+1 IMO, it's like the nobility giving crumbs to the masses, and letting them hobnob with truly elite. How noble of them. ![]() How about every person be judged by their efforts rather than who their parents were? |
I don’t think this is Hunter? |
Sure, no more development, legacy or recruiting in expensive sports to start. |
This, exactly. Trying to get a kid into Dalton or Trinity makes you realize it's a cake walk to get into Big 3 schools. There are very few unhooked UMC families at these schools. |
When someone gets into Harvard from the high school I attended, there is a write-up on that student in the local newspaper ![]() |
Yeah, I'm the PP and the UMC kids who get into these schools in 9th grade are usually INSANELY talented kids. My cousin was one and she had a national level talent which she was getting paid for. |
Randomly googled one of the Dalton kids’ unique first & last name. One of the first results was the announcement by the same top school that child is committed to of a building donation. |
I'm sure they run in circles where everyone's used to mommy and daddy donating $$ to get their kids some advantage, but in the real world, I would find it embarrassing that the only reason you got into some elite school was because your parents literally bought your way in. IMO, unhooked kids getting into elite schools is impressive. These rich kids getting in.. not so much. |
I'm sure they'll feel really sad while flying on daddy's jet to spend the weekend in Deer Vally |
Of course, same concept works younger, and that ups the odds. I'm not defending anything, but how is it people obsess about going to a school for elites, without realizing the elites are the obsession? |
Actually, Dalton is more like the children of Jamie Dimon, a former president of Yale, some VP at Blackrock, maybe Bono's kid or owner of Conde Nast, etc... Tina Fey's kid goes to Trinity. |
Katie Holmes - Avenues - eh Sarah Jessica Parker - City and Country - eh Emily Blunt - don't know Blake Lively - Village Community School - eh Drew Barrymore - Brearley - amazing Tina Fewy. - Brearley - amazing |
sure, and many never go out into the real world, like the Trump family kids, but these kids aren't impressive. Interestingly, UK (a country with a royal family) colleges don't care who your family is but the US (meritocracy but only for the masses) colleges still do. |
20 of 55 Prime Ministers in the UK went to one school - Eton. Granted, it's a high school, but still. The UK is not a meritocracy when it comes to education. |
The PP didn't fully explain. Yes, mostly poor and working class, but also some well off kids too. Have multiple friends with kids there. |