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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid did international high school, and I know a little bit what you mean about maturity and independence, I think he needs a city backdrop maybe not nyc or la but he will die at a school in the boonies. He’s also going to want some international presence in the student body,  
These are not tippy top schools, but look at BU and GWU as targets. If he raises his sat, he will have more interesting options. [/quote]

I was a Foreign Service kid who went to high school in a major European capital and had lived and traveled all over the world and all that, and I went to a top rural SLAC, and all I can say is he needs to just get over himself with this "oh W&M is so provincial" nonsense.  He'll quickly find that he's not that special and there are plenty of other kids with similar experiences at any highly ranked school.

I have a kid at a rural SLAC right now and the smartest kid in his major, who is running rings around everyone else, is from Podunk Nowhere and as bright and informed as they come.  [/quote]

Thank you for sharing. But - why are you so triggered? You do realize that the OP's kid is not you right? And he's not your podunk brainiac either? He didn't feel it at W&M and he's entitled to have his own feelings about what experience, what vibe he'd like for college..... You know this right?

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