I was looking at Jeb Bush’s bio and one of his kid went to Rice (that’s the only good school any sibling got into) and then got a law degree from UT, other only got a BA from UT and daughter went to community college and then FSU.
I was wondering that we hear so much about legacy hooks so why his family hooks weren’t powerful enough to get them into top colleges? It’s not like they couldn’t afford tuition.
You have way to much time worrying/thinking about pointless things
Maybe because Rice & UT are excellent schools, and not everyone is an East Coast prestige-ho.
Maybe they don’t like New England winters. 
ha ha true that @thecoolboy1234 retirement has its perks.
Who in their right mind would go to a community college or public school if money and admission aren’t an issue?
@WorryHurry411 I bet everyone on here would take a long hard look at going to an elite/challenging college if they won the powerball. The bush’s have net worths in the many millions of dollars and their kids are set for life. Their parents might demand them to get “some” sort of education but I can imagine it’s fairly hard to remain motivated when you are assured a life of luxury and entitlement from birth.
Maybe they had neither the interest nor the inclination to go elsewhere. Maybe you can’t imagine a kid choosing schools for reasons other than prestige, but I can.
Jeb Bush has a BA from UT, so maybe his kids did use his legacy connections.
What an odd thing to worry about. Many people have no desire to go to an ivy league school. Who cares?
Jeb and George W’s brother Marvin went to UVA, and their sister Dorothy went to Boston College. George W’s daughters went to Yale and UT.
These are all excellent schools.
The kid who went to CC could have had a physical or mental health issues. My son was a top student who has ended up at our small local college due to his severe mental illness. You never know what’s going on with individual cases.
The CC kid is Noelle Bush, who was arrested for faking a Xanax prescription and for crack possession. Jeb actually talked about her struggles with drug addiction during his campaign.
Personally, if I thought I had a strong legacy advantage at a particular school, my tendency would be to not apply unless I felt I would be qualified for admission to the school under more common circumstances. Beyond that, I would need to like the college of course.
Public schools like UCLA, UCB, Michigan, UVA are filled with lots of students with 35+ ACT scores, 2300+ SAT scores, super high GPAs and no money issues. I know lots of kids that fit that.
“but I can imagine it’s fairly hard to remain motivated when you are assured a life of luxury and entitlement from birth.”
It’s actually not as hard as you think
@8bagels Perhaps the OP’s point is that UT isn’t on that level of the top 4 publics (UCB, UCLA, UMich, and UVA), but I would say UT is king when it comes to Texans.
@goldenbear2020 - I was addressing my comment to the person who wrote “Who in their right mind would go to a community college or public school if money and admission aren’t an issue?”
I agree with you about UT, I’m sure there’s many Texans who are there, even though money and admissions were not an issue for attending top private schools.
Having lived in Columbus and Cleveland, I can tell you there are tons of people that choose to go to Ohio State over lots of top private schools. For good reasons, too.
A lot of kids (seems to be at increasing numbers) graduating from top suburban public schools around Cleveland and Columbus (including top 10% of classes) are going to Ohio State. OSU has become a much better schools in a number of areas over the past 20 years or so making it a very good option. Cost is also a factor in many circumstances.
From what I have seen, there tend to be families who take a more practical approach to college and those who go for the pedigree schools. And each side has trouble understanding the other. Just different rather than right/wrong or better/worse (to me anyways).
You are talking about kids of common people going to college in their own state where they have friends, family and in state tuition. I’m talking about a wealthy and well connected member of a political dynasty.