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[quote=Anonymous]We don’t even know if the other kids were being rude, because the context of the conversation was never provided.

If OP’s kid was bragging about getting in and the other kids said “oh, but your parents went there,” that’s not rude. It’s putting a cocky person in their place and saying the honest part out loud.

If the kids were sitting around talking about why they think they got accepted or rejected, and someone said “oh, but your parents (also) went there,” that’s a contextualized statement, not a rude one.

This last one isn’t just a hypothetical. Private school counselors regularly counsel unhooked students away from ED at colleges where other students have hooks, because they know the college is likely to limit how many applicants it takes from a school and the hooked kids have an upper hand.

If the kids said, “hey did you get in” and OP’s kid said, “yeah,” and the kids responded, “oh, but your parents went there.” Then, yeah, that’s rude. But I kind of doubt that’s the whole story.[/quote]

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