Where do the people in the $6/7/8m+ mansions in send their kids?

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Anonymous wrote:Boarding school if they want the very best for their child.

Private day school if they really love (and like) their child.

Spoken like someone who has no knowledge of boardings school, or is jealous because they aren't willing to spend that much money for their children to have a superior experience.

Superior, how? 🙄

No, spoken like someone who loves her children and actually enjoys spending time with them. My children have attended a “Big 3” since kindergarten. Money and/or jealousy isn’t the issue.

Btw, I’ll send my children to “boarding school” when they’re 18. It’s called college. I’m in no rush…unlike you.

DP - I don’t think you’re jealous, at all. But I think you’re being judgmental and selfish. Boarding school is definitely not for everyone, but for some kids it is life-changing, and for you to not consider for a moment whether it could be a good fit “because you love them” is self-indulgent, potentially at their expense. At best it really does show that you know nothing about boarding schools (as does the bolded above…LOL)

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Who is living in a $6 million home getting FA?!

Anonymous wrote:Boarding school with a capital B, either Swiss if they live in a $20m compound or East Coast schools like Deerfield, Choate, Exeter and Andover. There is a negative perception about parents not loving or not wanting to spend time with their kids if they send their children to boarding school, which is not the case for everyone. Boarding school also offers a way for students to connect with others they would have never met if they stayed local. A lot of students in 8th grade decide they want a different environment in HS.
If it's local, Sidwell, Potomac, Bullis, Landon STA/NCS/LAN/HAS...most of the time non-Catholic schools unless the family is a religious local old generational family $$$, if the student has learning accommodations or wants a more relaxed environment, Field.

There are plenty of families who live in $6m+ homes and have FA :shock: .

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Anonymous wrote:Who is living in a $6 million home getting FA?!

Anonymous wrote:Boarding school with a capital B, either Swiss if they live in a $20m compound or East Coast schools like Deerfield, Choate, Exeter and Andover. There is a negative perception about parents not loving or not wanting to spend time with their kids if they send their children to boarding school, which is not the case for everyone. Boarding school also offers a way for students to connect with others they would have never met if they stayed local. A lot of students in 8th grade decide they want a different environment in HS.
If it's local, Sidwell, Potomac, Bullis, Landon STA/NCS/LAN/HAS...most of the time non-Catholic schools unless the family is a religious local old generational family $$$, if the student has learning accommodations or wants a more relaxed environment, Field.

There are plenty of families who live in $6m+ homes and have FA :shock: .

Yes, I don’t think this is true. A statement of assets must be turned in. Even if the house is in a trust, if they are the beneficiary (living in it), they must declare this. If they falsify this report it is fraud. Sure there are the Trumps of the world who might do this, but most people probably wouldn’t.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Boarding school if they want the very best for their child.

Private day school if they really love (and like) their child.

Spoken like someone who has no knowledge of boardings school, or is jealous because they aren't willing to spend that much money for their children to have a superior experience.

Superior, how? 🙄

No, spoken like someone who loves her children and actually enjoys spending time with them. My children have attended a “Big 3” since kindergarten. Money and/or jealousy isn’t the issue.

Btw, I’ll send my children to “boarding school” when they’re 18. It’s called college. I’m in no rush…unlike you.

+1

DP - I don’t think you’re jealous, at all. But I think you’re being judgmental and selfish. Boarding school is definitely not for everyone, but for some kids it is life-changing, and for you to not consider for a moment whether it could be a good fit “because you love them” is self-indulgent, potentially at their expense. At best it really does show that you know nothing about boarding schools (as does the bolded above…LOL)

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Anonymous wrote:This is ridiculous, they definitely go to private schools here. The super rich I know go to St. Albans, Landon, NCS, Sidwell, and boarding schools.

Agree with this. My kids are at STA and NCS and I have been to many homes that are worth more than $4 million and countless worth over $2.5.
Most of this money is self-made by highly educated, smart people. Smart people generally (not always of course) have smart kids.
I get the relfex to say "oh, they're all a bunch of trust fund idiots" but no--I find that at these schools they're usually a pair of Harvard law grads with undergrad degrees in math and history from Stanford.

What if you live in a run down townhouse without a TV (by choice) but lots of books while sending your kids to Big3? Can you invite the fancy $3.5 million house kids over?

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Anonymous wrote:The richest people I know don’t send their kids to “big 3” or similarly recognizable schools. Idk why, and I was surprised by it.

