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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The right choice is the "best fit" school that offers the degree that DC seeks.

DCUM can't be cured of its obsession with perceived prestige, however. [/quote]

Class anxiety is strong here. [/quote]

Very true; the back and forth is fascinating to those of us with generational wealth. The SLAC vs University arguments are hilarious.[/quote]
What a strange comment.[/quote]

Seems to be implying wealthy people need not care about the quality of education. Not like we can't readily see examples of that being the case.[/quote]

Actually the opposite. Myself and those that I know well worry about the quality of the education and the schools fit to our kids. We don't care nearly as much about "prestige" which whether spoken or not drives so much of the conversation here. We realize that there are many great schools and that our kids will do fine and thrive as getting a great education at the school which is the best fit for them.  
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It's safe to say that when you read about college counselors charging $750k to families to get accepted into the very top schools (and their phones are ringing off the hook)...that in fact there are many ultra-wealthy families that care very much about prestige.[/quote]

Maybe, but most of those paying astronomical sums were Asian or Hollywood types trying not for ultimate prestige but getting really mid kids into schools like USC. They weren't shotgunning Ivies.[/quote]

Nope..that's not the group I am talking about.

It's Command Education out of NYC and it's plenty of super wealthy, native born Americans that work for private equity or hedge funds or are tech moguls from all across the country.

It's not "were"...its "are".  The guy has been expanding like crazy.  He was charging a mere $250k when the WSJ profiled him in 2019.  He is now in July 2025 charging $850k to clients.[/quote]

His high paying clientele is wealthy overseas Asians...... I remember he had a deal with a parent out of Hong Kong where they earned a $100K bonus for getting teh kid into Syracuse. He is a huckster and a grifter at heart.[/quote]

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