“A friend of mine is a private pilot and flew into Raleigh NC. He said there were quite a few private planes in to see Duke”
No doubt. When my kid was at Duke she regularly saw celebrities kids (Bruce Springsteen, Rob Lowe) and those whose family’s owned major companies(Estee Lauderdale, Walgreens) and sports franchises. I once found myself in the lobby of the campus hotel standing next to Michael J Fox and tried to act nonchalant as he asked me if he knew if the bellman could get him a private car because he’d seen me get out of one the day before. I did not say what I wanted to say (Oh my god you were my childhood crush and you remembered me from the day before!?!?) ) and instead told him that I’d arranged it through the concierge.
My daughter always said “I know we aren’t poor at all ( yeah, see above re private car) but I FEEL poor sometimes at Duke”)
It’s all a matter of perspective. Lol.