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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

JFK Jr really sought the kid that did not come from wealth.  He loved hanging out with him.  He didn't like the hangers-ons.  He wanted authenticity.  The kid had capital because he could surf really well (on a school trip to the RI beaches) and was a bit of a daredevil.  JFK Jr wanted to be cool like him.  IT was a really interesting read from the kid's point of view.  He also talks about going back for Xmas to Jackie O''s NYC apartment with John.  Nothing fazed John and didn't care about the wealth thing---more 'the people'.[/quote]

Yup, those Kennedys were just plain folks. That’s why John Jr. went to Brown & died flying his own plane to Martha’s Vineyard, just like an ordinary average middle class kid. (barf)[/quote]

I don’t know. I’d do him.  [/quote]

His wife did not come from wealth.  She couldn’t afford her apartment in NYC until she got her Calvin Klein job. Her and Carole bonded because of their thrift shopping and frugalness growing up- waitressing jobs, etc[/quote]

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