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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I find your post extremely reductive, OP.

Why assume that Asians are looking differently at colleges? Asian cultures are many and varied. Some hail directly from their native land, others have been here, or elsewhere in the western world, for years, or generations. Some families are poor or uneducated. Some have kids that aren't high-performing. This thread strengthens stereotypes, and that's never good.

My Euro-Asian kids and their friends, Asian or not, are mostly looking at colleges that have solid reputations for their majors. And sometimes they end up NOT at their reach schools, because they find a better fit elsewhere when visiting, and/or they take a merit aid offer that's too good to pass up. Which happened to my oldest: he got into his dream program, and turned it down for a middle of the road private university that he felt suited him better, and who had offered him a guaranteed scholarship for 5 years. My second wants a cold climate and is looking at Canadian and Oxbridge type schools. As I said, we also have European roots, so they don't feel married to the Ivy League.

[b]Look broadly. Pick the best fit.[/b]

Agreed, many DCUMers too narrowly focused

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