25+ People Are Sharing Infuriating Stories About Out-of-Touch Rich Students at Their Expensive Schools

There are a lot of times that it’s not something particularly entitled that a rich student says that gets under their peers’ skin.

This person probably wouldn’t have even known that she was friends with a rich student if they hadn’t had this conversation. Her best friend just happened to casually share a fact about her life that this person wasn’t really expecting to hear — there was nothing particularly entitled about it.

If you’re the average college student in the United States, you’re going to need to make sure you fill out your financial aid paperwork in time if you want to be ready for the next semester.

This person was definitely ready when the FAFSA opened. Of course, they didn’t want their friends to forget while everyone was on a busy college schedule. Much to their surprise, none of their friends were worried about it in the slightest.

A boarding school already often appeals to wealthier families. They often cost much more because they’re often private schools and you have to pay for room and board, of course.

When this person was working at a boarding school, they were caught by surprise one night when a student needed help with their paperwork. It was her question that really caught them off-guard too. This isn’t a totally common problem.

If you were looking for some truly entitled behavior from rich students, this story definitely fits the bill for those requirements.

For most people, a free $1400 is a lot for one weekend. Blowing that much in a single afternoon is almost impressive — or reckless. The really entitled part here is the way he reacted when his mom wasn’t about to replenish the money that weekend because “Friday doesn’t count as part of the weekend.”

When you grow up rich, there are some things in day-to-day life that you might have taken care of for you by a staff member your family hires.

If you move into a room in a boarding school, they may have different rules or they may give you certain responsibilities to keeping your room clean. Having not had to vacuum his own floor before, this student clearly needed a lesson in how one works. This is one that you might not think needs explained but here we are.

In case it needs to be said, London is in England and Auckland is in New Zealand. In other words, they aren’t really a short trip from each other.

The cost of a plane ticket wasn’t about to stop this rich student from heading over to London for one week. Not to mention, it seems like they weren’t bothered by the prospect of paying to live in another country for a week. Do the savings on clothes really matter at that point?

Dorms aren’t usually the most luxurious of places. Still, students do their best to make the student housing feel a little bit more like home. This student took steps that absolutely no one expected.

Usually, college students are limited to some string lights, pictures, posters, and maybe a few other creative but temporary pieces. That doesn’t usually include tiling your floor, columns, professional drapes, or such an ostentatious entrance. Did he have a roommate?

Going home for a break from college is something that many students look forward to for one reason or another. It can be really disheartening to have nowhere to go.

That’s why this person was so quick to invite them home to spend the extended weekend at home with their family. He didn’t particularly do anything entitled either. There was just a moment of culture shock as each of them realized how different their living situations were.

In English class, there’s a lot of room to open up the floor to hear students explain their take on a certain piece of literature.

It’s also a great way to get students to relate to what they’re reading, even if it’s something as classic as Shakespeare. However, it doesn’t seem that the whole class could relate to this example. We wonder which play brought this situation to mind.

An expensive school may offer some ways that a family might be able to save money or that students who couldn’t afford to attend otherwise.

In this case, these students bargained down tuition with scholarships traded for a work-study program. While it may have helped them attend and they felt they should have been grateful, it was hard to watch their richer peers go on vacation while they hung back to spend long days cleaning the school up.

Not everyone has a different outfit for each day. In fact, most people definitely wear their clothes more than once — sometimes in the same week!

We have to say, the idea of someone wearing the same jeans Friday and Monday isn’t nearly as “disgusting” as this entitled rich student made it out to be. Even if you were worried about them being dirty, it’s none of your business and they probably washed them over the weekend.

For so many college students in the United States, the thought of ramen noodles, part-time jobs, and dining halls are familiar ones. Those are usually out of monetary necessity.

On the other hand, there are definitely different experiences out there for students coming from wealthy families who contribute to their education. It’s really the last sentence that shows a real difference in lifestyle in more ways than one.

When you buy towels, you probably buy them to have for a while. After all, if you wanted disposable towels, then you’d probably buy paper towels in the first place.

Not to mention, for most people, buying new towels once a week is a bit steep. This student wasn’t interested in this concept, though. Apparently, someone cleaning the towels was too much. This housemother had a point, though, she could at least donate them!

It’s easy to misplace something. However, some things that you misplace can cause significantly more anxiety when they don’t turn up.

To most college students, the loss of a laptop isn’t easy to deal with and it can take all of your money if you can afford it at all. That wasn’t the same reality that this rich student was dealing with. At least she gave her old laptops away rather than just tossing them out.

Okay, if your father was handing out money left and right, you might actually be pretty happy when you were surprised with extra spending money. Then again, not every dad can give as much as they’d like to.

So, comments like these can come across as a bit entitled. We get being proud of yourself for buying your first home too but it doesn’t seem like there was much of an indication that she realized there was some privilege on her side.

