Anonymous
02/18/2026 18:12
Subject: School Tier Ranking based on Privilege
Anonymous wrote:Believe it or not Ole Miss has a preppy privileged feel. Lots of private school educated kids, private jets, fancy cars, designer clothes, unlimited budgets and "old" money. Not at all what you would expect.
All of the southern flagships have an element of this.
Anonymous
02/18/2026 17:39
Subject: School Tier Ranking based on Privilege
Anonymous wrote:Believe it or not Ole Miss has a preppy privileged feel. Lots of private school educated kids, private jets, fancy cars, designer clothes, unlimited budgets and "old" money. Not at all what you would expect.
What is Ole Miss?
Anonymous
02/18/2026 16:44
Subject: School Tier Ranking based on Privilege
Believe it or not Ole Miss has a preppy privileged feel. Lots of private school educated kids, private jets, fancy cars, designer clothes, unlimited budgets and "old" money. Not at all what you would expect.
Anonymous
02/17/2026 23:24
Subject: School Tier Ranking based on Privilege
lAnonymous wrote: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.
Is that your biggest priority? Even in 2026? Dartmouth isn’t like that.
Anonymous
02/17/2026 21:32
Subject: School Tier Ranking based on Privilege
Anonymous wrote:I know this group well. This is where their kids go:
W&L
Bucknell
Colorado College
Wake Forest
Trinity
Middlebury
Hamilton
Bowdoin
Duke and Dartmouth if legacies
If I were offered this as a list of colleges from which to choose, I'd be good.
Anonymous
02/17/2026 19:40
Subject: Re:School Tier Ranking based on Privilege
Here's a wild thought: how about our department of education stops favoring the unions and puts some money instead into the underprivileged high schools so the colleges don't need have so many unprepared kids?
Anonymous
02/17/2026 19:37
Subject: School Tier Ranking based on Privilege
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:USC in CA
Well…. It was nicknamed the University of Spoiled Children for a reason.
It’s a private in wealthy SoCal where, if you have the grades and stats, you go to UCLA for 40% of the cost of USC. The rich dumb kids end up at USC.
UCLA has a gorgeous campus in Westwood. USC is right smack in the middle of downtown LA.
The only major that’s stronger at USC is the film school, which is notoriously competitive to get into.
Westwood is a dead town now. It looks abandoned which makes UCLA not nearly as compelling as it once was.
Anonymous
02/17/2026 19:35
Subject: Re:School Tier Ranking based on Privilege
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:That preppy & privileged feel is fading significantly at Princeton. My DS says that it only really exists with the athletes & legacies at the eating clubs. Otherwise, Princeton heavily favors and targets underprivileged kids for admission.
Does your DS think it’s good that it’s fading?
Curious to hear. I’m a Princeton alum, BIPOC, and I think the targeting underprivileged kids has gone a bit too far. Sadly, it’s resulted in professors diluting standards to get kids who are not well-prepared academically to graduation.
You need a good mix of kids from different socioeconomic backgrounds for a first class university.
x1000
Anonymous
02/17/2026 14:59
Subject: School Tier Ranking based on Privilege
Anonymous wrote:
“Well…. It was nicknamed the University of Spoiled Children for a reason.
It’s a private in wealthy SoCal where, if you have the grades and stats, you go to UCLA for 40% of the cost of USC. The rich dumb kids end up at USC.
UCLA has a gorgeous campus in Westwood. USC is right smack in the middle of downtown LA.
The only major that’s stronger at USC is the film school, which is notoriously competitive to get into.”
Times have changed.
Anonymous
02/16/2026 17:38
Subject: School Tier Ranking based on Privilege
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:USC in CA
Well…. It was nicknamed the University of Spoiled Children for a reason.
It’s a private in wealthy SoCal where, if you have the grades and stats, you go to UCLA for 40% of the cost of USC. The rich dumb kids end up at USC.
UCLA has a gorgeous campus in Westwood. USC is right smack in the middle of downtown LA.
The only major that’s stronger at USC is the film school, which is notoriously competitive to get into.
You must be at least 50 years old to believe that.
Anonymous
02/16/2026 15:53
Subject: School Tier Ranking based on Privilege
Anonymous wrote:School Location Median Family Income Percentage of Students from the Top 1%
Colorado College Colorado Springs, CO $277,500 24%
Washington University in St. Louis (WashU) St. Louis, MO $272,000 22%
Colgate University Hamilton, NY $270,200 23%
Washington and Lee Lexington, VA $261,00 19%
Trinity College Hartford, CT $257,100 26%
Middlebury College Middlebury, NY $244,300 23%
Colby College Waterville, ME $236,100 20%
Georgetown University Washington, D.C. $229,100 21%
Bates College Lewiston, ME $226,500 18%
Tufts University Medford, MA $224,800 19%
This is interesting. Can you share the link for where you got this information?
Anonymous
02/15/2026 18:55
Subject: School Tier Ranking based on Privilege
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:USC in CA
Well…. It was nicknamed the University of Spoiled Children for a reason.
It’s a private in wealthy SoCal where, if you have the grades and stats, you go to UCLA for 40% of the cost of USC. The rich dumb kids end up at USC.
UCLA has a gorgeous campus in Westwood. USC is right smack in the middle of downtown LA.
The only major that’s stronger at USC is the film school, which is notoriously competitive to get into.
We don't lve in the 80s anymore granny.
Wake up.