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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is another factor.  For a while I was very involved with new college graduates recruited at my work for an executive training program, and I went through this program myself.  I guess our screening was pretty good - all the young adults were very bright, hard working, conscientious, etc.; we barely had any bad apples.   And in the first few years they all performed equally well regardless of where they went to school.   The differences started showing up about 3 years out.  The ones who grew up privileged had an easier time talking to higher ups, making their points, shmoozing at happy hours and so on, and they ended up being promoted faster.   I know that some people are able to absorb it simply by being around those who grew up privileged, but many can't.   [/quote]

Excellent points.  That's the kind of quiet privilege that most are unaware of, especially those who have it.  You don't know what it's like to feel like an outsider if you have always been an insider.  Fitting in just comes naturally then.

The question for choosing private school is whether it gives a poorer student that confidence or just makes them aware of their differences earlier.  Tough call. I didn't go skiing or down to the Caribbean for spring break at my Ivy, but it never bothered me that others did. I wasn't interested in social climbing.  That's why I think it's a poor reason to go to an Ivy.[/quote]

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