This person clarified right away that they didn’t come from the same tax bracket as some of the rich students they went to school with after they moved towns.

With this background, they were definitely a little surprised at the way their new, wealthier peers spent their money. After all, most people aren’t taking limos to school. Still, the idea of a “ski week” would be pretty shocking if you weren’t used to it.

This person had a few stories. One that really stood out to us is the story they delved into here. It honestly seems kind of hard for this student.

For one, most people hire security teams like this when they’re concerned. If you have a high net worth, you might be worried for that reason alone. It seems like it kept this kid from a few of the key college experiences that he had been looking forward to.

The unfortunate truth is that teachers don’t often make nearly enough money to live large. So, odds are, they clock some comments that their students say that their peers might not.

This teacher was left shocked when they were on the receiving end of this question. There are a lot of things you might expect to have to explain not having one but chalets aren’t really that common. This teacher was still waiting on theirs.

When you buy underwear, you probably wear them, wash them, and wear them again. That’s the beauty of laundry — it’s reusable. This guy must have missed the memo.

We can’t really see why there’s such a problem with washing underwear. If he really didn’t want anyone else to touch them, he could wash them himself, right? It seems like money made it easier to just replace everything as needed. This seems wildly inconvenient.

You know what they say — never judge a book by its cover. According to this person, they wouldn’t have guessed that their classmate was rich.

Despite not seeming too ostentatious in class or in passing, there was one thing that was really a dead giveaway to her wealth. Every time there was free time, this student made her way back home. The only difference was that she was taking a driver, a plane, and heading back to the orange grove she was an heiress of.

After you get your license, it’s not uncommon to have an accident while you’re still learning the ropes. That doesn’t always mean you get a new car, though.

This person wasn’t about to face too many consequences from the fact that she went through three cars in only two years. On top of that, most college students aren’t spending this much when they go out to eat either — especially on a regular basis.

When it comes time to go on vacation, plenty of people want the chance to see new places and there are a lot of options. You might have some debate on where to go.

However, there’s still something about this story that sticks out as a “rich student situation.” For one, most 1st graders aren’t choosing the family vacation and, most of the time, they would choose something like Disneyland over Bali or Cabo.

To start, not many people can boast such a personal family connection with someone as famous as Whitney Houston. So, that would probably already catch people’s attention.

Of course, if you want to run in the same circles as celebrities, you often have to have a lot of money to do it. It seems like this family wasn’t having any trouble here. There’s a lot to be blown away by — but the dollhouse bigger than some bedrooms and the lack of awareness about the swimming pool really stick out the most.

There are a lot of reasons that someone might not be on the best terms with their father. Some people cut contact for very good reasons.

This reason isn’t the average thing that comes between a father and their child. In fact, we have to say — we can see why he might want even a chunk of that money back. You’d have to practically work to spend this much money on vacation.

There are some things that you stumble across online that are so bizarre you have to share them with friends. Maybe it’s a deal but these islands still sound out of most people’s budgets.

When this person shared this weird private island article, they got a reaction they didn’t expect. In fact, they learned that they had a bit of a different experience than their roommate when it came to cars. Most people don’t spend island money on their guitars either!

There are some things that you see from rich kids that might not surprise you too much in theory. Still, watching the people around you wreck and replace cars like nothing ever happened may still shock you.

It was really the second student in this story that took the prize for being an entitled rich student. Needless to say, not everyone has a yacht to take to the Caribbean on a break, much less two to choose from. Regarding the smaller yacht in a family’s collection as a punishment is also quite surprising.

At a private school, you’d probably expect things to get a little entitled from time to time. At the very least, you’d probably expect to hear more entitled comments here than in a public school.

We can’t really blame the first student for using her resources to have a great spring break although missing an extra week of school seems like it could be tough. The anger at the inability to fly first class for that taping isn’t super relatable, though.

When this person went to school, they first acknowledge that this example wasn’t the only out-of-touch thing they ever heard from their peers at school.

This one really took the cake as something that wasn’t only out of touch — but rather entitled and offensive. There are some things you can see how you can maybe just miss like the realistic price of groceries or an apartment. Saying something like this is entitled and judgemental in a way that makes you wonder if she ever really filters through her thoughts before saying them out loud.

It seems like something that needs reiterating so we’ll say it yet again — not everyone can afford a brand-new car, especially a brand as prolific as a BMW.

So, you should think that the range of emotions on display here would be shock or even happiness. Actually, she was just upset that they had revealed the “surprise” when there weren’t quite as many students out and about to see her new status symbol.

You don’t always have a car of your own, especially when you’ve only just turned 16 years old and started driving. Then, you probably do the best you can.

If you don’t have a vehicle of your own, you probably get pretty familiar with your local public transit. This person relied on their bus pass to get around. On the contrary, their fellow classmates were more likely to roll up in the latest model of some of the most expensive car brands.

