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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are absolutely rich people in Omaha, Milwaukee, Columbus, Birmingham and Detroit. [/quote]
Of course.

I grew up in Milwaukee and the equivalent of this among the "Milwaukee elite" is Indiana University, CU Boulder, Miami of OH...[/quote]

Interesting. I am originally from the Midwest, married a Midwesterner, and have lived on East coast now for nearly three decades. The elites in the Midwest cities I know (five across four states) want their kids at elite NE and CA schools as well as Duke, Emory, Vanderbilt. Some will end up at them - full pay geo diversity is still attractive - but some end up on PP's list. [/quote]
This is the matriculation list for University School of Milwaukee which is the $$$ private school there.

https://www.usm.org/upperschool/matriculation[/quote]

IDK the demographics (full pay, gender, etc) of this school as well as how many schools on this list have mutiple admits, but there are clearly families with kids enrolling @ Berkeley, Cal Tech, Dartmouth, Johns Hopkins, Michigan (some may argue but there are historical reasons why some groups remain loyal to this school over generations), Northwestern, Rice, Sarah Lawrence, Stanford, and Yale. Then some at the next tier of Case, Chapel Hill, Colgate, Hamilton, Tufts, Wake Forest, and Wash U.

Then there are schools on the list where some may be attending because they are in need of merit, not as strong students, or family money spawn.

So ten(ish) admits to 63 schools on this list and then another seven(ish) to another tier - that's roughly 30% in aggregate. It's not like an east coast independent, but there is not a Big Ten conference here of caliber schools. If I was UMC, but not generationally wealthy in the Midwest, I would probably encourage my DC to attend a public UG or a lot of merit LAC to continue to save cash for DC's grad school. [/quote]

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