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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not overtly, but depending on the school this can happen. At Duke, many of the Greek houses could approximate your wealth/status by asking what high school you attended and your family's neighborhood.

The wealthy G[b]reenwich, Manhattan, Bay Area kids [/b]could sniff each other out easily and quickly formed social circles.[/quote]

At my kid's T10, the freshman social group is private school kids from across the country - agree they find each other over the summer:
UES (5-10 schools), Brooklyn (Packer, SA), Greenwich, DC (Sidwell; GDS), Miami (RE and Gulliver); Chicago (Latin and Parker); LA (HW, Brentwood, Crossroads, etc), Bay Area (i don't know as well but at least 3-4 schools). Also, [b]a smattering of random ski towns (Aspen, Jackson, Idaho).....which I was surprised about.[b]
Boarding school kids kind of have their own crew, too. 
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The kids from the ski towns are children of alum who moved to those towns after college to be ski bums and never left. There are tons of alum from my SLAC now living in Sun Valley, Jackson, Park City, etc.. The kids get a leg up in admission because they add geographic diversity.[/quote]

Usually retired HF, PE or founders who live in ski towns. Yes, often legacy. But the ones we know are uber-wealthy from their own work.[/quote]

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