Non-Rich People Who Went To School With Wealthy Or Celeb Classmates Are Revealing Their Encounters With Them, And It's Wild

We precocious asked radical of the BuzzFeed Community who attended schoolhouse with affluent oregon celebrated classmates to archer america their stories and what it was like. Here are their fascinating — and shocking — stories:

Note: Obviously, we can't 100% verify each of these stories, but these radical are allegedly speaking from their ain experiences, truthful enjoy!

1. "Went to precocious schoolhouse with Brendon Urie of Panic! At the Disco. I was a senior, and helium was a sophomore. I entered the set country during 1 of my disconnected periods, and the guitar people was going on. Brendon was astatine the front, and the teacher was successful his office. I had a bully narration with that teacher, truthful I sat successful his office, motioned to the class, and asked, 'What's up with that?' And helium answered, 'Oh, that kid tin play guitar waaaay amended than I can, truthful I fto him thatch it.'"

"It’s a amusive communicative to bring up successful conversation."

—angrybunny427

2. "A person who is present a celebrated and fashionable TV quality amusement big was a people up of maine successful precocious simple schoolhouse and aboriginal inferior high. In 6th people choir, helium got a solo opus to sing, 'An Apple For the Teacher.' He walked astir singing with an pome successful his hand; it was charming, and astatine the end, helium gave it to his teacher, known arsenic 1 of the mean ones. I emailed him done his amusement asking if helium remembered it, but I ne'er got a reply."

"Back erstwhile helium was inactive officially successful politics, I was connected a TDY duty successful a antithetic state. I pulled into a portion promenade to get breakfast, and his governmental office were close successful beforehand of me! It was a Saturday, truthful it was closed. It was truthful random. He seemed nice, but I didn't truly cognize him due to the fact that helium was a people up of me. His initials are JS."

—ginnyjensen

3. "I went to Columbia University for postgraduate school, and astir of my classmates were rich. Most of them were beauteous people, and wealth wouldn't travel up successful people truthful much, but it was usually successful nonchalant conversations and outings that I noticed a difference. For instance, erstwhile we'd spell publication shopping, my affluent classmates would driblet hundreds of dollars astatine the bookstore (we were each successful a penning MFA program) and permission with a immense stack (mind you, these weren't required speechmaking books; conscionable books for fun). Whereas, I was perpetually budgeting and surviving connected my ain with nary help, truthful I would bargain 1 oregon 2 (cheap!) books."

"Another speech wherever this was evident was erstwhile we discussed summertime plans betwixt first-year and second-year, and everyone elaborate each the lavish vacations they were astir to embark connected and however they NEEDED a break. When they asked what I was doing, I said, 'I'm going backmost location to Texas to enactment for the summer.' One of their responses was, 'Ew!' Yeah, man, immoderate of america person to enactment to gain a living."

—Anonymous, 37, Texas

4. "I went to a affluent schoolhouse territory wherever galore students were affluent and acted entitled. One of my favourite instances of entitlement was erstwhile a radical of boys successful the backmost of my people were talking astir their cars. One lad complained astir however his parent refused to repair his Porsche due to the fact that it was the 3rd clip he'd crashed it, and now, helium had to screen the wealth for repairs and instrumentality his dad's car to schoolhouse until helium made up the money. He said his dad's car was terrible, and helium didn't privation to thrust it each day. His dad's car was a BMW."

"From what I remember, helium ended up crashing that, too, and was condemned to the autobus by his parents."

—grumpycrab488

5. "I went to precocious schoolhouse with a contestant of Canadian Idol who won seventh spot 1 season. I started astatine that precocious schoolhouse the twelvemonth helium returned from Idol, and helium was an implicit horror. He would virtually attack teachers and ask, 'Do you KNOW who I AM?' erstwhile helium got mediocre grades. He would basal successful the luncheon enactment commenting that helium should person precedence and that everyone successful beforehand of him should die, and helium and his friends would perpetually bully younger students."

"From what I heard from different students, helium wasn't overmuch antithetic earlier Idol, either, truthful his seventh-place triumph didn't make the ego, but it surely inflated it."

—padawanryan

6. "In people school, I had a classmate who would spell to Italy each summertime and past to Ireland for a period during the schoolhouse year. He had a elephantine location that had astir 7 bedrooms. And connected apical of that, we had uniforms astatine school, but helium would ever deterioration decorator apparel connected the days we didn't. He ever had the newest crippled consoles and the flashiest things, but he'd curse up and down that helium simply couldn't beryllium rich. And this was akin to astir 80% of my school's pupil body."

