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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Or, it could be because the schools are cheaper and sometimes easier to get into. [/quote]

Huh.  On my DC block alone, we have current students at: Vandy, Tulane, Rice, Charleston and Clemson.

Which of these are the cheap ones, again?

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Sounds like a lot philistines and kids frozen out of t15s

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Vanderbilt and Rice are both T15 schools. They are both more highly ranked than Columbia, Cornell, Berkeley, Notre Dame, UCLA, Georgetown, Michigan and so on and so forth. It's not just rubes, philistines, and sorority girls who are choosing to go to school in the south. And I don't think the kids going to Duke, Vandy, or Rice are particularly influenced by TikTok. It is possible to get a very good education in the South.[/quote]

Kind of, but the South still heavily lags behind the northeast. The only school I’ve seen people consistently pick over Ivies when having the choice is Duke, otherwise even top kids from the south leave to go to an ivy.[/quote]
The northeast is more than just the ivys like the south is more than just Duke. Vandy, Emory Rice, UNC, Davidson,  Wash&Lee are all great schools and more respected than schools like Tufts, BC, BU etc[/quote]
It is difficult to compare LACs like Davidson and W&L to mid size and large universities. If "respect" or generic prestige is a concern, Tufts BC BU are not less-respected than Davidson and W&L.[/quote]

Do people  trying to parse this out among great schools truly believe that going to a school rated 25 vs 30 vs 32 is going to make ANY meaningful difference? Especially when you are talking about the same kid (with their own strengths and weaknesses) choosing between them? Because that’s just insane and honestly (drumroll for a dcum classic) I feel sorry for your kids! [/quote]

Exactly. That is the environment students don’t want to be a part of which is why the are heading to fun southern flagships. It’s ironic but not surprising the prestige obsessed don’t get it. [/quote]

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