<p>The average person would say, Harvard is the school with the most wealthy students. However, Harvard has an amazing financial aid program. I'm looking for a decent school, where most people pay full tuition. No easy breaks for anyone. Preferably in the North East. Any thoughts?</p>
<p>HHmmmm. Not exactly sure what you are asking macdonjo. Could you clarify your “no easy breaks for anyone”? Also wondering why you would want to attend a school “with the most students that come from wealthy families”. Not a criticism, just an unusual criteria for choosing a college or University.</p>
<p>…What? 10char</p>
<p>Don’t worry about why I’m asking, I just want to know. I figured a college board would be the best place to ask.</p>
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<p>^Here someone from a couple of years ago that asked that same question :). There are some good answers</p>
<p>Sure, no problem Macdonjo, I have a wonderful recommendation for you. It’s called the University of the Real World. It is everywhere, and most certainly will fit your criteria of being in the “North East” and having many wealthy students. It has the most rigorous curriculum of any University that I know of, and you will certainly graduate having learned some of the hardest lessons of your life! Think you might consider spending a year or two there to acquire the maturity needed to attend any other college or university.</p>
<p>@pandamic Perfect! Thanks!</p>
<p>@HarvestMoon1 Someone’s a little jealous… easy.</p>
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<p>the op asked a simple honest question</p>
<p>why the attack?</p>
<p>No jealousy … I’d never want the attitude you seem to have. No “easy breaks” is easy to say when you already apparently had the biggest break of all - being born to a family that can afford a full Harvard tuition. There’s nothing wrong with having money at all … it’s just the attitude that can be summed up by the saying that describes people who are “born on third base and think they hit a triple.”</p>
<p>I think it’s perfectly fair as a question. Maybe he is interested in going somewhere with people from similar backgrounds as himself. People wouldn’t think twice if this was someone asking for the opposite, or someone asking for a college with lots of whatever their race is. </p>
<p>People who constantly use the term “the real world” just make themselves sound bitter. The world is different for everyone, just because your family happens to have money it doesn’t mean you’re automatically a spoiled brat.</p>
<p>@SansSerif, I’m not just talked about being born rich, but personally rich too. I made $100,000 in software sales at the age of 16. I know there’s a ton of kids at Harvard that do better, but there’s a lot there that don’t too. I just want to know a school where the majority of kids come from a rich family and/or personally have a decent net worth.</p>
<p>@Anchser, exactly. I’m at a public school now and I don’t like it. I deal with a lot of jealousy.</p>
<p>Anchser, that would be a reasonable conclusion except for the “no easy breaks” comment. To me, that sounds like a judgement on people getting a break instead of earning their way into a college. As though any kid born to a rich family earned that. It’s just luck of the genetic draw. To me, a kid who REALLY earned their way into a top school by working hard, getting the grades, scores, ecs, etc - and sometimes without the advantages that come with an excellent school district or private school or private SAT lessons - are not getting “easy breaks” if they get a needs-based scholarship.</p>
<p>The problem that you will have is that the schools with the most full-pay students are also the most selective. They can afford to be, so you can’t buy your way in.With your grades averaging in the mid 80’s, and the fact that you haven’t taken the SAT’s yet, getting accepted may prove difficult.</p>
<p>@SansSerif, I could pay my own tuition if I wanted to. You honestly have absolutely no idea who I am, but that’s not the point. Everyday I face jealousy and awkwardness because of my personal and hereditary wealth. If I’m in a school where everyone else has the same financial background, I think I could skip over a lot of obstacles. You are pretty much a form of proof to my point. I cannot even ask a question on a forum, without people going crazy and jealous, that my family has money. </p>
<p>@KKmama, thank-you for your input.</p>
<p>I think the easiest break is to be able to have a parent write a check and your tuition is paid for. I wish my dd14 were that lucky. And trust me, being low income is no easy break by any stretch of the imagination. Life is a struggle and its not her fault! She is smart, hard working, kind and she makes an impression on everyone wherever she goes. But that will mean nothing when the bursars office comes a knocking. My ex husband will probably not want to fill out the CSS reprt when the time arrives, which we all know is vital to an applicant receiving FA… only making it all the more heartbreaking should she make it into one of the ivies. </p>
<p>If you call that an easy break my friend, then you are sadly mistaken. Trade places with any student who receives a large amount of FA and you will see just how TOUGH it was for that person to BREAK out of the vicous cycle. It would surely change your mind and maybe even make you feel ashamed that you would presume that poverty is an easy break.</p>
<p>If you are that wealthy, then you should be resourceful enough to find that info out on your own and not have to rely on a few strangers on the internet to help you.</p>
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<p>Not sure why people are attacking the OP and jumping to conclusions. It is an honest question. Many people like to be around others with similar backgrounds. We know nothing about the OP, so I don’t understand why people would be making such quick assumptions.</p>
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ಠ_ಠ I somehow don’t think that it’s an issue of how much money you have so much as it’s an issue of attitude.</p>
<p>Wasn’t just the “no easy breaks for anyone” comment (which also appears to have insulted a person currently attending Harvard), but the “don’t worry about why I’m asking, I just want to know”, that smacks of ingratitude and arrogance. And as far as being wealthy, check his previous posts where he states he hasn’t made anywhere near $180,000. Sorry to be as blunt/crass as the OP, but in my neck of woods that isn’t even “small change”. Further, the preferred route for this type of situation in my experience, for those who can afford it, is to retain a professional college counselor to direct and advise you. And why the concern in the previous posts about the application fees and the question about whether there might be a bulk rate? </p>
<p>Sound like a resourceful young man, who might be working hard, but needs some serious attitude adjusting.</p>
<p>Harvard remains your best bet. Granted, 19 percent of Harvard undergraduates receives Pell Grant assistance, but I wager that the proportion of upper middle class, rich, and super-rich is extremely high relative to that of similar institutions.</p>