Suri Cruise College

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Anonymous wrote:I think it's a great and surprising choice, though Katie Holmes is from Toledo so there's that OH/PA connection.

That's not a thing. - From Toledo

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Anonymous wrote:Celeb kids did well. Violet affleck to Yale and Moses Martin to brown

Are you under the impression they were admitted on the merits?

I can’t see Jennifer Garner being sneaky like that. She seems like a very involved but down to earth mom with humble values(West Virginian) Will be interesting to see in two years where and if JLo’s twins will go to college

You say this like there are no bad people/snotty people/full of themselves rich people in West Virginia and I am here to tell you that yes, yes there are.


*I love her, my husband knows her, she's really nice, but there are definitely non-humble people in WV

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Anonymous wrote:Celeb kids did well. Violet affleck to Yale and Moses Martin to brown

Are you under the impression they were admitted on the merits?

I can’t see Jennifer Garner being sneaky like that. She seems like a very involved but down to earth mom with humble values(West Virginian) Will be interesting to see in two years where and if JLo’s twins will go to college

She wouldn’t have to be sneaky. I’m sure her daughter is bright but we know how hard it is to get into Yale. I’m sure Yale was aware of who her parents are and these schools obviously have an interest in admitting these celeb kids.

This. I'm sure Violet had a good application and she went to a HS that is a well known Ivy feeder. But there's no question her application goes in another pile from those if other highly qualified Harvard-Westlake grads. Schools know whose parents are well connected, wealthy, or can capture lots of positive media attention and those apps get flagged for special consideration.

Violet did not go to Harvard-Westlake and she is a national merit scholar.

My bad I thought she went to H-W. I see now she's a Marlborough grad. This honestly makes her Yale admittance likely even more dependent on her parents' fame. While H-W always has Yale admits Marlborough does not. No legacy status. No hook other than high test scores and grades... and being the kid of an A-list actor and director and his very famous and wealthy ex-wife.

Again I'm sure she's a very bright and accomplished young woman but there is no question that "Violet Affleck"'s application package goes in a special category separate from other very bright and accomplished applicants. It gets an extra look and there's a thumb on the scale.

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Anonymous wrote:Celeb kids did well. Violet affleck to Yale and Moses Martin to brown

Are you under the impression they were admitted on the merits?

I can’t see Jennifer Garner being sneaky like that. She seems like a very involved but down to earth mom with humble values(West Virginian) Will be interesting to see in two years where and if JLo’s twins will go to college

Doubtful it will be Yale.

JLo doesn’t strike me as the most academically concerned parent. I can see Jennifer Garner volunteering for the PTA or at a college counselor school meeting.

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Anonymous wrote:Celeb kids did well. Violet affleck to Yale and Moses Martin to brown

Are you under the impression they were admitted on the merits?

I can’t see Jennifer Garner being sneaky like that. She seems like a very involved but down to earth mom with humble values(West Virginian) Will be interesting to see in two years where and if JLo’s twins will go to college

Doubtful it will be Yale.

JLo doesn’t strike me as the most academically concerned parent. I can see Jennifer Garner volunteering for the PTA or at a college counselor school meeting.

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Anonymous wrote:Celeb kids did well. Violet affleck to Yale and Moses Martin to brown

Are you under the impression they were admitted on the merits?

I can’t see Jennifer Garner being sneaky like that. She seems like a very involved but down to earth mom with humble values(West Virginian) Will be interesting to see in two years where and if JLo’s twins will go to college

She wouldn’t have to be sneaky. I’m sure her daughter is bright but we know how hard it is to get into Yale. I’m sure Yale was aware of who her parents are and these schools obviously have an interest in admitting these celeb kids.

This. I'm sure Violet had a good application and she went to a HS that is a well known Ivy feeder. But there's no question her application goes in another pile from those if other highly qualified Harvard-Westlake grads. Schools know whose parents are well connected, wealthy, or can capture lots of positive media attention and those apps get flagged for special consideration.

Violet did not go to Harvard-Westlake and she is a national merit scholar.

My bad I thought she went to H-W. I see now she's a Marlborough grad. This honestly makes her Yale admittance likely even more dependent on her parents' fame. While H-W always has Yale admits Marlborough does not. No legacy status. No hook other than high test scores and grades... and being the kid of an A-list actor and director and his very famous and wealthy ex-wife.

Again I'm sure she's a very bright and accomplished young woman but there is no question that "Violet Affleck"'s application package goes in a special category separate from other very bright and accomplished applicants. It gets an extra look and there's a thumb on the scale.

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This has been going on forever. Does anyone think Jodi Foster and Brooke Shields truly outshone other applicants? Celebs and their kids just need to meet minimums.

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I’m surprised, only because CMU isn’t top-ranked for fashion.

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Anonymous wrote:Celeb kids did well. Violet affleck to Yale and Moses Martin to brown

Are you under the impression they were admitted on the merits?

I can’t see Jennifer Garner being sneaky like that. She seems like a very involved but down to earth mom with humble values(West Virginian) Will be interesting to see in two years where and if JLo’s twins will go to college

She wouldn’t have to be sneaky. I’m sure her daughter is bright but we know how hard it is to get into Yale. I’m sure Yale was aware of who her parents are and these schools obviously have an interest in admitting these celeb kids.

