Schools that you think of as rich kid schools. If you’re MC, will your dc fit in?

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Hobart for dumb WASPs

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Emory- not big money or old money but a huge concentration of students whose parents are well-to-do immigrants.

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Anonymous wrote:Emory- not big money or old money but a huge concentration of students whose parents are well-to-do immigrants.

Emory is heavily Asian, right?

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The OP is asking a good question. My kid is a college freshman at an ivy. And I am somewhat shocked by the wealth and spending on campus. After speaking with friends, it seems that most/many colleges today have stratified social scenes that are separated by wealth. Despite hearing that the vast majority of kids get some financial aid, the social kids tend to be the kids with money. And these kids take ubers, dine out daily at nice restaurants, etc. The school is in am urban location, so perhaps there are more places to go/spend? Just want to give other parents a heads up. We heard about umiami expensive clubbing but the reality at my kids school was a surprise.

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How can you all forget NYU?

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Anonymous wrote:Wake was already kind of snooty when I was there in the 90s. Now that it costs $90k and they give very little aid …

It’s now free for North Carolina residents under a certain income level.

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Anonymous wrote:The OP is asking a good question. My kid is a college freshman at an ivy. And I am somewhat shocked by the wealth and spending on campus. After speaking with friends, it seems that most/many colleges today have stratified social scenes that are separated by wealth. Despite hearing that the vast majority of kids get some financial aid, the social kids tend to be the kids with money. And these kids take ubers, dine out daily at nice restaurants, etc. The school is in am urban location, so perhaps there are more places to go/spend? Just want to give other parents a heads up. We heard about umiami expensive clubbing but the reality at my kids school was a surprise.

UPenn

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Honestly this is all relatively well known private colleges that don’t give a lot of merit. Genuinely middle class kids go for merit or go to public.

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Anonymous wrote:The OP is asking a good question. My kid is a college freshman at an ivy. And I am somewhat shocked by the wealth and spending on campus. After speaking with friends, it seems that most/many colleges today have stratified social scenes that are separated by wealth. Despite hearing that the vast majority of kids get some financial aid, the social kids tend to be the kids with money. And these kids take ubers, dine out daily at nice restaurants, etc. The school is in am urban location, so perhaps there are more places to go/spend? Just want to give other parents a heads up. We heard about umiami expensive clubbing but the reality at my kids school was a surprise.

Same, but my kid is at a rural Ivy. The number of Canada Goose and Moncler coats is insane. Greek Week is in the Caribbean, and 30% of the school participates in Greek life. I know there are many scholarship kids on campus, but none of my kid’s friends work or have issues with money.

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Middlebury. The ski hill attracts a certain crowd.

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My DC is at a top private and I don't think its uncomfortable for MC kids. However, that is the group that is kind of missing. There are lots of full pay, basically half of the class which is typical for all of these schools. Then there is a large portion, probably 1/4 on full aid, the remainder are the middle class kids. Statistically there should be more but I suspect this is the donut hole problem, their parents own houses, have 401k accounts so the amount of aid they are offered isn't enough for many of them to attend.

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly this is all relatively well known private colleges that don’t give a lot of merit. Genuinely middle class kids go for merit or go to public.

Most of the colleges listed do give merit

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Anonymous wrote:The OP is asking a good question. My kid is a college freshman at an ivy. And I am somewhat shocked by the wealth and spending on campus. After speaking with friends, it seems that most/many colleges today have stratified social scenes that are separated by wealth. Despite hearing that the vast majority of kids get some financial aid, the social kids tend to be the kids with money. And these kids take ubers, dine out daily at nice restaurants, etc. The school is in am urban location, so perhaps there are more places to go/spend? Just want to give other parents a heads up. We heard about umiami expensive clubbing but the reality at my kids school was a surprise.

Same, but my kid is at a rural Ivy. The number of Canada Goose and Moncler coats is insane. Greek Week is in the Caribbean, and 30% of the school participates in Greek life. I know there are many scholarship kids on campus, but none of my kid’s friends work or have issues with money.

That sucks. Part of the beauty of college was being poor and creative with money

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly this is all relatively well known private colleges that don’t give a lot of merit. Genuinely middle class kids go for merit or go to public.

Most of the colleges listed do give merit

The Ivies don’.

Merit doesn’t change anything, with the exception of Princeton, nearly every selective private is at least 45 percent full pay.

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If you want to avoid wealth, get good stats, and go to one of MIT, Georgia Tech, Rice, JHU, Emory. A NYC private kid went to one of these schools, used to have extravagant b-day parties at home. Now is having a cake with a few classmates. Quite a life style change for rich kids. It's all good.