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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can we stop shaming the Aspies already?

Because essentially that's what they're saying. Technically-focused neurodivergent students who may or may not be diagnosed are very valuable. Our global economy depends on innovation, and this is the cohort that drives it. The emotionally and socially connected are the glue that holds our society together, and they will always tend to be more successful in their lives, due to their superior social skills... so I don't know why we're attacking the ones that contribute to progress and are less social. On the contrary, we should be supporting them!

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A school filled with them is a nightmare.[/quote]
Does anyone seriously believe that duke is filled with neurodivergent students. Its reputation alone is enough to drive many away.[/quote]

These are the 1st year students: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DQW8QQTAADb/[/quote]

Oh that's not what I expected from Duke students but those types are definitely the majority at HYPSM.[/quote]

"Those types?" Racist much? The video is mostly non-white students. Keeping race out of it, there is nothing "neurodivergent" about the interviewees, they are merely intelligent students discussing classes and interests. Good grief if these students are a turn off, avoid the entire top 20. 
Duke has 33% white. 
Duke has had fewer than 50% white for about 15 years. Yes that is how ivies are too. So are Stanford, Northwestern, Hopkins, MIT,  Chicago (all 25-33% white). The only ivies or elites with over 35% whites are Dartmouth and Brown (both are under 50% though). 
Most of those who chase T20 and ivies do not understand the students these schools want and get. They want the smartest who are also diverse in backgrounds. They do not care what alums from the 80s and 90s think because frankly most of those families do not have children smart enough to get in this decade. They have plenty of alum kids from those of us who were the nerdy FGLI minority or the nerdy non-white minority in the early 90s. At least that is how it shakes out from my ivy. Those of us who were the smartest then seem to get our kids in. [/quote]

The kids in the video are geeks. They are not attractive at all.  It's not a race thing. [/quote]

That is your opinion. The students in the video are no different than students of other elites/ivies. Don't send your kid there if you don't like the looks of them. Many of us have students at ivies or Duke or similar and they are having fun as well as finding the intellectual peers they want. 
Top tech, consulting, banking companies and top med/phd/law preferentially take these students. Considering these schools have extremely high numbers of applicants, there is no shortage of people who want to get in and see themselves as fitting in quite well after watching these and many other videos online. Those who think they are "too geeky" or "too intense" or whatever else DCUM repeats about top schools should aim for a large party school well below the T25.
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