are you buying your kid an ED school tee or sweatshirt before admissions are out?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To entice my kid, told DC unlimited swag if DC gets into colleges. Visited 3 on acceptance days and spent over 1k, swag for the whole family. The family still wears swag from all 3 schools and we try to match when we go out. It’s fun and don’t regret spending.

More money than brains.

Don’t hate my game

We hate your mindless consumerism.

I am supporting the economy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To entice my kid, told DC unlimited swag if DC gets into colleges. Visited 3 on acceptance days and spent over 1k, swag for the whole family. The family still wears swag from all 3 schools and we try to match when we go out. It’s fun and don’t regret spending.

This is so weird.

To this day, I still wear tshirts and hats from my undergrad, graduate, and post doc schools. Now, I wear my kids undergrad school.

How is that the same as wearing swag from 3 random schools, 2-3 of which your child did not attend?

One was my grad school and the other is school that he turned down (T10). Still very proud.

You wear clothes from a school he turned down and that he didn't go to? Nutcase.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To entice my kid, told DC unlimited swag if DC gets into colleges. Visited 3 on acceptance days and spent over 1k, swag for the whole family. The family still wears swag from all 3 schools and we try to match when we go out. It’s fun and don’t regret spending.

More money than brains.

Don’t hate my game

We hate your mindless consumerism.

I am supporting the economy.

You're supporting China's sweatshops.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We bought a tee and hid it away. If he doesn't get in, we'll throw it out. No big deal.

I should say he'd never wear it to school anyway. Not the kind of kid who likes to draw attention to himself.

Nobody will pay attention to his U of SC shirt.

Yeah, definitely where my 4.94 GPA, 36 ACT kid will be going...

Pride goeth before a fall.

We knew she'd take the bait.

[Anonymous]

Y’all are so weird. It’s okay to buy expensive SUV’s that are gas guzzlers. But not okay to spend on some swag. Hmmmm.

[Anonymous]

I'm a few years away but could see myself probably getting it and returning it if it doesn't work out.

Bad idea, I know. But I'd do it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm a few years away but could see myself probably getting it and returning it if it doesn't work out.

Bad idea, I know. But I'd do it.

There is always grad school

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP..You can decide what works for you. Jinxes aren't real and if you want to run upstairs and grab a sweatshirt "if" he's accepted, then do it. These responses are ridiculous. Good grief.

Yes, this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm sorry, but if a kid gets in to their ED, then huge congrats. Wear all the stuff and get excited. Isn't this why we applied ED? We have to hide it to not offend? Stop. Life is life. No thanks.

This! Mine was accepted EA but had some physical hurdles to clear before it was a sure thing, so we kept it quiet for two months. It was HARD. Let them wear the clothes and get excited!

You both have horrific reading comprehension skills. Hopefully your kids are better readers. Literally no one has said not to wear the clothes AFTER the admit comes.

Go back and re-read the 6th post on the thread. That poster thinks it is "unkind" to wear the swag of the college you are attending if you wear it before May 1.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When my kids got in ED to UVA, we drove down literally the next morning and raided the bookstore to the tune of $600 (Total for two kids). I think they probably had some UVA attire prior (growing up in VA), but I would not have tempted fate to buy anything prior.

Are you for real? How many TShirts do you get for $600. My W&M graduate owned 1 swag hoodie.

With two kids that's $300 each. That's like a sweatshirt, two t shirts, cute shorts, and maybe a mug.

[Anonymous]

Eh, we’re not the superstitious type so that wouldn’t be an issue.

Our DC got a free tee during a pre-application tour from a direct admit program they were only mildly interested in at first. Long story short, it ended up being the #1 choice and, with an early rolling admit + established merit….that shirt has been washed a lot but was never worn to HS since a few of the admins frown on that institution. DC will be a junior there next semester and lovin it.

Plenty of kids at their HS, though, wore swag of all kinds - parents’ alum, toured, not applied, ED, admitted, deferred, WL, even denied. Especially boys….if it was clean, it got worn.

I’d say go for it OP! Be optimistic and, even if rejected, you can confidently say you thought your DC was good enough to get in!

[Anonymous]

Random guy at the gym says to me, “my son goes to that school”. I respond and say, “my DC got rejected by the school but DC is at an ivy instead” it’s all fun. We all proud parents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I feel like I'm in an alternative universe. College t-shirts and sweatshirts are extremely common where my DC goes to HS. They are worn by kids in all grades. And, yes, plenty of people do get gear when they have visited a school they actually like.

Things change when active applications are out there.

My kid is a senior, still wearing college shirts/sweatshirts and so are their friends. Heck, they wore the heck out of the Pitt free tee and never even applied.

This is what some PPs don't seem to get. Lots of school give out free swag. Of course, they should wear it, otherwise it's a waste.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I feel like I'm in an alternative universe. College t-shirts and sweatshirts are extremely common where my DC goes to HS. They are worn by kids in all grades. And, yes, plenty of people do get gear when they have visited a school they actually like.

Things change when active applications are out there.

My kid is a senior, still wearing college shirts/sweatshirts and so are their friends. Heck, they wore the heck out of the Pitt free tee and never even applied.

For my kids, once they had their acceptance they no longer wore the swag from other schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I feel like I'm in an alternative universe. College t-shirts and sweatshirts are extremely common where my DC goes to HS. They are worn by kids in all grades. And, yes, plenty of people do get gear when they have visited a school they actually like.

NP here. Love the divisive energy, people! You can tell folks are a little on edge waiting on those ED results. Let's everyone take a deep breath! For all of you bad mojo folks out there in the responses, I appreciate your perspective even though I don't share it. As we should all hopefully know from Crash Davis, if you have superstitions, you have to respect them. So if buying the gear before the decision comes in is bad, just like touching the Prince of Wales trophy before the Stanley Cup finals is bad, I respect your voodoo. But to PP's point above, maybe it shouldn't be this complicated. Kids of all ages wear all types of college gear for any number of reasons. My oldest went on a college visit w/in the last year and my youngest asked for a t-shit from the school. It's early but I bet younger sibling will have no actual interest in this school (or even this flavor of school). They just liked the gear. Maybe we should be a little less concerned about how people spend their t-shirt money.

It should go without saying that I wish you all good fortune in the wars to come.

It isn't divisive; it's simple differences of opinion, fun superstitions and personal rituals, plus a few snowflake school hang-ups.