The insanity of 1%er East Coast parents and college

[Anonymous]

I’m in the peanut gallery watching several 1%ers in the college admissions process. It is INSANE. please folks get ahold of yourselves. Your super privileged kids are going to be fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m in the peanut gallery watching several 1%ers in the college admissions process. It is INSANE. please folks get ahold of yourselves. Your super privileged kids are going to be fine.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m in the peanut gallery watching several 1%ers in the college admissions process. It is INSANE. please folks get ahold of yourselves. Your super privileged kids are going to be fine.

emvious much? stop judging and focus on your own kids. Crowd-sourcing here for affirmation will get you nowhere in life or in assisting your own kids. You are wasting time being bitter.

[Anonymous]

I love you OP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m in the peanut gallery watching several 1%ers in the college admissions process. It is INSANE. please folks get ahold of yourselves. Your super privileged kids are going to be fine.

emvious much? stop judging and focus on your own kids. Crowd-sourcing here for affirmation will get you nowhere in life or in assisting your own kids. You are wasting time being bitter.

NP--And what is your judgment of OP getting you?

[Anonymous]

What is OP’s judgment getting them?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What is OP’s judgment getting them?

+1 OP took the time to come on here and insult other parents. Live and let live.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m in the peanut gallery watching several 1%ers in the college admissions process. It is INSANE. please folks get ahold of yourselves. Your super privileged kids are going to be fine.

emvious much? stop judging and focus on your own kids. Crowd-sourcing here for affirmation will get you nowhere in life or in assisting your own kids. You are wasting time being bitter.

NP--And what is your judgment of OP getting you?

Agood old curb stomping hopefully.

[Anonymous]

We’re in a stage of “elite overproduction”. There are only so many seats in the very top schools, and more children of the elite seeking to fill them. It’s a game of musical chairs with too many players. Hence the panic.

Peter Turchin’s book “End Times” outlined the phenomena and it’s fascinating to watch it happening in real time.

[Anonymous]

Fine is for normies

[Anonymous]

Yes, life would be much easier if we lived in bumble town North Dakota and my kid just applied to State U or Directional State U. I am somewhat envious of that.

But we are not there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, life would be much easier if we lived in bumble town North Dakota and my kid just applied to State U or Directional State U. I am somewhat envious of that.

But we are not there.

Gotta keep up appearances.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, life would be much easier if we lived in bumble town North Dakota and my kid just applied to State U or Directional State U. I am somewhat envious of that.

But we are not there.

What? Are you disgruntled because you are a 1%er with a kid who wants to go to an elite school because of name and thinks their wealth makes them entitled ? Those days were over a generation ago. Mine are at different ivies. We are top3% income ie full pay & make it work because we saved. Most there are on aid. Smart is the new rich. Me and many of my elite college peers went there highly aided in the 90s, now we make enough for our kids to be full pay. Since they are as smart or smarter than we are they got in just fine no hooks (in fact their demographic is a bit of a negative yet they still got in). There are plenty of non elite but still T75 for 1% wealth who are not in the top% of smarts/talent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We’re in a stage of “elite overproduction”. There are only so many seats in the very top schools, and more children of the elite seeking to fill them. It’s a game of musical chairs with too many players. Hence the panic.

Peter Turchin’s book “End Times” outlined the phenomena and it’s fascinating to watch it happening in real time.

The panic is absolutely unreal. I’m not saying I don’t worry for my own kid, but these are super privileged kids - like top notch educations, family wealth, smart, nice, etc. Their parents appear to have gone stark raving mad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, life would be much easier if we lived in bumble town North Dakota and my kid just applied to State U or Directional State U. I am somewhat envious of that.

But we are not there.

What? Are you disgruntled because you are a 1%er with a kid who wants to go to an elite school because of name and thinks their wealth makes them entitled ? Those days were over a generation ago. Mine are at different ivies. We are top3% income ie full pay & make it work because we saved. Most there are on aid. Smart is the new rich. Me and many of my elite college peers went there highly aided in the 90s, now we make enough for our kids to be full pay. Since they are as smart or smarter than we are they got in just fine no hooks (in fact their demographic is a bit of a negative yet they still got in). There are plenty of non elite but still T75 for 1% wealth who are not in the top% of smarts/talent.

exactly!! These families I am talking about *actively and expressly* talk about how disadvantaged they are by their privilege.