Politically Incorrect Private School Thread What Do You Really Think?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We never tell this to others but one of the reasons we send DC to an elite private school is b/c we want him to get into the most elite frat, eating club, secret society, etc at an Ivy.

Some of us care about stuff like that.

I secretly think lots of the parents at our private school are first generation social climbers without any real class. My family came over on the Mayflower, so this stuff is irrelevant to me. If you think elite frat = class, you've missed the point completely.

Besides, don't send your kid to private to get into an Ivy. He'd have a better chance from Whitman.

This is akin to bragging that your family started slavery in the US. Nice!

It's actually not. Puritans were not slave owners. You must have gone to a public school.

Not PP, but i did go to public. And Harvard. And my parents didn't buy my spot. Moron.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand the people who live in million dollar homes, drive luxury clothes, and drive luxury cars yet still send their kids to public school. There, I said it.

This is really common in the last 10 years or so in my neighborhood (CCDC / Friendship Hts).

Family of 4 buys a $1.3 million colonial, adds a $450,000, 2-story addition, adds landscape lighting and a $50K patio/fire pit business in the back and .... slaps a Murch mustangs bumper sticker on the back of the brand-new Audi SUV. Go, Mustangs!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We never tell this to others but one of the reasons we send DC to an elite private school is b/c we want him to get into the most elite frat, eating club, secret society, etc at an Ivy.

Some of us care about stuff like that.

I secretly think lots of the parents at our private school are first generation social climbers without any real class. My family came over on the Mayflower, so this stuff is irrelevant to me. If you think elite frat = class, you've missed the point completely.

Besides, don't send your kid to private to get into an Ivy. He'd have a better chance from Whitman.

DS will be the fifth generation in our family to attend the Ivy and the fourth to join the same club... family tradition matters to us.

Currently DS attends public - the first person ever to attend public school. Gasp! He is in elementary school but will be switching over to the same private school for middle school that his grandfather attended and then to the private high school that his father, uncles, and his grandfather went to.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We never tell this to others but one of the reasons we send DC to an elite private school is b/c we want him to get into the most elite frat, eating club, secret society, etc at an Ivy.

Some of us care about stuff like that.

I secretly think lots of the parents at our private school are first generation social climbers without any real class. My family came over on the Mayflower, so this stuff is irrelevant to me. If you think elite frat = class, you've missed the point completely.

Besides, don't send your kid to private to get into an Ivy. He'd have a better chance from Whitman.

DS will be the fifth generation in our family to attend the Ivy and the fourth to join the same club... family tradition matters to us.

Currently DS attends public - the first person ever to attend public school. Gasp! He is in elementary school but will be switching over to the same private school for middle school that his grandfather attended and then to the private high school that his father, uncles, and his grandfather went to.

You sound insufferable. I've always suspected their are snobs like you at every private school. Congratulations, you've confirmed it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We never tell this to others but one of the reasons we send DC to an elite private school is b/c we want him to get into the most elite frat, eating club, secret society, etc at an Ivy.

Some of us care about stuff like that.

I secretly think lots of the parents at our private school are first generation social climbers without any real class. My family came over on the Mayflower, so this stuff is irrelevant to me. If you think elite frat = class, you've missed the point completely.

Besides, don't send your kid to private to get into an Ivy. He'd have a better chance from Whitman.

DS will be the fifth generation in our family to attend the Ivy and the fourth to join the same club... family tradition matters to us.

Currently DS attends public - the first person ever to attend public school. Gasp! He is in elementary school but will be switching over to the same private school for middle school that his grandfather attended and then to the private high school that his father, uncles, and his grandfather went to.

You sound insufferable. I've always suspected their are snobs like you at every private school. Congratulations, you've confirmed it.

Insufferable b/c we send our kid to public school or b/c we like our family traditions?

[Anonymous]

The latter.^ Enjoy The Ivy Club.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We never tell this to others but one of the reasons we send DC to an elite private school is b/c we want him to get into the most elite frat, eating club, secret society, etc at an Ivy.

Some of us care about stuff like that.

I secretly think lots of the parents at our private school are first generation social climbers without any real class. My family came over on the Mayflower, so this stuff is irrelevant to me. If you think elite frat = class, you've missed the point completely.

Besides, don't send your kid to private to get into an Ivy. He'd have a better chance from Whitman.

DS will be the fifth generation in our family to attend the Ivy and the fourth to join the same club... family tradition matters to us.

