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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I grew up in the NY suburbs, where there are many affluent Catholic communities that have been established since the early-mid 20th Century (see [u]Real Lace[/u] by Stephen Birmingham.  The kids skew preppy in style (early JCrew adopters, for example) , whether they go to public schools, Catholic schools, or independent day or boarding schools.   When I went to HS in the 80s, the smartest and nicest kids in my parish who really wanted a Catholic college went to Notre Dame.  Georgetown was less selective (I say this as the daughter and sister of alums) and BC even more so.  Georgetown became more selective in the late 80s and 90s, partly because President Clinton was an alum, partly because of the Hoyas' basketball dominance, and partly because of St. Elmo's Fire (I'm only sort of joking about the latter).

A lot has changed since then.  BC has become more selective, though it's still more provincial than Georgetown, which draws many more non-Catholics and international students.  My own kids attend/ed a secular independent school in DC and every year a few kids go to Georgetown and BC -- though I can't recall a single one going to Notre Dame.  That's certainly due in large part to Notre Dame's location, but also to its culture, which has always seemed more Catholic (chapels in every dorm) and, in particular, more focused on social justice Catholicism.  I'm a lawyer and I'm always impressed by how many lawyers who went to Notre Dame are very active in pro bono work.       [/quote]

As one business professor said in a video I watched, "If my students accumulate the money and use it for mainly material things, then I have failed."  At 4:25 on video.

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-y3zjfPjBg[/youtube][/quote]

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