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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NCS depends on the grade. Last year's senior class had very little flashy money. This year's class has quite a bit more extreme money and flash.

STA is a wealthier school but my older kid found his way there and we are not rich or fancy. The boys totally accepted him and he graduated with a half dozen life-long friends. [/quote]

Boys socialize differently than girls might.

They are less likely to notice wealth and far more likely to notice other things.

Guys do not generally treat each other differently based on wealth, sometimes girls do.[/quote]

Yes they do. The boys that can't afford to golf or belong to the clubs that the kids are all golfing at do get excluded.

Also the family vacations that those kids don't attend but others do if they summer in the right place also get kids excluded.

The country club folks tend to be the worst offenders in our experience at both schools. The others are pretty normal and nice even if they are wealthy. [/quote]

We are not wealthy and have two that attended Catholic high schools. DS attended Gonzaga and there was no issue with exclusions based on socioeconomic status. He socialized with very wealthy and middle class kids. My girl attended SR, and the opposite was the case. Girls are very much into brand name labels, makeup, and fancy jeeps. My daughter was repulsed by that culture and had to find a very small group of girls who were more subtle about their wealth or were UMC like us. It's rare there unfortunately.[/quote]

My daughter is at NCS and the flashy money girls often transfer to Stone Ridge. NCS is surprisingly low key. There are few $$/label types in every class but the vast majority of girls/families are not into labels etc at all. [/quote]

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