8th grade.

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Let's not respond to stupidity with racism.[/quote]

Asian-American LAC grad. Most of the AA LAC grads I know have kids who are interested in T-50/SEC/ACC/Big Ten schools. Kids’ interests have changed (across all races) and they want different things from their college experience. [/quote]

I see this in my son (Asian) and his friends as well. They dont want small schools in remote locations. He wants a medium to large school. My dd is more receptive to SLACs. I went to an Ivy and wanted my son to look at SLACs.[/quote]

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