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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To the PP who asked about knowing others incomes:

At upper tier privates in DC, administrators and development offices spend time trying to make educated guesses about family income from internet searches. So there is a lot of assumption of industry norms going on. [b]Sometimes individuals will engage in this speculation as well.[/b] It's one of the most awkward aspects of private education.

To the PP who earns an upper class income but feels like they do not: it is your mental state, not your income or the families around you, that leads to this feeling.[/quote]

I'm the PP who asked about knowing people's HHIs.  I don't think this happens much at our private, which is not a Big 3 and rarely talked about here.  People seem down to earth and we haven't felt sized up or grilled about our occupations.  It's not the type of school people send their kids to if they're concerned about the Joneses, or at least that's my sense.

I remember getting this sense at a tour for another, more well-known private, where I felt another parent sort of sized me up.  (We also felt the administration seemed cold, so didn't apply.)  But don't think this is the case at all privates.[/quote]

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