School With The Most Students That Come From Wealthy Families

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<p>Thanks to all those that have helped.</p>

<p>Looks like it’s mostly just a bunch of jealous people trying to hurt me, while trying to explain they’re not jealous. Whatever makes you feel better.</p>

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<p>If I were to guess, I’d say NYU because of their FA</p>

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<p>Thanks Juvenis!</p>

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<p>However, even among wealthy people, there can be jealousy, conflict, and exclusion between those whose wealth came mainly from their own earnings versus those who became wealthy “the old fashioned way” (inherited it).</p>

<p>Of course, not all wealthy people flaunt their wealth, which can attract jealousy. If you just tell your high school classmates that your software sales will help you pay some of your college bills, instead of bragging out $100,000 in sales, they may not be so jealous.</p>

<p>You may find the charts here interesting:</p>

<p>[Economic</a> Diversity Among the Top 25 Ranked Schools | Rankings | Top National Universities | US News](<a href=“http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities/economic-diversity-among-top-ranked-schools]Economic”>http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities/economic-diversity-among-top-ranked-schools)
[Economic</a> Diversity Among the Top 25 Ranked Schools | Rankings | Top National Liberal Arts Colleges | US News](<a href=“http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-liberal-arts-colleges/economic-diversity-among-top-ranked-schools]Economic”>http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-liberal-arts-colleges/economic-diversity-among-top-ranked-schools)</p>

<p>Pell grant recipients likely come from lower-middle to lower income families (probably the bottom 40%), so subtracting the Pell grant recipient percentage from 100% should reveal the number from middle to upper income families (probably the top 60%).</p>

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<p>The Common Data Set files have a wealth of relevant information.
Google for [school name] + “Common Data Set”. See section H for financial aid details. I’d look for expensive private schools that do NOT cover 100% of determined need, and where less than half of students even apply for need-based aid. </p>

<p>Another place to look is the college matriculation lists of elite boarding schools.
Examples:
<a href=“https://www.choate.edu/academics/academics_college_matriculations.aspx[/url]”>https://www.choate.edu/academics/academics_college_matriculations.aspx&lt;/a&gt;
[Phillips</a> Academy - College Matriculations & School Profile](<a href=“http://www.andover.edu/ACADEMICS/COLLEGECOUNSELING/Pages/SchoolProfileCollegeMatriculations.aspx]Phillips”>http://www.andover.edu/ACADEMICS/COLLEGECOUNSELING/Pages/SchoolProfileCollegeMatriculations.aspx)
[St</a>. Paul’s School ~ Matriculation](<a href=“http://www.sps.edu/podium/default.aspx?t=6543]St”>http://www.sps.edu/podium/default.aspx?t=6543)
Schools on these lists that might be considered “rich kids’ schools” include:</p>

<p>NYU
BU
Wesleyan
GW
CMU
Connecticut College
Colorado College
Reed
Colgate
Sewanee
Whitman
Kenyon
Sarah Lawrence</p>

<p>These are expensive colleges that are NOT need-blind, full-need schools.
Many are selective liberal arts colleges that do not offer pre-professional majors (in business, nursing, engineering, etc.) Of course (as other comments have suggested) some of the most selective schools that are need-blind full-need colleges also do enroll many “rich kids”. Presumably, most of the students from more modest backgrounds who choose these colleges would not be too averse to mingling with their more affluent classmates.</p>

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<p>You would want to think about any school with a very high tuition rate that doesn’t have a lot of financial aid. Those schools are more likely to have a higher rate of people from wealthy families. Yes, the Ivy Leagues have great financial aid, but I know here at Columbia about 50% of our students are full pay (which means someone with about a $150-180K income or higher, since that’s about when you stop getting financial aid here) so you would still be surrounded by wealthy families. Places like Harvard, Yale, and Princeton probably have similar numbers of wealthy families, even though they have good financial aid packages, because the prerequisites to getting admitted (extracurriculars, high SAT scores) also cost money as well. Also consider top liberal arts colleges like Amherst, Williams, and Swarthmore - low-income kids are less likely to have heard of them, so I bet they’re populated by lots of wealthy kids.</p>

<p>Also, I wouldn’t assume that those disparaging you (or just leaving negative comments) are only motivated by jealousy. Perhaps some, but you did kind of come off a bit…standoffish in your follow-up posts (for example, thinking that jealousy about your hereditary wealth is some kind of "obstacle).</p>

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<p>Even the schools listed above will be a reach with the stats you have posted on other threads…</p>

