[kafkaesq]

I find myself wondering at your definition of "2nd tier school".

Any school lower on the perceived status hierarchy than the school they went to, most likely.

[eradicatethots]

All this talk of tiered schools is gross

[kafkaesq]

Yup. And yet, it's the very lifeblood of social and economic interactions, for a great many people in the U.S.