Name 3 famous Colby alumni

[Anonymous]

I don’t know. If Dorie Kearns Goodwin is the best ya got.

[Anonymous]

Meh

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I said famous, not moderately impressive.

It’s an underwhelming list esp last 50 years versus many peers.

Oh yeah? How, exactly? Less so than peers like Amherst, Williams, Bowdoin? Sure. Less so than Conn, Bates, Davidson. MacAlester, Mudd, etc? Nope.

I have another game:

Name 3 people rejected by Colby:

1. OP (or children)
2. Posters in the (coincidental?) other colby thread
3. ??

I’ve got no personal beef with Colby but I don’t like schools that seem to play games more than their peers.

[Anonymous]

This is silly, can anyone here even name 3 famous (undergrad) alumni of Harvard or Stanford or Duke off the top of their head? Doubt it (and no, dropouts don't count).

[Anonymous]

What is it with DCUM lately? So many teens with so much time in the middle of the day. Yes, you're freaking out about Ivy Day but rather than posting idiotic threads, you're much better off paying attention in class. Some of you must have AP exams coming.

[Anonymous]

Aside from the college I attended, if you asked me to name famous alumni, I would be hard pressed to come up with any names except from about half the Ivys and MIT. Who cares?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's a small school. Like any LAC, I would not expect to be able to identify famous alumni off the top of my head.

Why would it matter?

Compare it to Bowdoin’s list

https://www.bowdoin.edu/about/history-traditions/notable-alumni.html

Why is my Bowdoin alumni Latino neighbor who always wears the wife beater muscle shirts not on this list?

What’s your point? You don’t like his clothing style? Or that he’s Latino?

[Anonymous]

Somebody’s reacting badly to being rejected by Colby

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is silly, can anyone here even name 3 famous (undergrad) alumni of Harvard or Stanford or Duke off the top of their head? Doubt it (and no, dropouts don't count).

Are you kidding? Several US presidents

[Anonymous]

Jack, Cheddar and Sharp Cheddar

[Anonymous]

No, because I don't think I've ever taken a mental note of where someone went to school outside of family and maybe some friends who weave it into conversation enough that it's a running joke.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is silly, can anyone here even name 3 famous (undergrad) alumni of Harvard or Stanford or Duke off the top of their head? Doubt it (and no, dropouts don't count).

Lol. That's easy. Harvard has Pete Buttigieg, Neil deGrasse Tyson, and Conan. Stanford has Cory Booker, Josh Hawley, and Peter Thiel. Duke has JB Pritzker, Adam Silver, and Melinda Gates. I'm not including dead people, dropouts, or athletes either and I still did it.

[Anonymous]

silly exercise, not least because it leads to the inevitable conclusion that most DCUM readers (who aren't going to Harvard) should choose to go to City College of NY.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_City_College_of_New_York_alumni

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's a small school. Like any LAC, I would not expect to be able to identify famous alumni off the top of my head.

Why would it matter?

Compare it to Bowdoin’s list

https://www.bowdoin.edu/about/history-traditions/notable-alumni.html

Why is my Bowdoin alumni Latino neighbor who always wears the wife beater muscle shirts not on this list?

this is racist - you should get reported.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Name 3 VA Tech non athlete famous persons

Many large state schools will be the same.