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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Your post just reveals the world you grew up in, which is not generally applicable.

Where I "came from" (UMC suburb public school) everyone aimed for top 10 universities or state schools. I think we had one person in our top 10 percent who went to a SLAC.

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Agreed.  SLACs are an older, traditional college model from a time when these rural areas weren't much different from anywhere else people lived that wasn't an East Coast major port.

I'm a Gen-X Phi Beta Kappa.  Few people I work with would have any idea what that is or why it means something to me.

The East Coast WASP establishment is no longer the primary source of norms for the UMC.  The SLAC model largely started there and spread as America grew.  Back then any college educated man was pretty likely to do well.  Now college is fairly ubiquitous.

The world has changed.  And keeps changing.  Most single sex schools have changed. Our public high school has sent 1 grad a year to women's colleges the past 2 years. That seems noteworthy.[/quote]

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