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<p>You have said your overall average is an 80-85%, which somehow you believe translates into a 4.0. It doesn’t.</p>

<p>There are plenty of middle-range colleges for kids like you who have money but lack strong academic credentials. Surely you can find one where you feel you fit in.</p>

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<p>Not jealousy. You can tell yourself that, but it isn’t even close to true. It’s purely your attitude.</p>

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<p>You might find this helpful. I believe it’s meant to be humorous, but if you’re looking for a college where you won’t stand out by virtue of being affluent, and where you might find other people similarly situated financially, perhaps this list might help.</p>

<p>[How</a> Sushi Are You? Sushi With My Girls!!!](<a href=“http://sushiwithmygirls.com/2011/01/21/how-sushi-are-you/]How”>http://sushiwithmygirls.com/2011/01/21/how-sushi-are-you/)</p>

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<p>@tk21769, BU and CMU are already on my list, so that’s a good thing. Thank-you!</p>

<p>@SansSerif, I don’t expect you to admit it.</p>

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<p>[High</a> Point University](<a href=“http://www.highpoint.edu/][b]High”>http://www.highpoint.edu/) - not sure I’d recommend it, (okay, to be honest, I wouldn’t), but it might fit the bill.</p>

<p>Other than that, I’d still say the Ivies are probably your best choice. Yes, they have generous financial aid policies . . . but they have plenty of full pay students as well! And you have to keep in mind that they’re all a lot larger than your high school . . . so you’ll have ample opportunity to create a social circle that’s comfortable for you.</p>

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<p>Macdonjo, it’s nice that you’ve made money on your own at a young age. Good for you. But you’ll find out that arrogance is never appreciated, no matter what your income range.</p>

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<p>Thanks dodgersmom.</p>

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<p>So are you looking for mid- to large-sized, urban schools?
Computer Science? Business?
Any other features to narrow this down?</p>

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<p>^Again, it’s not the money that’s the problem–it’s the academic qualifications. It seems pointless to suggest top-tier schools for a student with so-so stats…no matter how much he can afford to pay. I am not trying to be harsh–just realistic.</p>

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<p>This looks relevant - "Where the 1% send their kids to college
;-)</p>

<p>[Where</a> The 1% Send Their Kids to College](<a href=“http://collegestats.org/articles/2012/07/where-the-1-send-their-kids-to-college/]Where”>http://collegestats.org/articles/2012/07/where-the-1-send-their-kids-to-college/)</p>

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<p>I don’t much care about the OP’s motivations or “attitude.” I think it’s an interesting question, but one that’s not easy to answer. One clue is how many full-pays there are in the student body. That’s a flawed measure, however. If the schools had identical cost-of-attendance and identical financial aid policies, the percentage of full-pays would be a very revealing figure. But even among elite private colleges and universities, COA varies, and FA policies vary even more. </p>

<p>Here are the percentages of full-pays at the top 25 private research universities. I suspect HYP rank near the bottom of this list, with the fewest full-pays, largely because they have the most generous FA policies. Still, there’s a huge difference between MIT with only 33% fully-pays, and WUSTL and Tufts with 61% full-pays.</p>

<p>WUSTL 61%
Tufts 61%
Wake Forest 60%
Georgetown 59%
USC 58%
Rice 57%
Brown 56%
Duke 55%
Johns Hopkins 54%
Penn 53%
Chicago 53%
Northwestern 53%
Vanderbilt 53%
Carnegie Mellon 52%
Cornell 51%
Emory 51%
Dartmouth 50%
Notre Dame 50%
Stanford 49%
Columbia 48%
Caltech 46%
Yale 44%
Princeton 41%
Harvard 40%
MIT 33%</p>

<p>Does this tell us who has the richest students? Well, no. We don’t know where, among these schools, the super-rich congregate. At most schools a household income of $180K to $200K will make you a full-pay, but that’s nowhere near the top 1% in income or wealth. You can be sure that at a private school with 50% to 60% full-pays, the student body will be pretty affluent. But the wealthiest? That’s anybody’s guess.</p>

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<p>According to [What</a> Percent Are You? - Interactive Feature - NYTimes.com](<a href=“What Percent Are You? - Interactive Feature - NYTimes.com”>What Percent Are You? - Interactive Feature - NYTimes.com) , the top 1% income threshold in the US is $383,001, while the top 5% income threshold is $188,001.</p>

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<p>So are we talking Obama wealthy or Romney wealthy?</p>

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<p>Well, the President’s annual wage and salary is $400,000, whereas the former Governor’s is probably 0.</p>