Anonymous wrote:All schools with beautifully manicured grounds that someone might mention as "elite" are going to draw more than their share of snobs after the cachet, whereas schools in run-down storefronts or colocated in aesthetically displeasing church buildings are going to have fewer.

Anonymous wrote:All schools with beautifully manicured grounds that someone might mention as "elite" are going to draw more than their share of snobs after the cachet, whereas schools in run-down storefronts or colocated in aesthetically displeasing church buildings are going to have fewer.

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Anonymous wrote:NCS depends on the grade. Last year's senior class had very little flashy money. This year's class has quite a bit more extreme money and flash.

STA is a wealthier school but my older kid found his way there and we are not rich or fancy. The boys totally accepted him and he graduated with a half dozen life-long friends.

Boys socialize differently than girls might.

They are less likely to notice wealth and far more likely to notice other things.

Guys do not generally treat each other differently based on wealth, sometimes girls do.

Yes they do. The boys that can't afford to golf or belong to the clubs that the kids are all golfing at do get excluded.

Also the family vacations that those kids don't attend but others do if they summer in the right place also get kids excluded.

The country club folks tend to be the worst offenders in our experience at both schools. The others are pretty normal and nice even if they are wealthy.

We are not wealthy and have two that attended Catholic high schools. DS attended Gonzaga and there was no issue with exclusions based on socioeconomic status. He socialized with very wealthy and middle class kids. My girl attended SR, and the opposite was the case. Girls are very much into brand name labels, makeup, and fancy jeeps. My daughter was repulsed by that culture and had to find a very small group of girls who were more subtle about their wealth or were UMC like us. It's rare there unfortunately.

My daughter is at NCS and the flashy money girls often transfer to Stone Ridge. NCS is surprisingly low key. There are few $$/label types in every class but the vast majority of girls/families are not into labels etc at all.

Anonymous wrote:Stoneridge and Visi are snobby

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Anonymous wrote:Look at the student parking lot. Are the students all driving the exact same vehicles? I’m weary of the schools full of jeeps and broncos with the overconsumption of rubber ducks on the dashboard. Not only are those giant vehicles expensive, but why are the kids all trying to be clones? That feels very country club versus a schooo community where kids can be themselves and all kinds of diversity is celebrated.

The rubber ducks are a hero thing, not a school or teenager thing.

Jeep, not hero.

They really aren't. Most long time Jeep owners hate the stupid duck thing.

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Anonymous wrote:Look at the student parking lot. Are the students all driving the exact same vehicles? I’m weary of the schools full of jeeps and broncos with the overconsumption of rubber ducks on the dashboard. Not only are those giant vehicles expensive, but why are the kids all trying to be clones? That feels very country club versus a schooo community where kids can be themselves and all kinds of diversity is celebrated.

The rubber ducks are a hero thing, not a school or teenager thing.

Jeep, not hero.

Anonymous wrote:I think in general the least elitist are Catholic schools or K-8th schools. When people are picking a school for their 5 year old to say they graduated from there 12 years from now, they are thinking about the social status.

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Anonymous wrote:Look at the student parking lot. Are the students all driving the exact same vehicles? I’m weary of the schools full of jeeps and broncos with the overconsumption of rubber ducks on the dashboard. Not only are those giant vehicles expensive, but why are the kids all trying to be clones? That feels very country club versus a schooo community where kids can be themselves and all kinds of diversity is celebrated.

The rubber ducks are a hero thing, not a school or teenager thing.

Anonymous wrote:Look at the student parking lot. Are the students all driving the exact same vehicles? I’m weary of the schools full of jeeps and broncos with the overconsumption of rubber ducks on the dashboard. Not only are those giant vehicles expensive, but why are the kids all trying to be clones? That feels very country club versus a schooo community where kids can be themselves and all kinds of diversity is celebrated.

Anonymous wrote:Sidwell is the worst offender

Anonymous wrote:Look at the student parking lot. Are the students all driving the exact same vehicles? I’m weary of the schools full of jeeps and broncos with the overconsumption of rubber ducks on the dashboard. Not only are those giant vehicles expensive, but why are the kids all trying to be clones? That feels very country club versus a schooo community where kids can be themselves and all kinds of diversity is celebrated.