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

[Anonymous]

All the peeps that be hating on college swag are probably ones where their kids are going to T100s and are ashamed compared to friends/family who are going to T20s. Very sad.

[Anonymous]

f--k no. I'm not spending $ until I know that's where they want to go. why would I pay to advertise a school my kid turns down or doesn't get into? it's just weird to wear merch from a college you don't live near or you or your fam have any affiliation to.

[Anonymous]

If my kid like any school he toured, he bought either a sweatshirt or t shirt.

He didn't ED anywhere.

It so happened for his first choice he already had swag. But for other schools which were 2nd and 3rd choices he bought it. He ended up giving it to friends who ultimately enrolled in those schools. Luckily he got into his first choice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

Cringe.

+1 So DC.

[Anonymous]

Ummm, NO!

[Anonymous]

We bought a tee and put it away. If DC gets in, great. If not, we'll put it in the donation bag.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:my kid is not inclined to wear merch from random colleges they don't attend. why would they?

I bought a bunch a merch from my college and law school, but had no interest buying merch from a college I turned down (or which turned me down).

My senior and all their friends wear clothing from random college bookstores they visited on tours. This is a DC private. Any athletic practice this year and last has been a spectacle of college tees--the college tees join the random college of tees from 5K races and give-aways.

It's not that deep!

[Anonymous]

Please don’t unless it’s a safety. Both DCs didn’t get into ED school initially.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:my kid is not inclined to wear merch from random colleges they don't attend. why would they?

I bought a bunch a merch from my college and law school, but had no interest buying merch from a college I turned down (or which turned me down).

My senior and all their friends wear clothing from random college bookstores they visited on tours. This is a DC private. Any athletic practice this year and last has been a spectacle of college tees--the college tees join the random college of tees from 5K races and give-aways.

It's not that deep!

Same at our Arl public school.

[Anonymous]

Now turn around 3 times, and throw salt over your shoulder.

[Anonymous]

I got my son a T from my all girls school alma mater.

[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.

Things change when active applications are out there.

My Sr has numerous sweatshirts from various colleges. He obviously has applications in, and is still wearing them. He has some from schools he isn’t planning to apply to also. We have family that work at a couple colleges, so the collection of college branded hoodies began very early here.

[Anonymous]

DS bought a hoodie after completing a competitive, non-pay-to-play program. He does want to attend the school in question but admissions are competitive and it’s expensive. He did a lot of hard work in the program so I was fine buying the hoodie.

We toured schools and one is a safety that he really liked so I bought a tee for the department he’s interested in.

He’ll still wear both to kick around in no matter where things land. It was two items. Shrug.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All the peeps that be hating on college swag are probably ones where their kids are going to T100s and are ashamed compared to friends/family who are going to T20s. Very sad.

You are the sad one

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid has no swag from his ED school--it was one of many we toured that we didn't buy anything from (we do have a random selection from others).
Per college counseling (based on past data), he has a good shot at ED. Yes, he (and we) realize that everything these days is a lottery.
He mentioned wanting to wear college gear as soon as possible. I'm not sure this is even kind if most of his friends are waiting although i know the recruited athletes are already wearing gear. I'm sure my son has not through through any of this.
So buy a tee shirt to have on hand (and then maybe advise him not to wear it out?) Buy for Christmas?
what are you doing?

That would be very weird.

I went to a very competitive prep school and we only started wearing swag once we committed to a school.