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onetexan

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16. So true. Its also about keeping up with the Joneses

Reply to DFW (Reply #14)

Thu Mar 14, 2019, 05:37 AM

Mar 2019

I can imagine big tv stars like Huffman & loughlin married to other reputable actors and designers with $ have an image to keep. Theyve gotta be able to brag to their friends their spawn are not average kids. So...shell out half a million to get their kids into a reputable school? Heck yea, its part of their privilege. Money is no object after all.

BTW when my baby kiddo (a proud Longhorn finishing up her last year as a double major) was looking at colleges several years ago, USC didnt even make her list. All 7 Ivies came knocking. She chose none of them.

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um, you might want to delete this one. TeamPooka Mar 2019 #11

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That is only true up to a point DFW Mar 2019 #14

So true. Its also about keeping up with the Joneses onetexan Mar 2019 #16

Bravo for her! DFW Mar 2019 #17

It really depends Sgent Mar 2019 #15

For one of my "social sciences," I took a semester of anthropology. DFW Mar 2019 #18