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<p>Oh please tell me this is a joke. Your daughter hasn’t even started at Stanford yet and you’re already starting to prepare for her graduate program? </p>
<p>And how do you think your son will feel knowing that part of the reason for the trip is to prepare for his sister’s graduate schooling?</p>
<p>There are some fabulous smaller schools out there where your son would likely receive good merit aid, and would certainly be welcomed as an Asian fellow. Agreed that Kenyon is a good choice. What about some of the other LAC schools in the midwest? There are not flocks of Asian students applying to these schools. If your son is interested in engineering (MIT would give me this impression), perhaps you might consider Lehigh or Lafayette, both smaller schools with well regarded programs in engineering, computer science and the like. Have you considered Case Western? Maybe that’s too close to home for DS, but it is a fine school. What about UPitt, UMD College Park for state universities. Both offer merit aid to OOS students. If your son’s stats are quite high, he could be in the running for a McNair Scholarship (total cost of attendance) at University of South Carolina. The school is a hidden gem and on the rise. Their sciences are excellent and the engineering school strong. Their medical school is well regarded in the south. What about schools like Hamilton and Haverford? How about Muhlenberg? They have great sciences there and a very high percentage of acceptances into medical schools too (not that I think your son is a medical school propspective…but it says something about the quality of their science programs).</p>