—creativecat70

7. "In my archetypal twelvemonth of college, my dorm country was kitty-corner to Jordan Poole, who's present successful the NBA, and chap hoops star, Isaiah Livers. They mostly kept to themselves, but they had a wont of screaming astatine their video games astatine each hours of the night. They were close adjacent to a stairwell, too, truthful it would echo onto antithetic floors. Our RA repeatedly complained astir them, but since they were varsity athletes, determination wasn't overmuch helium could do. So it goes."

—Anonymous, 25, Michigan

8. "I went to a backstage simple schoolhouse wherever astir of the kids came from parents who were either politicians, multi-millionaires, oregon both. Something that ever amazed maine was the extravagant day parties. Limos oregon enactment buses were typically rented retired for the parties, and the parties usually had a surplus of food. I went to 1 enactment wherever they rented retired an full shot stadium conscionable for their son's 5th birthday. "

—Anonymous

9. "I grew up successful the aforesaid person radical arsenic the guys successful Coheed and Cambria. Claudio and Travis were the sweetest, astir down-to-earth, and genuine radical I've known. I utilized to spell to each their section shows erstwhile they were called Shabütie. Although I was conscionable an acquaintance, I'm truthful blessed for them and their success, and I emotion their music."

—Anonymous, 47, New York

10. "I spell to a backstage school, and determination was a miss whose household owned galore antithetic restaurants, and she was ace rich. She had a full water successful her backyard and a backstage jet, but you would ne'er cognize she was affluent until you went to her location due to the fact that she would store astatine thrift stores, bring hardly immoderate lunch, and conscionable didn't enactment similar it."

—Anonymous, 16, Idaho

11. "I had a kid successful my people whose dada was an NFL player. He picked them up whenever helium wanted, including regularly implicit 2 hours late. But the time after, he'd bring nutrient for the full staff. I'd alternatively he'd conscionable prime his kid up."

—Anonymous, 35, Michigan

12. "This miss pulled up to schoolhouse connected the archetypal time of inferior twelvemonth successful a Bentley convertible. First clip I ever saw 1 successful person. It was the closest I've ever gotten to a six-figure car."

—Anonymous, Pennsylvania

13. "I was diagnosed with autism and OCD astatine a young age. My parents enrolled maine successful backstage schools for radical with disabilities passim each of my schooling years. They could hardly spend it and often had to get fiscal help, but they besides knew however severely the nationalist schoolhouse strategy would dainty me. One schoolhouse I went to was peculiarly wealthy, and each of the students had immoderate signifier of neurological disability. A amazingly precocious fig of them were adopted. I retrieve visiting a pupil I became friends with and having to archer his mansion's backstage security, who seemed to person nary knowing of connection difficulties, who I was truthful that I could beryllium fto in. Another had a backstage movie theatre successful his location with an elevator starring to it."

"Yet different friend's household would ever inquire her to beryllium excluded from schoolhouse photos. They erstwhile told maine it's due to the fact that she was adopted from a state wherever adoption is nary longer ineligible and didn't privation to hazard her safety. But the parents are besides affluent and person connections to immoderate precise celebrated people. Looking back, I'm not truthful definite what the existent information for that regularisation was. The schoolhouse provided a prime acquisition successful that they not lone taught mean schoolhouse subjects (math, English, etc.) but besides had classes to thatch utile things similar behavioral regularisation and effectual communication. To an extent, I recognition these schools for however good they did and however I tin present unrecorded independently. I deliberation they would assistance much radical similar maine if they were not expensive, but it's a shame they outgo truthful much."

—Anonymous, 25, USA

14. "Went to a basal suburban Catholic precocious schoolhouse but had affluent classmates. I erstwhile watched a kid scope into his pouch to cheque his then-top-of-the-line iPhone 5, and a $20 measure floated to the crushed on with it erstwhile helium pulled the telephone out. Kid glanced down, shrugged, checked his phone, and walked away. Fastest $20 I ever made. I was connected assistance there, if anyone cares."

—Anonymous, 32, Ohio

15. "When I was astatine school, determination was this miss who had conscionable moved to the country, and we became truly adjacent friends. For my birthday, she bought existent Dior! Her parents bought her Chanel perfumes and apparel whenever she wanted. It was really chaotic whilst I was blessed with my play allowance to spell to the canteen lol."

—Anonymous

16. "I really went to schoolhouse with some — a backstage precocious schoolhouse was the cleanable breeding crushed for affluent and celebrated jerks. I knew this truly astute kid who was good off, but helium wasn't a showoff. He wore thrifted apparel and didn’t person a mattress framework (his choice), but helium LOVED tanks. He and his begetter went to an auction wherever their fund for a vessel was $20,000. Another kid is simply a well-known YouTuber who discontinue his occupation due to the fact that helium got much wealth a week from views than his paycheck. Both are saccharine boys, but sometimes, they said the astir shocking things."

—Anonymous, 18, Nevada

Note: Some responses person been edited for magnitude and/or clarity.

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