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[quote=Anonymous]I'm Pakistani and went to a top, expensive LAC. Thankfully, I didn't have to pay the expense- I got a full scholarship. I have not found my educational experience to be at all wasteful- in fact, the courses which have been more instrumental to my growth and upbringing were the ones in the humanities and social sciences (I majored in Biology). My top LAC is a feeder for the best medical schools in the country because our competitive medical schools aren't only looking for smart students, which are a dime a dozen, but also compassionate, charitable ones whom can think critically about their position in society and know how to interact within systemic inequalities of race, class, and others that they will be sure to see in the medical industry. I studied abroad for a semester at Oxford and found the atmosphere to be rigid, inflexible, and unbelievably elitist. I see the draw of the intense focus that other schools place on one discipline, but I think it's asking too much for an 18 year old to know what it is they want to do by that age and not giving the room to explore and develop. The top colleges in the US are making commitments to educating more and more low-income/first-gen students far more than the top schools elsewhere- and that includes international students.[/quote]

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