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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I agree a this is a little overheated on the kid.

To the PPs question is this typical of big 3, the answer is complicated.

These schools are places where many of the kids have grown up w enormous privilege.

They work really hard for sure and should be proud of it. There are easier ways to get thru high school than these schools.
The workload is not for the faint of heart. And it’s still not easy at all to make it to their parents’ alma mater. Most legacies don’t get in.

However there was a thread a week or so back that many (most) of these kids who go to ivies are hooked on some way (urm, athlete, is r legacy). There are lots of legacies) an nsc parent commented that it was true of every nsc 2022 grad at an ivy save one.

It’s not surprising in a world where admit rates in these places have fallen to low single digits. It’s different than even five years ago.

I interview for my ivy and the quality of the kids these days sometimes intimidates me - the ones who make it unhooked are often running their own non-profits )real ones) or came through a much harder set of circumstances than me or my kids (lots of first gen kids).

So does it surprise me that a big 3 legacy kid would arrive on campus and start to angst about the whole system - why are there so many private school kids here - is that fair? And do I belong? Or who does? I’d guess there is a lot of that going on this fall. It might sound inartful and entitled through prism of an 18 year old but is the anxiety uncommon? I doubt it.

I send my kids to a big 3 because our school provides a wonderful education. But do I worry my kids are exposed to a lot of privilege? Yup. It’s incumbent on me to expose them to other parts of the world so it all doesn’t come as such a shock. [b]And what I hope is my kids will use their privilege well - to work hard and to give back and to truly understand how unusual it is.[/b] [/quote]

What exactly does this mean, though? I hear this a lot, even within my own extended family, and it always rings hollow. So many wealthy, privileged people patting themselves on the back for their magnanimity, but it’s all good as one as they never have to actually rub elbows with the masses. So many paternalistic and/or judgmental attitudes born out of ignorance for the way real people live.[/quote]

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