This. I'm sure Violet had a good application and she went to a HS that is a well known Ivy feeder. But there's no question her application goes in another pile from those if other highly qualified Harvard-Westlake grads. Schools know whose parents are well connected, wealthy, or can capture lots of positive media attention and those apps get flagged for special consideration.

Violet did not go to Harvard-Westlake and she is a national merit scholar.

Do you mean National Merit Semifinalist? Who cares, that hardly guarantees admission to Yale for the typical Marlborough girl.

Just pointing out that she is smart.

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Anonymous wrote:Celeb kids did well. Violet affleck to Yale and Moses Martin to brown

Are you under the impression they were admitted on the merits?

I can’t see Jennifer Garner being sneaky like that. She seems like a very involved but down to earth mom with humble values(West Virginian) Will be interesting to see in two years where and if JLo’s twins will go to college

She wouldn’t have to be sneaky. I’m sure her daughter is bright but we know how hard it is to get into Yale. I’m sure Yale was aware of who her parents are and these schools obviously have an interest in admitting these celeb kids.

This. I'm sure Violet had a good application and she went to a HS that is a well known Ivy feeder. But there's no question her application goes in another pile from those if other highly qualified Harvard-Westlake grads. Schools know whose parents are well connected, wealthy, or can capture lots of positive media attention and those apps get flagged for special consideration.

Violet did not go to Harvard-Westlake and she is a national merit scholar.

Do you mean National Merit Semifinalist? Who cares, that hardly guarantees admission to Yale for the typical Marlborough girl.

Just pointing out that she is smart.

Yes. Probably wouldn’t have gotten in on her own but does sound qualified.

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Didn’t a lot of celebrity kids get into UC schools due to the “varsity blues” back door deals?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Celeb kids did well. Violet affleck to Yale and Moses Martin to brown

Are you under the impression they were admitted on the merits?

I can’t see Jennifer Garner being sneaky like that. She seems like a very involved but down to earth mom with humble values(West Virginian) Will be interesting to see in two years where and if JLo’s twins will go to college

You say this like there are no bad people/snotty people/full of themselves rich people in West Virginia and I am here to tell you that yes, yes there are.


*I love her, my husband knows her, she's really nice, but there are definitely non-humble people in WV

Agree. One told me he owns a yacht and went to a fancy boarding school. His posturing was gross. Like a peacock.

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Anonymous wrote:Didn’t a lot of celebrity kids get into UC schools due to the “varsity blues” back door deals?

I think Varsity Blues involved the private schools like USC and Stanford. However, Reese Witherspoon’s daughter and Julia Roberts twins all go to Berkeley.

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The Stranger Things boy goes to Penn. Rob Lowe’s boys went to Stanford. Tim McGraw and Faith Hill’s kid to Stanford. Sarah Jessica Parker’s kid to Brown. Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones kids to Brown. Katie Couric’s kids to Yale. It is on and on. Isn’t this part of the reason people want to send their kids to these places? To be ELITE.

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Anonymous wrote:I thought this was a thread discussing a college that operates on a cruise ship named Suri. Who cares about celeb kids? They buy their admission into a college of their choice anyways..

Pretty sure that if you using “anyways” you aren’t that familiar with good colleges.

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Anonymous wrote:Celeb kids did well. Violet affleck to Yale and Moses Martin to brown

Are you under the impression they were admitted on the merits?

I can’t see Jennifer Garner being sneaky like that. She seems like a very involved but down to earth mom with humble values(West Virginian) Will be interesting to see in two years where and if JLo’s twins will go to college

She wouldn’t have to be sneaky. I’m sure her daughter is bright but we know how hard it is to get into Yale. I’m sure Yale was aware of who her parents are and these schools obviously have an interest in admitting these celeb kids.

This. I'm sure Violet had a good application and she went to a HS that is a well known Ivy feeder. But there's no question her application goes in another pile from those if other highly qualified Harvard-Westlake grads. Schools know whose parents are well connected, wealthy, or can capture lots of positive media attention and those apps get flagged for special consideration.

Violet did not go to Harvard-Westlake and she is a national merit scholar.

My bad I thought she went to H-W. I see now she's a Marlborough grad. This honestly makes her Yale admittance likely even more dependent on her parents' fame. While H-W always has Yale admits Marlborough does not. No legacy status. No hook other than high test scores and grades... and being the kid of an A-list actor and director and his very famous and wealthy ex-wife.

Again I'm sure she's a very bright and accomplished young woman but there is no question that "Violet Affleck"'s application package goes in a special category separate from other very bright and accomplished applicants. It gets an extra look and there's a thumb on the scale.

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This has been going on forever. Does anyone think Jodi Foster and Brooke Shields truly outshone other applicants? Celebs and their kids just need to meet minimums.

Jodie Foster? Absolutely. She was nominated for an Oscar at age 14 and was fully fluent in French after attending a French immersion school in LA. I think it is well known and discussed that she was a highly gifted child. Unless you think an Oscar nomination doesn’t really “count” as a national level award since it isn’t STEM related.