<p>@ reptil</p>
<p>I think he was referring to those people that go out of the country to vacation, not really to return home or whatever.</p>
<p>There are plenty of upper and upper-middle class kids here - its unfair to group them all together with the blanket label of rich and snobby. some make a huge deal out of their money (whether they actually have it or not). the majority, while used to a comfortable lifestyle, aren’t ostentatious and don’t judge others based on money. you would never know they have money though because they’re not showy.</p>
<p>People grow up with different lifestyles and tend to socialize with others with similar experiences and habits. This may seem “classist”, but notice the conclusions you jump to and the animosity you express towards people because they travel frequently or their school is named in a certain way. Maybe some wealthy kids inherently look down on poorer kids, but can you blame anyone with money for not wanting to hang out with people who view them in the way expressed in this thread? No one wants to hide or apologize for their lifestyle to friends with significantly different expectations - and that goes in both directions.</p>
<p>CB1278 makes a very good point. My older daughter talks to me about her friends in school, but rarely about their financial situation. The only time she has ever complained about her friends not having money was one friend always whined about lack of spending money, but refused to get a part time job. Most of my daughter’s friends work on campus, whether they are on work study or not. </p>
<p>Cornell is a big school, you will find people from different social economic background. Instead of being intimidated or looked down on people who are different, it is a good opportunity to get different experiences from each other. Ithaca is a college town, it is very hard for riches to spend money in school, unless they want to travel to major cities. I would say it is easier to get by at Cornell than schools like Georgetown, Columbia, NYU, or even schools in Boston. </p>
<p>It’s not meeting rich people that’s interesting, but meeting (knowing) famous people. My daughter found out her friend’s father was a famous writer/professor when she saw his name in her text book. Her professor asked the class to interpret a passage from the writer. My daughter thought, “Hey, I’ll just call him and ask him.” (she didn’t ) My daughter’s good friend from high school found out 2 months into her freshman year, one of her best friend’s father was a famous rock star. He invited her to have dinner with his family because they were in town. Of course they were in town because he was giving a concert. The girl ran into a bathroom and texted all of her friends, “you won’t believe who I am having dinner with.”</p>
<p>there will be rich people in any private schools, which is majority of the colleges out there. public schools are the only places where it can be a real mix…but even in private schools, theres a mix, just not as much</p>
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<p>one need not worry about this because now everybody rich and poor dresses like slobs in their graphic t’s, sweat pants, and flip flops.</p>
<p>Pre frosh should not post in this thread. You don’t have any idea what the student body is actually like because you have at most been here a couple times during the school year, which is not nearly enough to make general ideas about the majority, and much less so about a minority group (which is what the super rich are). </p>
<p>I come from an area where people are doing ok, pretty much no one qualifies for financial aid, but the people who are incredibly rich (and sometimes snobby) make up a very small portion of cornell students</p>
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<p>A white knight? There aren’t any damsels in distress as far as I know.</p>
<p>You get a very diverse population though I’d say most live “comfortably” (well before those loans kick in for those middle classers 
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<p>In case you were wondering, a small snapshot of my floor during freshman year would be: my suite- 2 poor (35kish, I’m guessing), 2 lower middle, 2 upper middle, 1 rich. A pretty well spread out grouped. The rest of my floor (28 people) the great majority was middle middle to rich.</p>
<p>Class don’t matter when you’re wasted on a Friday/Saturday night.</p>
<p>Everyone’s drinking Keystones.</p>
<p>^^ Gotta love it, meestasi, so true. +1</p>
<p>hahaha @ meestasi</p>