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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We were not raised rich but sort of fell by circumstance into a very UMC group and it's opened my eyes that it's not really about money, it's about the whole picture. I have ZERO concern about where my kid goes to college. I see they can basically go to a state school or unknown private and be just fine because of everything else they are growing up with.

- connections, just in our peer circle we have doctors/surgeons, politicians, a few accomplished actors/musicians, lots of C-level or VP level business, tech entrepreneurs, law partners, professors, authors, engineers at Google/FB, designers.. sky is the limit in terms of getting your foot in the door.. I did NOT have this as a kid at all and see how much easier it makes things especially at the college level or right after.
- Kids golf, play tennis, sail + ski on regular basis through lessons, clinics and camps in addition to other sports
- Kids attend expensive, elite sleepover camps
- family involvement in multiple philanthropies every year on the chair or board level
- kids grow up doing organized charity/debutante roles learning social traditions and manners
- international travel frequently
- 2nd house out west in mountain town
- attend top 20 nationally ranked public HS

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Where do you think this is going to take your kid? Are your friends going to provide an in for them in their industry? [/quote]

I do wonder if they have really joined the UMC club or if they are still on the outside and not realize it? I know I would NEVER truly fit into that lifestyle, my hardscrabble roots would show too often [/quote]

Nah, we live outside of the DMV. People aren't all up in arms about how far back your money goes. We wouldn't get the leadership and board positions we do if this was the case. The point is that I'm really not worried about my kids getting into Harvard or a top 50 school. They will likely be just fine if they go to State U or some no name private because they are living with a lot of privilege and connections. I am not saying this to brag, just noting that for most UMC/UC kids it's not going to truly influence the trajectory of their life. Now for a another kid from a less privileged background, it is more likely. I don't quite understand the pressure some people put on their kids to get into a Top 10. Being academically gifted does not always equal career success. Most of the highly successful people I know have different skill sets and very few were at the very top of their class in HS. [/quote]

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