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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So we're high income white people but paying for college isn't going to be exactly easy (we became high earners later in life and it'll be a cash situation that precludes some savings but that's a blessing overall).

My fancy-looking white son has experienced living and going to school in both an urban, very diverse setting and a more suburban, extremely privileged one.

While I want the best for him and ultimately want him to be successful AND happy, I have to say that the most appealing thing to me personally seems to be him going to a state school where he can have a more diverse experience and possible reconnect with some of his friends who are more down to earth. I'm sure he would fit in at a fancy college and he might even be able to get into one, but it would be a bear to pay for and in the end I know what it looks like to close off your world to socio-economic and cultural diversity, and I hope he chooses to cultivate a life beyond sporty boaty bros. [/quote]
State schools are diverse in student body but very very homogenous in group. People tend to clique up through cultural clubs to stay alive in those bigger colleges. Anyone whose been to Berkeley and seen basically all the Asian-only, White-only, and Hispanic-only friend groups can see that “diversity” doesn’t mean your experience will be any diverse[/quote]

This is so sad. Not what diversity should mean [/quote]

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