And a second generation Hmong kid living in Minneapolis is not likely to be able to speak credibly to the experience of a third generation Japanese kid growing up in Scarsdale.
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My family is half Asian. We live in Washington, which along with Nevada and Hawaii have the largest percentage of Asians as part of the state population. Asians are a large diverse group of people who generally despise being put into one bucket. Indians are Asian, South Koreans are Asian, Kazakhs are Asian. They have nothing in common with each other. I am often amazed at the way that Asians and Asian families are spoken about on CC. It is full of stereotypes and frankly, insulting.
My half Asian daughter went to college in Texas where she has a super diverse group of friends, her LAC is only 50% white. Being Asian did not come into her decision making process for college.
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Letâs move the conversation forward please. Weâre done debating the definition of Asian-Americans, Asians by state, etc
And as a general reminder, this site is not a debate society
Most parents are not on TikTok, but one shouldnât sleep on the effect RushTok has on enrollment for the southern schools.
Even taking Rush out of the picture, the southern schools have tailgates, football games, great parties, and lots of good-looking kidsâall of which fill the TikTok and Instagram feeds of high schoolers.
While I know there are serious students out there, making college decisions based on academics, there are thousands of kids who are really looking for a good time 4 (if not 5) years.
P.S. I went to Vandy in the 80âs and that decision was made after seeing a bunch of cute boys at a TGIFridays in Nashville and my parents saying âoh we are near Vanderbiltâ. At that point it was a done deal. On the flip side, I said no to WashU since it didnât seem to have the cute factor. Wildly superficial looking back on it.
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I think youâre absolutely right. I chose my college because when I went to visit in April it was beautiful weather and the NE LACs Iâd also been accepted to were freezing. Kids are superficial.
My husband chose the same school because there were girls sunbathing when he visited 
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Serious students donât like to have a good time?
Whatever happened to âwork hard, play hard?â
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I chose Syracuse for Pearl Washington and hoops.
All these gazilllions of kids that want x school for research etc probably when there - are looking for the easier professors just like everyone else.
Not everyone but many. And many donât do the research and other things that they say up front that they want to do.
No different than other parts of society - looking for the easiest way.
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My daughter chose her school for weather, game days, and the fact that there were many blonde girls so she fit right in (mom, they all look like me!). She is at the tippy top of her business school class, starting senior year with 121 credits, had a great internship this summer and a nice job offer, and loves going out, parties, bars, always up for a good time.
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Iâm not sure they are recruiting. We live in an affluent northeast town, but no college reps from any state school besides Alabama. Vanderbilt, Duke and Emory-yes
I knew about the trend just based on family members and parent chat. What they all seem to do is come out with tuition merit matrixes which say very clearly what discount you get if your GPA and test scores. No waiting for merit.
Although this is changing with all the increased applicants. Kids that according to the schools matrix would receive money have gotten less, and in fact werenât even accepted.
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You have to look at whatâs included in the gpa. Those with matrixes for auto merit so come through as advertised but they donât round and they may not include all classes. Some donât superscore either. Others have deadlines.
Iâve never heard of an auto merit school not coming through as advertised.
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I know in the past what has happened is Public School X has the merit grid on the website but then updates mid cycle with a lower merit grid. This happened with one of the big southern schools within the past few years, I remember that being discussed.
Of course, some of the schools have reduced their out of state merit, likely due to the increasing apps. My guess is the tippy top NMF type kids then may decide to go elsewhere but the masses won;t really care too much.
I know from our private high school that we sent 4-5 NMF to Alabama from the class of 2022, but maybe just one or two since then.
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Am I deleting or editing posts when they violate forum rules, yes.
Regarding the original article, this is definitely a trend in our region (competitive suburban HS district in the Northeast). Many kids are heading south to the Carolinas, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, etc. It is interestingly refreshing to see kids/families focusing on college atmosphere and overall life quality rather than obsessing with academic reputation or âprestige.â These are usually upper middle class families with no financial concerns. I think the high income aspect is part of the relaxed approach in that it may not really matter where the kids go for undergrad, because they may have good family connections for a job lined up regardless.
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