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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't think there is a tremendous appeal. Has always been for near-miss kids. They all want to be at Harvard or Brown. That's the chip on the shoulder that you are observing.[/quote]

That wasn’t my son’s experience at all. He was one of the highest ranked (#8) debaters in the US, perfect grades, near-perfect SAT, etc. Two dozen kids per year from his hs go to Ivies and he was at the top of that cohort. And was only interested in LACs. Chose among Amherst, Williams, Swarthmore. Had a great experience at Amherst, with many classmates who very deliberately chose a top LAC over a research university (Ivies included) where you sat in a 400-student lecture hall for intro bio or Econ. 
He later went to a top-2 law school, graduating top of class, law review editor etc. There are many, many students of that caliber at AWS-level LACs. Not everyone has the Ivy fetish.[/quote]

My DC is like your son, chose a SLAC over a T10 national research university as the LAC had all they hoped for. They also want to study law after graduation. What did your son major in college? Did he work between college and law school?[/quote]

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