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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Please do not even consider this.

Just because your kid sits next to the kid of a Master of the Universe in Chem 101 doesn’t mean your kid is in that circle.

In some cases these networks have been built over generations through marriage and business.

Their networking does not take place in a secondary school - it happens in private clubs and exotic locales where they all congregate.

Also you only get out of a network what you put in. A guy worth $100 billion is not looking to a single digit millionaire to add to his network. Same goes for his kid.

A network is not built on proximity. And other than an education, proximity is all a private school has to offer.[/quote]

What you said there just doesn't match reality.  The majority of my kid's friends all attend the same private school.  The annual alumni events are pretty impressive too, bringing them back to campus.  The majority of these families have a net worth under $100 million so talking about billions makes you seem extremely unfamiliar with the area.[/quote]

I was using “billions” as a hyperbolic example.

Forgive me for not being familiar with the exact net worth of every private school family in the Washington DC area.

And I believe the original poster asked about networking opportunities not whether alumni events are well attended and “impressive”.[/quote]

Networking is the whole point of alumni events.  I suspect you are not playing with a full deck of cards.[/quote]

I don’t think you even own a deck cards.

No one is attending alumni events looking to make business deals or expand their social circle.  Similar to your posts, it reeks of desperation. [/quote]

You don't understand how networking happens.  You bump into another parent, a former classmate, etc. somewhere and find out you can help each other through some mutual interest.  This definitely happens at alumni events.  At colleges, private schools, country clubs, etc.[/quote]

Spoken like a true striver.

What you are describing is not networking it’s opportunism.

You would totally be that mom at the parent social hoping for a “few minutes” of my time to talk about your organic skincare line. [/quote]

Nobody wants you at those socials, you are truly an idiot.[/quote]

And you sound like a real gem. Hopefully that bad attitude of your’s isn’t a genetic trait.[/quote]

Your gene pool is more like a swamp.[/quote]

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