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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I went to a top 5 school in the 90s. There was a mix of kids: nerds, quirky types, rich kids, etc. Now it’s not a mixture anymore. All strivers with no social lives and no goals other than HYPSM. I wouldn’t encourage my kids to go for it. [/quote]

Where would you encourage?

In my research (and talking to grads from our private HS), social, smart savvy kids seem to like:

Vanderbilt 
Brown
Dartmouth
Stanford
Cornell (big Greek life/fratty scene)
UChicago
USC
Middlebury
Colgate 
Syracuse
U-Miami
Tulane
SMU

And for public flagships:
Michigan
UCLA 
UVA
Wisconsin

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I’ve heard from alums that Stanford has changed a lot. It used to draw interesting, semi-laid back geniuses and athletes, now it’s mostly strivers. Lots of kids that aspire to be in Forbes under 30. Not that different from Harvard nowadays.[/quote]

Folks…what is comical about these posts is what is unsaid.  Stanford had a 40% acceptance rate in the 1990s, as did just about all these schools (Chicago was over 50%).

Let’s just be honest…they used to take weaker students in general.

Guess what…geniuses are still going to these top schools, whether laid back or not.  Obviously, Stanford takes athletes…more than say 30 years ago because there are more sports…so nothing has changed there.

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