At the really wealthy, need blind schools the resources available are much more generous than at poorer schools, including state flagships. There may be money for travel, for taking unpaid internships, for paid research with professors, for a new laptop, for Greek dues. And, although the student body skews wealthy, there will be a huge emphasis on sensitivity around wealth disparity. Not to say it won’t be an issue but the schools are well aware and are taking concrete steps to make sure all feel included.
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100% This. There are tens of thousands of students rejected from those schools. They have very small acceptance rates. Get over yourself and realize you have a lot of good choices. Of course every rejection hurts, but you must be smart, so realize that the chance of getting into an Ivy is small, and it likely won’t happen. If it does, great, but change your mindset to the fact that you have a lot of great options and every student rejected from those schools you listed are great students, so it’s not a reflection on you.
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I am sure they do. That said, my kid has three friends at different Ivies. We are in the south. All three are wealthy and feel somewhat out of place at the Ivies due to the differences and how students look down upon them. (And these are three wealthy white kids who attended private prep schools and, despite living in the south, are not the least bit southern themselves.)
Or among the many students who couldn’t afford these schools even if they were accepted… for my kids, most of the schools on the OP’s list are simply out of the question to even apply, due to budget.
The OP definitely has some great affordable choices! 
I would guess that has nothing to do with wealth, but with a common view in the northeast that all Southerners are ignorant, less enlightened etc.
(I live in the northeast. And all three of my kids attended Southern schools)
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that is a bit extreme take, though a agree element of truth.
I think in either direction there is an element of “othering” …on another CC thread someone talked about there are some “mixed” frats at some southern state school -meaning they have kids from the North in them. I almost fell over, but googled and seems like this is indeed a thing. It never crossed my mind that a frat wouldn’t take kids from the north, just because they were from NY or whatever.
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There is provincialism in all areas of the country. It is why, if possible, I think it is really good to attend college in a different part of the country than where someone grows up. That alone is a great education.
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Duhhh! 
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Yeah, watch Bama Rush. It was eye opening for sure. Being from a very liberal part of NC - the south, but UNC/Duke south not SEC south, it was eye opening. Given we’re from a very educated area, my kid’s friends were quite surprised at how others treated them at Ivy League schools.
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I can’t decide if I want to - 
I am very very curious, but think it will just make me sad.
That is awful too, obviously. Stereotypes are not fun to experience:(
Not quite as offensive (or wasn’t for me) but in the same line… my freshman year roommate (at an Ivy) was from Southern CA. They admitted that at first they were scared of me and our other roommate (both of us from northeast corridor) as they assumed we woul be so intense and high strung. After a few weeks they were like “oh you all are nice and normal” I was more confused than offended at the time!
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Students with these acceptances, particularly those with an intellectual orientation, might regard it as propitious that Swarthmore and Hamilton appear as two of the just four featured schools in this site:
I live in Northern Virginia so I am accustomed to the “rich” and “preppy” type; not horrible but I understand your concern. My top picks being Swarthmore, Colby, and USC right now are definitely out of my “class” so be it
Kinda random, but when I went to a fancy Northeast school, I eventually had fun with the fact I would get very different sorts of jokes depending on whether I said I was from the Detroit area or from Michigan. If Detroit, it was all about drug-related shootings and such. If Michigan, dairy and cows and such.
I’m not sure this is a good thing, but for sure back then it wasn’t considered at all rude to make fun of kids for where they came from. And come to think of it, we really never let it go when a friend from South Carolina claimed the words “pen” and “pin” were homophones . . . .
That said, I’d like to believe most of us quickly realized that those were at most jokes, and you actually had to get to know individuals to really understand their values, interests, worldviews, and so on. Making assumptions based on where they were coming from is just not reliable at all.
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Some news today.
Accepted:
Cornell
Berkeley
Waitlist
Columbia
Vanderbilt
Rejected
Vassar
Georgetown
Northwestern
Rice
Emory
Ivies
Wish it could have been other Ivy, but im content. Lets see for Duke and Stanford
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Did Cornell meet your need?
That’s awesome.
Congrats.
That’s a great get. Be proud.
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Full Ride for Cornell
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This is my stop. I get off here. Congratulations.
Also, you never answered my question (post#35), how many schools did you list in the QB match round?
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I had a kid that wanted a different Ivy than they got into. They are now thriving at that school and love it! The key is to go to admitted students day and look into to the programs also if you go do a pre-orientation program.
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Or, they can start a “Help me love Cornell” thread.
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Or you can find another school on your list that sings to you. I meant go to the school for admitted students day and see if you fall in love.
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