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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I went to an Ivy and loved it but I have always been surprised that people want their kids to go to Ivies to connect with rich people. At my Ivy (Brown) the boarding school/NYC private school uber rich mainly hung out with each other. I love my college friends but they and their connections did not help me get jobs.  Nor did my parents help them get jobs. None of our parents were in a position to do that and now we all have such different careers that our professional networks do not overlap at all.[/quote]

Yep. Strivers never understand what it's really like, if they did, they wouldn't obsess over something so pointless. Even if your kid penetrates that rich kid orbit, there's a difference between college (party) pals and genuine lifelong friendships. The former may score a few invites to a couple of rich kid weddings after college, but they're not getting invited into the family business or set up with anyone's blue blood brother or sister or best friend from boarding school. Your kid will be the pleb from college they had some laughs with. Nothing more.[/quote]

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