How to say you went to Harvard (elite school, HYPS, etc)

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Anonymous wrote:Nobody asks after you're about 24 or 25.

True. But people who went to Harvard find a way to work it into the conversation anyway.

Nope, not all of us. Where I went to college is not where the majority of my self esteem comes from.

Lol you LITERALLY just worked it into the conversation right there, that you went to Harvard. When no one was asking.

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Anonymous wrote:Nobody asks after you're about 24 or 25.

True. But people who went to Harvard find a way to work it into the conversation anyway.

Nope, not all of us. Where I went to college is not where the majority of my self esteem comes from.

Lol you LITERALLY just worked it into the conversation right there, that you went to Harvard. When no one was asking.

lol, got him good here

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I thought this was a forum for the DC area. Yoiu can't swing a dead cat without hitting a Harvard grad around here. Nobody cares. If you're asked the question, you just say Harvard. Good Lord!

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Anonymous wrote:Why would you say where you went to college? It is like telling people what school you attended?
I would suspect that they are trying to get a feel of what ses standing your family is

How about: interesting that you ask. It was a long time ago

I studied this and this. I believe the curriculum has changed and University level classes now focus more on this and this

What do you think about the different focus?

Talking about where one went to college is a pretty normal subject that normal people discuss from time to time.

If you are 25, maybe. If you are 40, nobody cares.

So 40-year-olds can't discuss where they grew up? Where they went to school? Where they worked at some earlier point in their careers?

Again, this is a normal thing that normal people sometimes talk about.

You can talk about it all you want, but nobody cares. Well maybe your mother, but she already knows.

Are you autistic?

No. Are you narcissistic?

Very few discuss where they grew up, lived are increasingly mobile
The old school thought was that you were born and raised in the same town. That is increasingly rare. The norm is to have changed school a few times before attending college, and some even change universities while acquiring their degree

It's just as rare as having a long career in one company

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Anonymous wrote:Why would you say where you went to college? It is like telling people what school you attended?
I would suspect that they are trying to get a feel of what ses standing your family is

How about: interesting that you ask. It was a long time ago

I studied this and this. I believe the curriculum has changed and University level classes now focus more on this and this

What do you think about the different focus?

Talking about where one went to college is a pretty normal subject that normal people discuss from time to time.

If you are 25, maybe. If you are 40, nobody cares.

So 40-year-olds can't discuss where they grew up? Where they went to school? Where they worked at some earlier point in their careers?

Again, this is a normal thing that normal people sometimes talk about.

You can talk about it all you want, but nobody cares. Well maybe your mother, but she already knows.

Are you autistic?

No. Are you narcissistic?

Very few discuss where they grew up, lived are increasingly mobile
The old school thought was that you were born and raised in the same town. That is increasingly rare. The norm is to have changed school a few times before attending college, and some even change universities while acquiring their degree

It's just as rare as having a long career in one company

You clearly didn't grow up in the US and have no idea what you're talking about.

[Anonymous]

I usually just say that I went to college in New Haven. People seems to act a little intimidated/uncomfortable if I identify Yale.

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I don’t need to say anything. I have a tattoo of my acceptance letter on my forehead.

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Who asks people where they went to school?!

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Anonymous wrote:Who asks people where they went to school?!

Potential employers mostly.

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IMO, most educated people have heard of Harvard but it's really not as impressive as you seem to think. I've never had any interest, and with my stats and hooks it would have been very possible if not even likely for me to have been accepted.

You don't need to be coy about saying that you studied at Harvard, if someone asks. You don't need to think that the rest of us might feel embarrassed or something. Really. You'd just sound ridiculous, and then the rest of us would be embarrassed for you that you think it's such a big deal.

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Is Harvard Kennedy school impressive?

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Anonymous wrote:I usually just say that I went to college in New Haven. People seems to act a little intimidated/uncomfortable if I identify Yale.

Hahahahahahahaha

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People can handle the truth OP. You just say it and move on. Weirdly, no one has ever asked me where I went to college and it was nowheresville.

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Anonymous wrote:People can handle the truth OP. You just say it and move on. Weirdly, no one has ever asked me where I went to college and it was nowheresville.

This. I went to a very medium state school. I don't think anyone has asked me where I went to college other than probably a few times in my very early 20s. People who went to Harvard, Yale, or other impressive sounding schools find a way to work it into the conversation, even subconsciously. By talking about college in general, or talking about an old roommate at college, or talking about how they studied Spanish for a little bit in college but didn't hold on to any of it... they somehow make it more natural for their conversation partner to say "oh, where did you go to college?". Truly.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:People can handle the truth OP. You just say it and move on. Weirdly, no one has ever asked me where I went to college and it was nowheresville.

This. I went to a very medium state school. I don't think anyone has asked me where I went to college other than probably a few times in my very early 20s. People who went to Harvard, Yale, or other impressive sounding schools find a way to work it into the conversation, even subconsciously. By talking about college in general, or talking about an old roommate at college, or talking about how they studied Spanish for a little bit in college but didn't hold on to any of it... they somehow make it more natural for their conversation partner to say "oh, where did you go to college?". Truly.

Truly, this is your own insecurity speaking. Truly.