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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DD is half white half Asian (with an Asian last name). She checked both boxes. She plans to major in English.  We joke that being an Asian English major is what provides her diversity.  Anyway, she got a bunch of waitlists from schools in the DMV and north of us (surprise, surprise) but got three good acceptances from schools in the south.  She’s up for the warmer weather, and she got a nice scholarship.  It wasn’t the typical AAP to UVA path that we’d envisioned, but she’s very happy with this result.  So maybe your DC can consider adding a few schools to the mix that might be trying to increase diversity including their Asian population?[/quote]

NP here.  Child with similar background.  Do you worry about your child going to college in the South?  Or maybe it varies according to WHERE in the South?  I am seriously wrestling with this issue. My child is younger and about a year from applications so I welcome the input.  I am a native of the DC metropolitan area but I have a sister who now lives in [insert Southern city, state] which is apparently changing a lot with a ton of non-Southerners moving in but the things she talks about [politics, no masks, non-diversity, Confederate flags, etc] all make me cringe and I would not want to live there in my own home as an adult much less as an 18yo in a communal living situation with other native Southern 18yos who have this as their only worldview.  I am grateful for your thoughts.  Thank you.[/quote]

I am a NP, but share your concerns. Still, we did visit Davidson and liked it. My child wound up choosing a school in PA...but we discussed that had she gone in the South or Midwest, that would be a form of diversity which we value (making friends who grew up in a different part of the US, which has a somewhat different culture). [/quote]

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