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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Affluent southern people generally don’t care, OP. Their kids go to Alabama, Auburn, Georgia, or Ole Miss where their family all attended and where they have board positions and influence.  Parents actually teach their kids how to party and it’s considered an important part of college. The intellectual types might go to Hillsdale or W&L - if their parents did. Because a PP nailed it: there is a caste system and that plus nepotism is more important than anything there. Being in the right social circle is everything. You don’t need to go to Stanford to get a job at daddy’s firm. Who wants to be with people who aren’t influenced by their last name, exposed to all those liberal elites, and compete on merit for academics, sports, and social status when they can slide it to the top of everything close to home? [/quote]
Yep, except - Hillsdale? Lol. But people here aren't wowed by Ivy pedigrees. If someone was already connected and then went to an Ivy, fine. But if someone from outside the circle with a fancy degree moves there -- not impressive, the degree itself won't land them "in the circle." [/quote]

Yes, Hillsdale. Evangelical intellectuals like it.

But yes, who you are related to is all that really matters.  It gets you on the team regardless of talent, in the right fraternity/sorority regardless of your resume, and lands you all your jobs regardless of merit. [/quote]

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