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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It really depends on what you mean by wealth.  The kids I know there (I can name a dozen) are all $500K+ income level wealthy but not private jet income wealthy.

Cornell definitely has more middle class kids because it's 3-4 times the size and is just far less preppy/waspy in culture. 
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My grandma was a first gen low income student at Cornell in the 1930s.  Cornell's motto is "any person, any study" with a focus on practical, real world majors in addition to traditional liberal arts and sciences. They make you write an essay about that motto to see if you understand the ethos they strive for.  It's a very challenging school but not known to be snobby.  That's why fans of the colonial era Ivies sometimes dump on Cornell.  It was a different kind of school that was more welcoming of Jewish people, Black people, and women, early on. My mom went to Cornell in the early 60s because other Ivies didn't admit women yet.

My BIL went there and had financial struggles paying for it.  And found the academics very tough.  But the social life was good.  His parents were US immigrants who owned a small business.[/quote]

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