Many ultra-wealthy people don't care about the brand of high school their kid attends. You'll find the most desperate brand-chasers among the upper-middle class, people who are on the periphery of elite status, but not quite there.

When you live in a $8 million mansion, it doesn't matter where your kid goes to school. They're set.

The richest family I know (worth over $100 million) was heavily sought after by every top school in DC and chose Landon because they liked the campus environment and culture.

Yes this is exactly right. My kids attend a private that is constantly looked down upon on DCUM and it has many astonishingly wealthy families. They aren’t worried about impressing any of the strivers like the people who post frenetically on this board or the college one. I think more than anything having money is of course nice because you can afford very nice things, but really it gives you freedom from constantly worrying about impressing others. You can choose the school that is right for your kids rather than impressing the neighbors.

Field school?

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Anonymous wrote:The richest people I know don’t send their kids to “big 3” or similarly recognizable schools. Idk why, and I was surprised by it.

Many ultra-wealthy people don't care about the brand of high school their kid attends. You'll find the most desperate brand-chasers among the upper-middle class, people who are on the periphery of elite status, but not quite there.

When you live in a $8 million mansion, it doesn't matter where your kid goes to school. They're set.

The richest family I know (worth over $100 million) was heavily sought after by every top school in DC and chose Landon because they liked the campus environment and culture.

culture? Well that is crazy given the law suit. That situation still has a lot of people concerned.

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Anonymous wrote:This is ridiculous, they definitely go to private schools here. The super rich I know go to St. Albans, Landon, NCS, Sidwell, and boarding schools.

Agree with this. My kids are at STA and NCS and I have been to many homes that are worth more than $4 million and countless worth over $2.5.
Most of this money is self-made by highly educated, smart people. Smart people generally (not always of course) have smart kids.
I get the relfex to say "oh, they're all a bunch of trust fund idiots" but no--I find that at these schools they're usually a pair of Harvard law grads with undergrad degrees in math and history from Stanford.

What if you live in a run down townhouse without a TV (by choice) but lots of books while sending your kids to Big3? Can you invite the fancy $3.5 million house kids over?

A lot of well educated rich people respect the quirky intellectuals with no tv.

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Anonymous wrote:Where did the Marriott’s all go? Holton, Norwood?

St. Albans. Marriott Hall named after them.

Some went to Holton. When mine went there...there were several Uber rich.. Had their own planes, helicopters, tennis courts, indoor pools in their houses, second and third homes in Paris, London, Nantucket, MV, etc.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is ridiculous, they definitely go to private schools here. The super rich I know go to St. Albans, Landon, NCS, Sidwell, and boarding schools.

Agree with this. My kids are at STA and NCS and I have been to many homes that are worth more than $4 million and countless worth over $2.5.
Most of this money is self-made by highly educated, smart people. Smart people generally (not always of course) have smart kids.
I get the relfex to say "oh, they're all a bunch of trust fund idiots" but no--I find that at these schools they're usually a pair of Harvard law grads with undergrad degrees in math and history from Stanford.

What if you live in a run down townhouse without a TV (by choice) but lots of books while sending your kids to Big3? Can you invite the fancy $3.5 million house kids over?

A lot of well educated rich people respect the quirky intellectuals with no tv.

Yes, we did. No problem.

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Bullis

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lol
Really rich do not send their kids to DMV private


We did boarding at top schools in the country and public HS as well depending on the child.

There is no DMV private better than a public school. Especially math and science.

Some Inc went to Phillips Exeter for example

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Anonymous wrote:lol
Really rich do not send their kids to DMV private


We did boarding at top schools in the country and public HS as well depending on the child.

There is no DMV private better than a public school. Especially math and science.

Some Inc went to Phillips Exeter for example

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You sound uniformed and unintelligent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:lol
Really rich do not send their kids to DMV private


We did boarding at top schools in the country and public HS as well depending on the child.

There is no DMV private better than a public school. Especially math and science.

Some Inc went to Phillips Exeter for example

Lol—sure, Jan. 🤣

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There simply aren't that many $10million+ homes in the DMV. An even smaller number have school-aged children.

NP here. I'm in Potomac MD, 20854. Google it. https://nationaljeweler.com/articles/9146-what-are-america-s-wealthiest-zip-codes

By "that many" do you mean "only" tens of thousands? In my area, the very wealthiest families I know have kids at SAES, Bullis, German School, Sidwell, and GPS.