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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What schools have that preppy, upper crust privileged feel. I know people say UVA, Dartmouth, Vanderbilt, Princeton. Elaborate on it a little more if you have experience at those schools.[/quote]
UVA 🤔[/quote]

Because of its size, there is a mix. It is very desirable from the OOS elite private day and  boarding school set. It also pulls some serious NOVA money. And of course, it serves all Virginians in a more broad sense.

My CA kid arrived privileged and found that crowd easily. Their interests led to mixed groups. By graduation, the friend groups (more than one) were mostly  mixed SES, with one elite group that they still loved.

This is the beauty of a larger school. The close core of all groups have remained in touch 5 years out.

The difference in each student’s experience at any school may boil down to how open they are to seeking out people both similar and different to themself simply because they are drawn to mutual interests, charismatic conversations, and kindness.

Not sure if the OP is seeking the list of privileged student bodies because they are drawn to it or wish to avoid it. Either of those extremes is a misstep from my perspective. [/quote]

I have one kid at an Ivy and one at UVA and the monied set is far more in-your-face at UVA.  There are a LOT of really wealthy OOS kids--all from private schools but not the very top privates because those have a large percentage of kids on aid.  The UVA kids come from more of the flashy, monied second tier of privates. [/quote]

[/b]And how do you know this exactly? [[b]b]I, too, have a kid at UVA. [/quote]

They don’t. Note that no one else in the entire thread picked up on this post. Sour grapes.

My kid went to UVA. Please remember it’s a public school and its student body reflects that. My kid’s friends were all mostly VA public
Kids. None if them are what OP describes. None. There might be a few monied kids in the frats or sororities but if that offends, you choose not to participate, which is easy because UVA is only 26% Greek.

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