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[quote=Anonymous]Hi NCS grad! I posted up thread about going to private school but not being rich. I grew up in DC and had a lot of privileges too. My mom and dad made a lot of sacrifices to send me to Stone Ridge. I think we took exactly one (maybe two) family vacations my whole childhood. I can count the number of times my parents bought new cars on one hand. I certainly didn't get a car for my 16th birthday (nor did I get my license), but I did grow up in a townhouse in Burleith.  I was never going to really fit in with at least one core group.  We couldn't afford to (and didn't want to) Go on skiing trips with other families. We didn't have a weekend house in Virginia horse country (!!!!!) I was undoubtedly privileged by not the socialite level of privilege some people seem to think all natives have.

But I wasn't in a minority at SR either. In the 80s and 90s there were a lot of girls whose parents were making even more sacrifices to send them to SR. I had classmates who had parents work at the school for the tuition break. Things aren't always how they look.

I live in he suburbs now. DH is an Army brat, nova native. He is as much a native as I am (they moved to and from the area as he was growing up). My mom grew up in Arlington and Falls Church, and went to W&L and Marshall. No one challenges her for being a native.  This is a big area and to read these boards, you would think native status was only granted if you grew up in one quadrant of DC, Chevy Chase, or possibly Potomac.
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