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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=[b]Anonymous]Who cares 
Get a lifec[/quote][/b]

OP is trolling for something. I went to Harvard and was not wealthy. To this day I don't know who in my class was wealthy. It's not like "Love Story". If you want to be bitter like OP, for some strange reason, go ahead. But be aware how you are feeding into someone's inexperienced stereotypes[/quote]

[b]So you probably went in the 80s or 90s.[/b] Things are different now. The rich kids today really do stick together. At quite a few schools, its not a shared experience anymore. It's a shame. Smart kids really need to choose their colleges carefully these days. [/quote]

False. My kids are there now. They have no clue who is wealthy. Students ARE careful not to be flashy. OP is basing this entire thread on what she thinks three private school kids said to her DS. Talk about stirring the pot and you all fell for it![/quote]

X1000 this whole thread is filled with stereotypes that do not represent current ivy/elite schools[/quote]

And at this point, and certainly going forward with the elimination of legacy admissions, how many rich white kids will there really be? I was on an Ivy campus last week and it was very diverse. Even the white kids didn't look like the New England preps of the old days.[/quote]

Agree, though there are plenty of rich white non-legacies to choose from. My white kids who are not legacies but are brilliant and are rich are at two different ivies, not from New England prep either. Their white friends at theirs or different ivies are not legacies either. Legacies are already much more rare at these schools. They do have hispanic and asian legacy friends. We make 600k household though we are quiet about it and do not have a second home or fancy cars, and are easily full pay. Sure there are some uber rich whites at ivies who are flashy about it but that is not common. There are also rich asians, poor whites, rich africans ...on and on. Racial diversity and socioeconomic diversity is about as maxed as it can be at these schools, now that SFFA case is done. The Ivies all brag about over half on financial aid: some are truly poor with parents paying $0, and others upper middle class making 200k who manage to get a little need-based aid. The ivies also brag about over 50% non-white. These schools are at their goals of racial and SES diversity and got there in the last 3-4 cycles. They will easily be able to stay there. There is not only a complete lack of white-rich-majority at these schools, there is neither a white nor a rich majority taken separately! Anyone who has kids at ivies currently understands this empirically from being on campus at move-in, family weekends, poster sessions etc.

TL;DR: Any parent who is looking at ivies, do not fall for the drama of these posts! ALL kinds are at ivies; the common denominator is smart,  ambitious, and able to juggle a lot of things. That kid from any background will fit well in at ivies. [/quote]

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