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That sounds pretty anecdotal, only because (also anecdotally) I was surrounded by many, many wealthy kids at my school whose parents put insane pressure on them due to the perceived status of telling others that their children go to "insert well-branded school here"

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Same.

I don't doubt many lower income families pressure kids to get merit scholarships, but it's not true that higher income families don't pressure kids as much.

In fact, I'd argue (anecdotally also!) that the American upper middle class has the most pressured kids. It's not always to say that "my kid goes to Harvard" but rather it's some strange attitude that parents have one they reach a "not wealthy enough to not work, not poor enough to get state financial aid" stage.

They say "my kid goes to college in Boston". :)

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