<p>I know a lot of Boston schools fit the "rich kids school" profile like a glove. For example, BC is known to have many wealthy students. </p>
<p>BU is known to have a high percentage of Jewish kids and wealthy kids as well. </p>
<p>Babson also fits the rich kids image well. The average car is a BMW X5 which costs nearly $50,000 and some ultra wealthy kids drive cars that cost more then your parents yearly income (Cars over $120K). Most students are either from ritzy private schools in the U.S. and there are also disgustingly rich international students as well.</p>
<p>Trinity College in Connecticut is another school known to have many rich kids. They sport the popped collar image (hahaha). Unfortunately, you can't really flaunt the wealth in Hartford as chances are you will be mugged or your car stolen.</p>
<p>George Washington is another high Jewish population school with many wealthy students. The cost of nearly $45,000 a year is not affordable buy all and so it makes sense that schools that obviously cost more will have a higher percentage of wealthy kids.</p>
<p>In the south there is Emory (another higher Jewish population and BMW type of school)</p>
<p>I've heard that Duke and UNC-Chapel Hill have many wealthy students as does Vanderbilt.</p>
<p>So as you can see these schools can be found from North to South and from East to West (In California there is Stanford and USC both of which have very wealthy students and some who just have the connections or the money to get in)</p>
<p>i agree with the ones that have already been said. Pepperdine, definately. i visited it over the summer and i have never seen so many BMW's in the same parking lot in my life. also, people there dress in really expensive clothes.</p>
<p>Without a doubt EMORY. I was used to Dartmouth where even if your dad is a CEO you drive a subaru, at Emory everyone had a Beemer!! M3s even! I dont think I even saw a kid with a BMW at Dartmouth, although one kid had a really nice Saab 9-5. I think the mix is equal among top private schools but some places (especially in the South), like Vandy and Emory like to show money off..</p>
<p>Yeah Boston is like that. Everyone drives M3's. The M3 is almost like the standard car. The really nice cars move into $110K + territory. In southern California around the L.A. area it's even worst. People drive Porsche's like no tomorrow. Everyone has a Porsche. We aren't talking about the Boxsters we are talking about $90-120K hooked up 911's. Well then again people in Southern California definetely love their cars.</p>
<p>For a public school, UVa is a "rich kids school." 58% of the current students come from families that earn $100-199K, and 20% are from families that earn over $200K/year. I guess it's to be expected from a university that's the current champion in collegiate polo for the 3rd year in a row.</p>
<p>I don't want to go to a school where everyone is more wealthy than me. That would be hard trying to compete with a roomate with loads of money, nicer clothes, cars, handbags, shoes, etc... I don't want to live beyond my means lol.</p>
<p>Well then again people in Southern California definetely love their cars.</p>
<p>hells ya we do :)
It always seemed to me that everyone and their mother drives a Mercedes S-class around here. And you're right, the Porsche's have become passe (disappointing really - such nice cars, the 911s)</p>
<p>Rich kids schools are fine... as long as the kids don't act like spoiled brats.</p>
<p>I go to a very afluent private HS, and you could not tell the rich apart from the people on financial aid. Except for the car they drive (and I drive the nicest ;))</p>
<p>yes the Benz S and the BMW 7 are quite the common cars among the wealthy. Some colleges its bad. People flaunt the wealth like no tomorrow. Driving 911 Turbo's. Ordering bottles of Crystal like its nothing. Going on $$$$ thousand dollar shopping sprees. However, sometimes the people who do these type of things come off as being just your normal college kids with some different spending habits. These people are nice to deal with. They have the money but don't make sure the whole world knows it.</p>
<p>Many of the private colleges that cost $40K+ have close to half or more than half of the kids there who are full pay. That means that their parents had the money to somewhere, somehow to cough up to pay that amount. So the depending on exactly what your definition of rich is, you can get some idea of what kind of families send their kids to some of these schools. If you are interested in very selective schools, you will run into many kids from affluent families.</p>
<p>MicheleC, you probably need to ask students themselves about how materially competitive things are on campus. One of the several tipping points for my D about Wellesley vs. Smith was that Smith seemed a lot more casual about individual choices regarding hair, make-up, clothes. First-years aren't allowed cars anyway, so that takes another piece off the table. In fact, women's colleges in general have a lot less of that competitive bs...without lots of on-campus guys to show-off and compete for, that stuff goes out the window.</p>
<p>Then take Jamimom's observation about schools with $40K costs of attendance as a jumping off point and cross-reference the amount of students who get financial aid. Schools with higher percentages of financial aid, particularly Pell grants, will have a broader social and economic range of diversity. You might have to dig just a very little bit to find the Pell Grant percentages, which are for students who come from families in the bottom 35 percent of incomes but most colleges will have that data somewhere that's easily accessible.</p>
<p>rtkysg- Harvard has the #1 highest endowment out of all the colleges in the WORLD, so they can afford to take people who can't afford the $40,000+ per year and pay their tuition in full. it looks to me as though they actively seek out these people to keep a balance between the super rich kids and kids from low and normal incomes.</p>
<p>It's a nice thought, but untrue. Only 6.8% of all Harvard students are on Pell Grants (coming from families in the bottom 35% of the population), making it one of the "least balanced" schools in the country. (Berkeley, in contrast, has 38% of its students on Pell Grants. USC has 24%.)</p>
<p>do you think I make fun of you? Hell I drive one too. That is one fast cookie. Especially with the X50 package and RUF modifications. You hear the new Turbo S will be coming soon if it is not already here. That will be my next vehicle.</p>
