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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]when Rutgers is now ranked higher than Tulane, CWRU, Miami, Wake, etc. after being perennially ranked in the 70s?[/quote]

I say this as a second generation Indian-American, the college rankings obsession is almost solely a first-generation Indian and Asian striver thing.[/quote]

+2 Go spend an hour on A2C. The obsession with rankings is crazy and most of the high school posters on A2C fall into the first-gen [b]Asian and Indian[/b] striver demographic. Some say their parents will only let them apply to certain schools based only on USNWR rankings. [/quote]

+3. They are prestige whores especially for Public and National Universities, and big US cities. Thankfully they have least interest in SLACs.[/quote]

Do you realize how awful, ignorant and hurtful your comments are? Signed 2nd gen Indian-American SLAC grad who encouraged SLAC’s for their kid. [/quote]

You are the exception to the rule. I live in the heart of Silicon valley and the obsession with T20 universities and top  among the immigrant and first gen Asian population is overwhelming. There is little interest in the SLACs because they carry no prestige back home while UCSC can be passed off as UC which has prestige.

There was a lot of chatter at my kids school when the Val chose Williams over UCB, UCLA and other “better” options.[/quote]

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