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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The wealth on this graph at Brown doesn't surprise me. My family friend's son is at Brown. Lots of uber wealthy kids and many kids or nieces/nephews of celebrities. The rich/adjacent celebrity kids not surprisingly hang out together and form cliques based on where they holiday and live or have their second homes. [/quote]

Yes read earlier in this thread…..rich ppl hang out with each other. It’s easier that way.

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Your first tier is top boarding schools.
Tier down is certain other private/prep schools (along with the kids of CEO /hedge fund/PE/banker parents bc kids want jobs)
Further down is public high school but full pay
Below that is financial aid kids of any amount.
Bottom is FGLI/questbridge etc.

Read about real experiences on Reddit if you doubt it.

One of the most popular icebreakers for new student orientation/dorms is “where do you summer” or where did you vacation post-graduation. Followed by country club geography.

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Neither of my different-ivy kids were asked “where do you summer”. And they are full pay white kids. No one asks things like this unless you have zero self-awareness and reflection skills. They are not athletes and their conversations revolve around what courses are you taking and who do you read in your free time(authors,newspapers etc), what level of math did you complete in high school and what professors do you have for fall[/quote]

+1 everyone is very 'normal'.  I think the Ivies don't attract the really 'flashy' wealth anyways.  The kids very much downplay it if they have it and you wouldn't know by how 'normal' they act and appear.  Maybe it's an 'old $' thing.[/quote]

Agree, mine is white and full pay at a top ivy and there are people who are rich but there also are a lot on financial aid. All the same friend group. It is very rare people brag about their wealth but there are a few. Most try to plan activities the whole group can afford, and are conscious about it. Non are legacies or recruited athletes [/quote]

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