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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Could someone let me know what WASP-B stands for? I tried googling it and clearly I am too tired or something, but I couldn’t figure out the colleges.[/quote]

It is a fictional creation created by someone who is posting on this thread pretending to be several different posters. Same Shit Different Day.[/quote]
You are not reading this thread if you think it is a fictional creation. Bowdoin belongs with WASP — and no other SLACs do. Endowment, yield, admit rate - everything. If you want to make an actual, rational argument why it does not belong, please do so. Oh, wait! You can’t…[/quote]

It does belong with WASP, as do about 8-10 schools which have basically identical academic profiles and are also extremely wealthy. Where you are mistaken is in believing that they are different than the rest of the group because they aren't.

But if you want to play the acronym game there do a quick google search.

WASP exists in the context of top liberal arts colleges.
SWAMP (add Middlebury) exists in the context of top liberal arts colleges 
WASP-B returns WASP plus maybe the B signifying something about ethnicity and demographics. For additional context Goggle then added:

"These institutions (like Williams, Amherst, Wesleyan, Vassar, Bryn Mawr, Middlebury, etc.) were historically feeders for the Ivy League and were dominated by this WASP-B demographic, shaping their culture and admissions for decades." Ironic that there is no mention of Bowdoin because Bowdoin most definitely belongs in this group. [/quote]

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