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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^^ Now that his class is in their early 30s, we can see that most are doing quite well. Almost everyone graduated from college, many from graduate school, and in well-paying jobs. Family support, guidance and connections matter. Of course, you still have to have the intelligence to get into and graduate from a top private. [/quote]

Money can buy your way into top privates. [/quote]

Horribly. Most of my coddled college/grad school friends who went from St. Paul's or Horace Mann to Penn or wherever they had a legacy tried their best as adults, but really couldn't make it without mom and dad doing everything for them...and so now they are late 30s and early 40s and haven't made it. It's not about wealth per se, it's about coddling. Your parents can expect a lot and then do a lot to make up the gap between what you can do and they want you to do or they can expect a lot and you can make up that gap. What parents can and should expect is child specific, but it's important to expect a lot and make that clear and then not coddle. [/quote]

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