Colleges with the most trustafarians?

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Anonymous wrote:NYT list of most 1% ers probably has a high correlation.

Maybe, but there is a big difference between a 1% and a trustafarian.

Yes and no. Both ARE the 1%, the dreadlocked crowd just pretends they aren't, like DCUM people say they do.

No, it isn't the same. Lots of kids in the 1%, particularly the lower end of the 1%, will have to largely live on what they earn. So, if they want to live a 1% lifestyle, they will need to get a job that pays well. That is very different than a trustafarian who has the luxury to take a random non-profit job or "freelance" while still living a 1% lifestyle.

Anyone in the 1% has a leg up and a decent cushion, e.g. probably going to school loan free, but many of those will have to live on whatever they earn.

I think we define trustafarian differently.

To me- a trustafarian is a kid standing outside the dead show saying "I need a miracle" hoping for their free ticket while living generously on family money or parental support. I went through a trustafarian phase, so I knew a lot of them. Most people we called "trustafarians" came from extremely privileged backgrounds but it was more of a phase (rich kid goes hippy! Buck the establishment!!!) Rather than having anything to do with who can or cannot work long term forever.

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Anonymous wrote:NYU & USC are prob #1a and 1b overall.

But per capita is prob a tiny private college like Trinity, Dartmouth, Brown, Oberlin, Hobart & William Smith.

Dartmouth does not have trustafarians. It has many white rich trust fund babies, but not trustafarians. There is a difference between the two.

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Trustafarians ( urban dictionary): privileged white kids who subsribe to the hippie lifestyle (because they can) since they have no worries about money, a job etc. They can then devote their lives to eating organic, following Phish, and wearing dreadlocks (no need for job interviews).

trustafarians are essentially rich kids who are very liberal and have embraced hippie and alternative lifestyles.

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Brown is the place for trustafarians. It has had this reputation for years now.

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Anonymous wrote:NYT list of most 1% ers probably has a high correlation.

Maybe, but there is a big difference between a 1% and a trustafarian.

Yes and no. Both ARE the 1%, the dreadlocked crowd just pretends they aren't, like DCUM people say they do.

No, it isn't the same. Lots of kids in the 1%, particularly the lower end of the 1%, will have to largely live on what they earn. So, if they want to live a 1% lifestyle, they will need to get a job that pays well. That is very different than a trustafarian who has the luxury to take a random non-profit job or "freelance" while still living a 1% lifestyle.

Anyone in the 1% has a leg up and a decent cushion, e.g. probably going to school loan free, but many of those will have to live on whatever they earn.

I think we define trustafarian differently.

To me- a trustafarian is a kid standing outside the dead show saying "I need a miracle" hoping for their free ticket while living generously on family money or parental support. I went through a trustafarian phase, so I knew a lot of them. Most people we called "trustafarians" came from extremely privileged backgrounds but it was more of a phase (rich kid goes hippy! Buck the establishment!!!) Rather than having anything to do with who can or cannot work long term forever.

What I was thinking of was a few folks I know who were very vocal criticisms of anyone who took a non-save the world type job and were admittedly concerned about their salary, then and in the future.

That's all well and good, but when those conversations were followed by talk of the Upper East Side two-bedroom "he" was buying, his world travel, etc it rang completely hollow because he could "save the world," while maintaining a lifestyle others could only ever hope to obtain from very different job choices.

I don't begrudge those opportunities, but I didn't appreciate the self-righteousness and the indignation that other people would "sell-out" and go to Wall Street or law.

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As a trust fund kid who practices low paid public interest law, I totally agree with the above. Same for people who are married to law firm partners. Talk away the trust fund or the well paid spouse and see if they'd still keep that five figure save the world job.

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Anonymous wrote:Brown is the place for trustafarians. It has had this reputation for years now.

Yes it has had this reputation for decades. Has anyone on this thread ever actually been there lately? 8% acceptance rate

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Anonymous wrote:Trustafarians ( urban dictionary): privileged white kids who subsribe to the hippie lifestyle (because they can) since they have no worries about money, a job etc. They can then devote their lives to eating organic, following Phish, and wearing dreadlocks (no need for job interviews).

trustafarians are essentially rich kids who are very liberal and have embraced hippie and alternative lifestyles.

UC-Boulder ... Colorado College ... Oberlin ... U of Vermont ... SUNY-Purchase.

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Brown

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Anonymous wrote:Brown is the place for trustafarians. It has had this reputation for years now.

Yes it has had this reputation for decades. Has anyone on this thread ever actually been there lately? 8% acceptance rate

8.6% acceptance rate. The smart or very well-connected trustafarians go to Brown. Others go to some LAC or another. Doesnt mean that you are dumb if you are a trustafarian.

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it’s not UC Boulder - it’s CU Boulder, fyi.

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Middlebury
Evergreen
Rollins

But Brown holds the top slot historically and until the end of time.

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Anonymous wrote:Middlebury
Evergreen
Rollins

But Brown holds the top slot historically and until the end of time.

Me again - embarrassed I forgot Bennington

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Middlebury
Evergreen
Rollins

But Brown holds the top slot historically and until the end of time.

Me again - embarrassed I forgot Bennington

Doh! Forgot Reed too

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Anonymous wrote:Brown is the place for trustafarians. It has had this reputation for years now.

Yes it has had this reputation for decades. Has anyone on this thread ever actually been there lately? 8% acceptance rate

The admissions rate is irrelevant when you can still buy your way in or we're talking about a school known to cater to the wealthy.