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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In my experience it’s all about money. These are kids raised by adults who often leave them with Nannies to work or play. Parents who are extremely successful professionally but that limits the amount of parenting and shows the kid(s) that money is the most important thing.

Can’t emphasize enough that these student bodies are full of kids prioritizing money. It’s not like it was when I went to private school in the early 90s.

I wouldn’t want my child in this environment if at all possible. [/quote]

Once again, completely untrue. It’s fine if you don’t want your kid in these environments, but don’t denigrate the 90% of the student body that isn’t from astronomical wealth. And no, we didn’t chase money. Obviously some do, but that’s true of literally every student body. If anything, the schools provided the greatest opportunities for us to uncynically pursue the things we were passionate about, which we continued to pursue through university.

Please stop regurgitating falsehoods. It’s not only about money, though there is a lot of money. Spots at top schools are not only going to the children of insanely rich people. Parents are insanely involved with the schools because, if you end up at one of them, there are constantly events and things which involve parents because they build a school community.

Why is it so hard to fathom that maybe they’re just good schools that provide good educations to bright and ambitious and and thoughtful students? Why is there some assumption that they’re all dumb? Like, get your kid in and check it out and then don’t send them there if you think they’re horrible. [/quote]

Just one last thing to tack on here: Even a few years ago, i never would have thought that i’d be defending trinity. I didn’t like going to trinity, which is part of the reason why i left - the other reason was boarding schools had better sports. But I just think it’s so strange what some people say about it. It’s a great school. It certainly isn’t a fun school, however you’ll leave with a wonderful education. Regarding the super wealthy, yes there are some, but it doesn’t really matter where they go to school. They could go to the worst school in the country and still get in pretty much wherever they want. Because they’re rich. They go to these schools because they do provide excellent educations. I didn’t realize how lucky i was to go there until years later, since when i was there, i was constantly stressed and it made me unhappy. Should you send your kid to a TT in nyc, it’ll be most likely be worth it, but again, it’s up to each individual child whether they take advantage of the school’s resources.[/quote]

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