Notre Dame selects strong ambassadors for tours, smart move, not all schools can or do.

When we were visiting colleges, I was really struck by how kind and put together students at Notre Dame were. Also Vanderbilt and McGill. In comparison, students at Harvard, Penn, Chicago, Columbia, and Northwestern generally seemed more sullen and withdrawn. But these are moment in time snapshots so who knows what's real and genuine. Notre Dame however really struck out.

To me polish is having eye contact, strong verbal skills, confidence, etc. Zero to do with income level and doing that post about Ivies rude. I’ve seen plenty of spoiled rich kids that can’t hold a conversation with an adult or make a phone call. FGLI learned those skills young being leaders in their families.

Anonymous wrote:Harvard

You sound like you really, REALLY liked Gossip Girl.

I went to Harvard. I was no more or less polished than my friends at BU and BC and other schools. I was not unique at Harvard.

Anonymous wrote:This question reminds me of the classic Love Story film. Oliver Barrett Jr. Is probably a crazy rich Asian now.

The crazy rich ones who come to the US for college have very international upbringings and tend be super polished.

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Anonymous wrote:Ivies have brought in many FGLI students who are not polished. It's no fault of their own but they skew the class now.

Not so sure about that. Many LI kids are trust fund babies where their parents are extremely low income, no asset, and waiting for grandparents to die to get the inheritance. They are polished.

That doesn't sound very polished.

Lancaster Bible College

Anonymous wrote:Ivies have brought in many FGLI students who are not polished. It's no fault of their own but they skew the class now.

Not so sure about that. Many LI kids are trust fund babies where their parents are extremely low income, no asset, and waiting for grandparents to die to get the inheritance. They are polished.

UDC

Anonymous wrote:Ivies have brought in many FGLI students who are not polished. It's no fault of their own but they skew the class now.

There's nothing polished about a statement like that. What the heck does this poster know about polished?

Anonymous wrote:Alabama

Exclusive trailer parks.

Montgomery College

Anonymous wrote:There will always be a subset of students like this at any university. Yale has a lot of them, as do the other top Ivies. I noticed a lot of polished students at George Washington when I visited. My son lowered that average by a significant amount

Lol! Mine too!

Anywhere you have rich kids who went to elite private HS.

Good grief