Harvard OTR: Fewer Dumb Rich Kids Getting Into Ivies

Fewer Dumb Rich Kids Getting Into Ivies

Posted by Dr. Jamf 07/07/2008 10:34 PM
Category: Tags: rich kids, dalton, ivy league, ivies, harvard, spoiled

It seems multi-generational streaks of elite privilege are being disrupted in Manhattan, where even previously entitled Spence girls and Collegiate boys are feeling the wrath of Harvard's 7% admissions hammer.

Like, not even one Dalton kid got into Harvard this year! $400,000 (after taxes!) on a K-12 education and its A- students were totally stuck going to -- gasp -- Johns Hopkins.

Score one Iowa farm kids, zero New York prep school gangstas.

Coincidentally, this is the first thing that appears when one googles "dumb rich kid."

+ 4 comments

The Latte Sipper says,

Great, just what Tufts needs - even more froshies betching nonstop during orientation week about how they didn't get in down the street. Everyone knows meritocracies are for poosies anyway. Posted 07/07/2008 11:20 PMReply

Anonymous says,

whatever, as a dalton alum who went to a supposedly "prestigious" midwestern school, i can tell you that any of the "dumb rich kids" in my graduating class would have been in the top 10% of students at my college. also, while obviously we didn't get anyone in at harvard this year, more than 10% of our graduating class is going to yale or princeton, and i believe our overall number of kids going to ivies was above our average Posted 08/03/2008 10:51 PMReply

Anonymous says,

thank you for your comment, couldn't have said it better myself@ Anonymous: Posted 03/22/2009 2:33 PMReply

Anonymous says,

Oh and one more thing to add, Johns Hopkins is a terrific school and, while an Ivy is always in top demand,no person with an IQ (which Dalton alumni have) would actually make a comment like that about a school that ranked #15 in the leading national universities by US News & World Report. Bitter much? Posted 03/22/2009 2:36 PMReply