Currently DS attends public - the first person ever to attend public school. Gasp! He is in elementary school but will be switching over to the same private school for middle school that his grandfather attended and then to the private high school that his father, uncles, and his grandfather went to.

In your family, do you keep all this legacy a secret so that people won't wonder if your DC got in on his own merits or on this legacy affirmative action?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The latter.^ Enjoy The Ivy Club.

You sound bitter. Maybe you feel out of place at the private school you send your kids to. Public school maybe a better place for you, they make everyone feel welcome. We are very happy with our public school and will be sad when it ends.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We never tell this to others but one of the reasons we send DC to an elite private school is b/c we want him to get into the most elite frat, eating club, secret society, etc at an Ivy.

Some of us care about stuff like that.

I secretly think lots of the parents at our private school are first generation social climbers without any real class. My family came over on the Mayflower, so this stuff is irrelevant to me. If you think elite frat = class, you've missed the point completely.

Besides, don't send your kid to private to get into an Ivy. He'd have a better chance from Whitman.

DS will be the fifth generation in our family to attend the Ivy and the fourth to join the same club... family tradition matters to us.

Currently DS attends public - the first person ever to attend public school. Gasp! He is in elementary school but will be switching over to the same private school for middle school that his grandfather attended and then to the private high school that his father, uncles, and his grandfather went to.

In your family, do you keep all this legacy a secret so that people won't wonder if your DC got in on his own merits or on this legacy affirmative action?

Not a secret. Why? We don't care how he gets in as long as he gets in. All our friends are various Ivy legacies too and we all assume our kids get in due to legacy status. No big deal. General admissions is less than 1 in 10, legacies 1 in 3 + extra points for big donors (which we are). Even for the most awesome candidate, everyone assumes they got in through legacy preferences if they are a legacy and they will be right. I have friends who work in admissions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We never tell this to others but one of the reasons we send DC to an elite private school is b/c we want him to get into the most elite frat, eating club, secret society, etc at an Ivy.

Some of us care about stuff like that.

I secretly think lots of the parents at our private school are first generation social climbers without any real class. My family came over on the Mayflower, so this stuff is irrelevant to me. If you think elite frat = class, you've missed the point completely.

Besides, don't send your kid to private to get into an Ivy. He'd have a better chance from Whitman.

DS will be the fifth generation in our family to attend the Ivy and the fourth to join the same club... family tradition matters to us.

Currently DS attends public - the first person ever to attend public school. Gasp! He is in elementary school but will be switching over to the same private school for middle school that his grandfather attended and then to the private high school that his father, uncles, and his grandfather went to.

In your family, do you keep all this legacy a secret so that people won't wonder if your DC got in on his own merits or on this legacy affirmative action?

Not a secret. Why? We don't care how he gets in as long as he gets in. All our friends are various Ivy legacies too and we all assume our kids get in due to legacy status. No big deal. General admissions is less than 1 in 10, legacies 1 in 3 + extra points for big donors (which we are). Even for the most awesome candidate, everyone assumes they got in through legacy preferences if they are a legacy and they will be right. I have friends who work in admissions.

Serious question: Are you worried your kids will think they didn't earn their way into their Ivy school on their own academic merits?

[Anonymous]

^No.

[Anonymous]

Who cares about ivies?

[Anonymous]

We could've gone the private school route but this route reaffirms our decision to go public. Ugh

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand the people who live in million dollar homes, drive luxury clothes, and drive luxury cars yet still send their kids to public school. There, I said it.

Which part don't you understand? If I knew, I'd try to explain it to you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We never tell this to others but one of the reasons we send DC to an elite private school is b/c we want him to get into the most elite frat, eating club, secret society, etc at an Ivy.

Some of us care about stuff like that.

+100000

And why effin not? Why's it SO horrif if DC does this? Good for you!

It's notnhorrible if they do it, but i don't understand why anyone would care. DH and I were both ivy (covered 3 ivys between us with grad school), and it never seemed to us that the "elite" frat or secret society (not very secret) made any difference in success or opportunities. It can be fun though, i'm sure. Is that the reason you want it? We didn't go to princeton, and i suspect the eating clubs are important. Personally, that always seemed awful to me, though.

We want it b/c it's family tradition (not politically correct at all on DCUM) and we really care about that stuff which is kind of embarrassing to admit. It's made a lot of difference in the opportunities DC will have: I knew where he'll intern in high school and college before he was born. It's also a lot of fun too...

I suspect that many of you think your kids are status symbols, vehicles to make you, the parents, look good. Also, you will value your kids more if they get into Princeton eating clubs, and less if they don't. Your kids know this, too.