You can’t always get the best car on the lot. Sometimes, you have to get the car you can afford and work your way up if possible. That’s the reality for most people. That clearly wasn’t the reality that this student was dealing with.

In fact, it seems that they couldn’t quite wrap their head around how much a new car could cost. Even more, it seems like this person couldn’t quite grasp what expensive cars he was talking about either.

A science experiment isn’t always cheap. Especially if you want to go large scale and really test things out, some research programs can start to really cost a lot.

When you’re in school, though, you probably aren’t doing science projects that cost thousands of dollars. We wonder what this was teaching this student other than just serving to fulfill an impulsive thought. We guess he found out… $3,000 later.

When you have two options in front of you, you probably want to go to the tastier one. However, it’s easy for the cost to get in the way and make the decision for you.

We’re sure that this student wasn’t skipping out on lunch with their friend because they preferred the cheaper food that they say (several times) tasted worse. The fact that this person had the nerve to come up with the solution to “eat less” shows how entitled they truly are.

When something is popular, it’s common for students to want it. A lot of kids want to be in the “in” crowd and have a symbol of status like this.

You might even resort to begging your parents a little for the latest tech. If they say no, maybe it’s time to just accept what you have for the time being. This student didn’t seem concerned at all with the consequences when they took matters into their own hands like this.

It’s not always the major things that stick out to you when you start to get to know someone who has a significantly more expendable income than you do.

In this person’s case, it was a fellow student’s minor habit that they just couldn’t help but notice. It doesn’t seem like much but buying another umbrella every time you leave one at home would leave a lot of people with a hefty umbrella bill.

A fashion degree is an artistic option that you can go far with. This person couldn’t help but notice that some of their richer classmates just didn’t take the program as seriously.

If you aren’t familiar, a Birkin bag isn’t usually casually used as a backpack to and from the lecture hall. However, that barely compares to the shock you might feel if your fellow classmate was gifted an entire building or if you found out another was a real-life princess.

There are sometimes that being rich means that you might not have a real grasp on the realistic cost of things. Plus, you have more means to pick up a hobby with less research and drop it as you’d like. If you aren’t aware, a Fender Stratocaster isn’t most people’s starter guitar.

They’re also a high-quality, popular guitar brand that doesn’t come cheap. So, usually, even second-hand, someone wants to make more on their purchase than $20. Still, this seems like it was more helpful to this student than entitled.

Once you go to college, you’re going to meet plenty of new people. Given how expensive college can be, you might make a few new friends who are used to living in a higher tax bracket.

This is a great example of the power and influence that wealth can carry. This student wasn’t too worried at all when things didn’t go her way at school because she had a tried and true way around it. It seems like she knows that they only take this threat seriously for a reason.

There are some major milestones growing up. If you live in the United States, you can get your license when you turn 16 and start to gain a bit more independence.

Despite what you may have seen on a certain MTV show celebrating “sweet sixteens,” most families don’t gift brand-new cars. This student was driving an old beater when they saw this set of events play out. It would definitely be a little shocking to see this difference in lifestyles.

When you’re in college, budgeting is usually a top priority. After all, not everyone has a lot of funds to use when they’re going throughout their week. For some parents, $200 is the most they can do.

From there, it’s up to the kids to spend the money wisely. We’re not really sure what this person expected out of spending the week’s budget on tank tops. Then again, it seems pretty clear she just expected to have it replaced right away.

The first bit of living with other people in a dorm during college takes a little getting used to. Even if you grew up in a smaller home, dorms are often shockingly small.

However, if you grew up in a more lavish environment, you might be left expecting things that you might not get. While some students are lost without their mom to help with laundry, this student was wondering exactly when the maid service would come to take care of everything.

Rules are rules, right? If you break them, you have to face the consequences and that’s the way it goes, isn’t it?

Sometimes, the wealthier you are when you get in trouble, the more likely you’ll be able to get out of it whether it’s directly through wealth or just the influence that can come with it. This infraction probably wouldn’t have been so irritating if the other student didn’t take the fall.

There are some times that you can tell that rich students are acting entitled in a mean-spirited way. This guy clearly didn’t bother to care how he was making others feel.

The truth is that not everyone can afford new, top-of-the-line technology. However, you can get by with something cheaper and just as good by buying secondhand. Apparently, that was just too “disgusting” to this kid. This behavior is honestly just appalling.

As this person points out, the ways that rich students are out of touch don’t always come out maliciously. There are times that they really just don’t get it.

If someone wanted a brand new Corvette and worked an average student job, you’d be saving up for quite some time. This guy was really proud of himself for working for his new car but just a month of work isn’t really the average period to earn something like this themselves.

A lot of college students depend on their parents for money. Having a job and going to school full-time isn’t often easy and many parents do what they can to help out.

There are even plenty of students who start their week with a stressful glance at their bank account only to realize they aren’t sure how they’ll get through the week. Of course, the balance is usually a lot lower than that. It really made this roommate think.