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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't think anyone has mentioned these things that are part of a UMC childhood in the US:

Parents who attended elite colleges and whose circle of friends are similarly well educated
Parents who have graduate degrees
In the DMV, parents whose connections get you into the White House grounds for special events when their party is in power

Family friends who can help arrange for unpaid internships
Family friends whose name on a letter of recommendation will get noticed
Multiple languages spoken by people in your family, or at least one of your parents lived in another country for a semester

Parents attend fundraisers and serve on boards

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PP:late father self made from poverty to UMC.

I edited your list (excellent points, by the way) to show what applied to my family.

My dad had a graduate degree, spoke two foreign (non-native) languages and was a world traveler, all compliments of the United States military.

I worked for my dad's company (he had retired from military service) during every college break under some loosely-managed "college (paid) internship program."

Growing up in Northern Virginia suburbs when and where I did, the majority of my classmates fathers were career military officers and often academy graduates, congressmen, Secret Service, political appointees, White House staffers, career SES. They were just dad's and I mostly didn't even know or care what they did until I was much older.

I narrowed my post-college graduation job search down to "who I know" and started from there. Truly it's who you know, not WHAT you know and I was fortunate that my parents had a wide circle of contacts.

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