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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Have you toured the top 20 schools in the last 2 years and actually noticed the students at these schools? Have you seen the kids on the tours with you? The demographic of top 20 schools has changed drastically. The kids attending skew nerdy and awkward. If you are more of a “smart, social kid that likes to party” type, the Ivy and Ivy+ are not that appealing — especially if you are already a part of the 1%. The top 20s used to be filled with kids like this, but those days are gone. [/quote]

this ^ 100% - I advise kids and invariably it is the parents and hard core nerds looking for ivies.  The cool, relaxed, athletic, social - and most of all, smart - kids want the Dukes, Vandies, SMU, UCLAs of the world. The tide shifted post covid and is only accelerating.  Often a big disconnect between the striving parent (just saw this term on another post - luv it) who is ivy or bust, and what the kid wants.  And where the kid doesn’t get a say, it’s almost as if they are robots saying “yes, I want ivy”[/quote]

Duke and Vandy are top 20 and have the nerdy/awkward kids too…you are trying to make the southern school argument (which is made repeatedly) which perhaps applies to places like UGA.

Also, you threw in UCLA which also doesn’t fit with your point.[/quote]

Have you seen the incoming kids at Duke this month? 
Beyond nerdy. Like awful [/quote]

"seen"? that is a bit judgy, frankly. And potentially racist if you like the other poster mean asian. [/quote]

Not race based at all. 
Awkward ill-dressed unsocial unpolished and generally not “my kid’s ppl”….[/quote]
DP. That's my kid, awkward and ill-dressed. I don't love the look, but it's not necessarily a bad thing for a kid to not appear wealthy, to not betray the fact that he may receive a multi million dollar inheritance one day.[/quote]

lol. you're a joke. [/quote]

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