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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Kid is looking for small classes and rigorous academics, but also wants the socioeconomic diversity that you find at large state schools. Desperately wants to avoid the prep school/country club vibe.

Excellent stats/ECs.

Suggestions? Resources for data on student body income/wealth distribution?

Thx!

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I think generally the schools outside the Northeast are much better when it comes to everyone being chill and welcoming regardless of socioeconomic status. Plus the STEM schools. So MIT, Rice, Purdue, Georgia Tech, Northwestern, Berkeley - schools where your brain power and character matter more than your zip code. I think Yale too is pretty good these days - less plutocrat than Harvard or Princeton. And of course West Point and Annapolis if that's an interest. [/quote]

Yale alum here and Yale has always felt more low key and down to earth than Harvard or Princeton. We used to joke that visiting Princeton felt like a country club and too fancy for us Yalies. [/quote]

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