When D24 chose to attend Rice (the only student from our upper income, affluent suburban CT town ever to be admitted and gasp actually attend the school), a lot of her teachers couldnt believe it. She didnt even apply to an Ivy League school?? Why???
They never heard of the school (hilarious) and wondered why she would attend a school in Texas and thought everyone only drove pickups and carried guns.
In response, she did her HS Capstone research project on northern ignorance and southern stereotypes.
Also, the same kid who recently who won 3rd place at the National College Media awards for her freshman article on immigrant students’ fears.