Schools with snob appeal

[Anonymous]

I’ve seen this term used on this forum a few times. If you were to create a list of schools with snob appeal, which names would be on there?

[Anonymous]

Can you explain what you mean by "snob?"

Do you mean old money? New money? Like people who send their kids to Swiss boarding school for high school or people who brag about their kid getting into TJ?

[Anonymous]

Rich snob or smart snob?

[Anonymous]

OP here - clearly didn’t think about the nuance of my question based on the two comments above.

Let’s say snob appeal based on:
- old money
- being smart rather than rich

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here - clearly didn’t think about the nuance of my question based on the two comments above.

Let’s say snob appeal based on:
- old money
- being smart rather than rich

This post is absurd because it will just devolve into another "where my kid wasn't accepted" list.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here - clearly didn’t think about the nuance of my question based on the two comments above.

Let’s say snob appeal based on:
- old money
- being smart rather than rich

This post is absurd because it will just devolve into another "where my kid wasn't accepted" list.

It will devolve into something bad.

[Anonymous]

OP, I hope my tax dollars aren’t paying your salary right now.

[Anonymous]

Deep Springs

[Anonymous]

Princeton

[Anonymous]

Vanderbilt
Brown
Yale

[Anonymous]

UVa

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here - clearly didn’t think about the nuance of my question based on the two comments above.

Let’s say snob appeal based on:
- old money
- being smart rather than rich

This post is absurd because it will just devolve into another "where my kid wasn't accepted" list.

It will devolve into something bad.

All the more reason to dive in!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Vanderbilt
Brown
Yale

Adding:
Harvard
Princeton
UPenn
William and Mary
Vassar
Bryn Mawr
Barnard
Scripps
Oberlin


Probably tons of other ones.

[Anonymous]

I would not for a second put Brown on this list. I suspect the majority of Brown students are strongly attracted to the lack of required classes. That’s why it is so popular with Hollywood offspring who might not be actual Ivy material, but can get by with a bunch of easier classes. At a school with snob appeal, students wouldn’t be deterred by required classes, even if they included classical languages or ancient philosophy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Vanderbilt
Brown
Yale

Adding:
Harvard
Princeton
UPenn
William and Mary
Vassar
Bryn Mawr
Barnard
Scripps
Oberlin


Probably tons of other ones.

You must be kidding with Barnard, Scripps & Oberlin. 🙄