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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can we stop shaming the Aspies already?

Because essentially that's what they're saying. Technically-focused neurodivergent students who may or may not be diagnosed are very valuable. Our global economy depends on innovation, and this is the cohort that drives it. The emotionally and socially connected are the glue that holds our society together, and they will always tend to be more successful in their lives, due to their superior social skills... so I don't know why we're attacking the ones that contribute to progress and are less social. On the contrary, we should be supporting them!

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A school filled with them is a nightmare.[/quote]
Does anyone seriously believe that duke is filled with neurodivergent students. Its reputation alone is enough to drive many away.[/quote]

These are the 1st year students: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DQW8QQTAADb/[/quote]

Wow. That was scary. I'm a Duke alum. Duke has unfortunately become a school of two extremes. Rich party kids (lots of legacies and other kids who are "development priorities") who are active in Greek life. And kids like in that video who are very socially awkward. I was far from the coolest person at Duke. But I also wasn't a nerd. And there were tons of people like me when I was there, in addition to the people now at the two poles. The middle of "normal" kids has been squeezed. It is very sad. I am thinking very carefully about whether my "normal," "well-rounded" child will be happy at alma mater dear. And if not, where they can be happy.

And before someone jumps down my throat, many of the "normal" kids I describe who I was friends with were Asian, black, Indian, etc. And I am the parent of a teenager so I do know how kids dress these days. And most of those kids dress weird.[/quote]

I agree. And that video is a one-off video. There there are many more Chronicle videos out there that are strikingly similar. (I used to follow the Chron on IG.)

Using 1990s era touchstones, here’s the current breakdown of Duke undergrads:

25% Epworth
25% SAE/Kappa
25% Hardcore Pratt/STEM library dwellers and grinds 
20% Recruited athletes 
5% Miscellaneous 
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LOL. Very well done. Took me a minute to recall the name of the "frat" but I will add Psi U to the first group. Epworth was the "I should have gone to Oberlin" crowd. Psi U was just socially awkward, and there are many more of those now. Maybe that also ties into group 3. Recruited athletes is actually closer to 10% so perhaps there is a bit more miscellaneous (I know a few kids there now who are miscellaneous and they do have friends who are similar).

Back in the 90s there were many more miscellaneous. The SAE/Kappa crowd might have actually been a bit smaller but there were more chill frats/sororities/selective houses (DG, AOPi, Sigma Chi, KA, CC, Wayne Manor, Mirecourt).[/quote]

Good points. I agree!

Personally, I thought of Epworth more as the “Didn’t get into Brown” cohort.

(All joking aside, I knew a few people who lived in Epworth and they were awesome. Interesting and authentic. Not performative for its own sake.) [/quote]

There were some very odd ducks in Epworth. And that building was weird. Is it still standing?[/quote]

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