| momreads - D attended a competitive private school (on scholarship) that drew a lot of kids whose high income families wanted their kids to attend "a competitive private school." As you said, many of these kids expected things to be handed to them, and they got real cranky when things didn't go their way. This was one of the principal reasons D chose a university away from the northeast. She didn't wish to be defined by how much money her family had (or how little), the name of the school she attended, or how high her test scores were. To her, none of these represented "accomplishment." At the same time she felt that maintaining relationships with her HS classmates was important. Hence .... | 
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