NYC Prep - Page 2

AEPhiSierra · #1 06-27-2009, 02:08 AM

first, one of the girls on the show goes to my high school which is public and she isn't actually rich so i don't even know why she is on the show. anyone in nyc get into the school based on a test -- it's not likes its a public school full of only rich kids from one rich neighborhood.

secondly, i used to hang out with a nyc prep school crowd sometimes and its a lot like other schools in the sense that not everyone is exactly the same. yeah, there are a lot of new money types like these stupid kids that are trying too hard but there are also the academic types, hippies, partiers, druggies, the jocks, old money, nerds, dorks, etc. the difference with rich kids is they just have a tendency to be able to indulge their interests more b/c they can afford too - the academics get expensive tutors, the nerds by crazy gadgets, the partiers can go to fancy clubs and parties. and i could deal with these stupids kids not being representative if they were at least interesting but they arent.

they honestly remind me of a bunch of alex's from the real housewives of new york city -- if you're always feeling the need to talk to other people about your status, your status isn't that great.

Nanners52674 · #2 06-27-2009, 10:04 AM

The funny thing is some of them aren't new money. PC comes from a very well known old money family. Some articles are saying he should know better to act like he is if he wants his family trust.

tld221 · #3 06-30-2009, 03:23 PM

watched this about an hour ago... i agree with all of you. i love how PC and (i forget the blonde chick's name that's his BFF) are all like "these kids are so young, they know nothing... blahity blah..." he is so the show's Sebastian from Cruel Intentions.

and umm, yall are 17. one year difference. its funny because they look either really old or really young. and is it a prereq that all these rich wealthy girls must looooove fashion/pr and talk really slow with their heads cocked to the side?

is Sebastian supposed to be this show's Spencer? (that's as far as i can go with a Hills reference) and the public school girl isnt fooling me - she wouldnt be associated with any of these kids if they werent being taped all the time. plus props to her mom who - gasp - actually gives a hoot about her life.

i love how they all talk about their money and their Hampton houses, their credit cards... none of it is yours! none of you work!

DrPhil · #4 07-03-2009, 02:23 PM

I hate this show SO MUCH.

PC makes the experience all the more painful.

He wants SO MUCH to be so ritzy and grown.

And are we to believe that Bravo let these KIDS toast alcoholic beverages? I say they were nonalcohol, which makes it all the more corny (although legal).

APhiAnna · #5 07-03-2009, 07:10 PM

These kids are not the real deal. I was reading on another forum by several New Yorkers that they attend a school called Dwight, which although a prep school is a Tier 3 prep-school at best. They argued that the only truly elite one was actually the public school girl, because her school is actually elite (based on test scores though, not money) and that Dwight is essentially for kids who were rich enough for prep school but not smart enough for the real deal.

This is just like the "Real Housewives of __________"...it's not the real thing. They are on the outside of the true upper class/elite and looking in, and think this show will push them into the real thing. But it won't because anybody who is truly elite in New York would never associate themselves with a show like this.

KSUViolet06 · #6 07-03-2009, 07:19 PM

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Originally Posted by APhiAnna

This is just like the "Real Housewives of __________"...it's not the real thing. They are on the outside of the true upper class/elite and looking in, and think this show will push them into the real thing. But it won't because anybody who is truly elite in New York would never associate themselves with a show like this.

YES.

HBO once did a documentary on children whose parents are wealthy. I think there were kids involved who were Rockefellers, Johnson and Johnson heirs, etc. After it aired, several of the kids involved were cut entirely from wills and were denied their trust funds because their families found the exposure appalling. Why? Because the truly wealthy and elite don't typically feel that that that type of attention is necessary. These kids wanted attention and it cost them their trust funds. I wonder if the same will happen with these kids.

MamaB · #7 07-07-2009, 03:53 PM

Yeah, I agree. Bravo's really stretching here with the nyc preps. Sadly, I do watch it. How about you??

MamaB · #8 07-07-2009, 03:56 PM

Does anyone even think it's crazy that these kids are left to their own devices with no parental control??

MamaB · #9 07-07-2009, 03:59 PM

Hey, AnotherKD, I agree with you about Camille's eyes. WTF??? I can't tell who she's looking at or where!!! She's soooo cross eyed!! Freaky.

VandalSquirrel · #10 07-09-2009, 03:07 AM

They have this tone of voice that just grates on my nerves. It is as if they all have stuffed up noses, and the peppering of "like" doesn't help either. The exbf Cole has a normal sounding voice, I wonder if there is a whole diction and voice course on how to sound nasal offered in these private schools.

tld221 · #11 07-12-2009, 10:42 PM

PC and Jesse Barred from Vodka Party

DrPhil · #12 07-12-2009, 11:03 PM

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Originally Posted by tld221

PC and Jesse Barred from Vodka Party

Something I ask myself almost every episode:
Those club scenes where they are drinking, is it safe to assume it's reall liquor. If 17 and 18 yo get away with it, doesn't Bravo suck for showing it?

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Originally Posted by AlphaXi_Husky

Does anyone else find the hair flip/smoothing move that Sebastian does to be the most annoying thing on the planet? Drives.Me.Insane.

It drives me crazy. He's only slightly less annoying than PC.

epchick · #13 07-13-2009, 04:02 PM

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Originally Posted by DrPhil

If 17 and 18 yo get away with it, doesn't Bravo suck for showing it?

Bravo showed Raquel (from Real Housewives of OC) drinking....they just put a disclaimer at the end. I don't think they suck for showing it, but the clubs suck for allowing the 17 & 18 year olds to drink.

RU OX Alum · #14 07-14-2009, 04:57 PM

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Originally Posted by epchick

Bravo showed Raquel (from Real Housewives of OC) drinking....they just put a disclaimer at the end. I don't think they suck for showing it, but the clubs suck for allowing the 17 & 18 year olds to drink.

How's that?

AlphaXi_Husky · #15 07-12-2009, 10:59 PM

Does anyone else find the hair flip/smoothing move that Sebastian does to be the most annoying thing on the planet? Drives.Me.Insane.