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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You are living in the 80s, OP. Prestigious schools are now filled with grinders. No one else is getting in. Grinders don’t suddenly become laid back partiers once they arrive at college. Go take a walk around campuses. It is grim. 
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Of the selective campuses I visited, toured with multiple kids over the last 3 years, these seemed quite fun/social:
UCLA
Rice
Vanderbilt 
Dartmouth
Michigan
Emory
UVA
USC
UIUC
Wisco
Wake
Santa Clara
UMiami
Tulane [/quote]

Think this is a pretty good list.

Have kids at two of these. It's definitely not pressure free. Anyone going to Rice, Vanderbilt, Emory, and USC is grinding. [b]As are the OOS students at UCLA, Michigan, and UIUC.[/b]

But they seem to maintain a healthy balance.

Would add Notre Dame and McGill in Montreal.[/quote]

Why only the OOS students?[/quote]

Because it's much harder to get into those schools - add Berkeley, UNC, and Texas - as an OOS. And the cost is much, much higher

So more pressure generally. Whether due to cost or personal expectations. Anyone going to Berkeley from the DMV is an extremely competitive person

The top privates tend to be great with financial aid. But the publics are generally awful for out of state students. So a family spending $80,000 on Michigan or Texas when they could have UMD or UVA for $35,000... well, that creates expectations for most students from most families.

So, pressure.[/quote]

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