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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP I think you are over thinking it as well.  If you've chosen to put her in that environment by going to private school, why should it change for college?

I think what you have to hope for and what every parents has to hope for is that the values that you've instilled in your child will take over when they go to college.  You also have to realize (and I'm sure you do) that her life, her experiences will be drastically different than what you've experienced yourself.  I don't mean that in a negative way, just speaking from a bit of personal experience.  How much of your discomfort has to do with your internal feelings vs. your DD's ability to handle it?[/quote]

NP here it would change for college because she will be on her own, living independently of her parents. Sounds like her parents "rein her in" and keep her in check, that will not be so easy to do once shes on her own many states away (assuming).

On the "special privileges" part...oh yea that exists big time. I was a lowly freshman at Yale and let me tell you...I saw and learned fast about the perks of being one of the rich and famous. Connected kids got the best housing joined the best dining and social clubs, got tickets and seats to things us mere mortals couldn't....the list goes on. You have no idea and its not just there but virtually at every Ivy, even every top school. Where this is big money, rest assured this happens all the time.[/quote]

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