S1’s prep school had some billionaire kids and merely 8-figure kids. There’s a lot of pressure on these kids to get into a ivy. Some got into harvard; one got off the WL at dartmouth when parents donated a bldg. Some lower-on-the-financial food chain kids whose parents have only 7-figure trust funds, still got into harvard on their political dynastic, celeb last name.
Then there was the development case kid who got gossiped about for being such a dud that even his parents’ wealth couldn’t grease his admission into UMich.