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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The richest people I know don’t send their kids to “big 3” or similarly recognizable schools. Idk why, and I was surprised by it. [/quote]

Many ultra-wealthy people don't care about the brand of high school their kid attends. You'll find the most desperate brand-chasers among the upper-middle class, people who are on the periphery of elite status, but not quite there.

When you live in a $8 million mansion, it doesn't matter where your kid goes to school. They're set.

The richest family I know (worth over $100 million) was heavily sought after by every top school in DC and chose Landon because they liked the campus environment and culture. [/quote]

Yes this is exactly right. My kids attend a private that is constantly looked down upon on DCUM and it has many astonishingly wealthy families. They aren’t worried about impressing any of the strivers like the people who post frenetically on this board or the college one. I think more than anything having money is of course nice because you can afford very nice things, but really it gives you freedom from constantly worrying about impressing others. You can choose the school that is right for your kids rather than impressing the neighbors.[/quote]

Entirely correct, and not just for education. For jobs, social circles, everything. [/quote]

Kinda idealistic view and true to some extent but they also don’t want their kiddo picking up a spouse at University of Alabama from god knows what background so send to SMU or the like as well.   Just saying they like to protect their kids in little rich bubbles and control the social scene often like the rest of us private school UMC parents.  They sure as poop aren’t sending their kids public high schools.  [/quote]

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