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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'll play.  My kid and his tight friend group:

Yale - happy
Brown - mixed bag. 
Swarthmore - mixed bag but happier than Brown guy.
Vanderbilt - mostly not happy
Georgetown - decidedly unhappy
Deep Springs - deliriously happy
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Wow, my kid has a VERY similar friend group but I would characterize a bit differently:

Yale - happy, but a relationship would make it even better; hard to find at Yale
Brown - very, very happy but not so initially; took a bit to find his groove; LOVES the people; professors amazing
Swarthmore - mixed bag but getting better; which the school was less intense and more chill
Vanderbilt - mostly not happy but mostly the social stuff isn’t quite right; will stick it out and hope for the best
Georgetown - agree, decidedly unhappy; academics fine; social stuff not good for an introspective quiet type; lots of transactional hook-ups; will transfer I think
Deep Springs - over the moon happy; great choice for this kid, but this school is not for everyone[/quote]

What the heck is Deep Springs?[/quote]

Deep Springs is a teeny tiny college in rural California that is super selective, free to attend, offers 2 years only, and only has about 25 students at a time. I think it may just be a men’s school at least it used to be. Students who are excepted there tend to be superstars and after they finish up their two years of deep springs go onto super elite schools as transfer students.[/quote]

I’m a Californian of many years. All students but one in my large public high school class went to California schools, including some peculiar ones like Biola but I’ve never heard of Deep Springs too[/quote]

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