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[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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kid at Brown and kid at Penn: Penn is much more social than Brown. It is called the social ivy for a reason. Both have high high percent nerds as described on this thread, and are not at all "social" compared to a large state party school. They have friends at UChicago and Stanford who are much less social than they are but also very nerdy. 
All ivy/plus schools have a huge nerd quotient with students who study hard: it is normal to talk about classes and studying and goals, it is normal to go to the library on Friday night for many hours so you can take time off Saturday night to go out(or vice versa). Tulane, SMU, and many of the schools on this list do not have a culture of studying, so if yours wants to focus on going to class and being challenged/getting to know professors and getting involved in research, they will not be with their people. Going to class and caring about school is not cool at all at least 5 schools on your list. Our relative left Tulane for UNC for that reason, her roommate left and went to Michigan, and a neighbor left Wisconsin for Davidson for similar reasons. [/quote]

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