DS' college sent us a yard sign to announce his choice

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Anonymous wrote:OP. Do you live in a neighborhood where many of the kids don't go to college? A very blue-collar neighborhood perhaps? Low SES? That might explain why you don't see many signs.

No, UMC neighborhood in an excellent school district.

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I agree they have common here in Bethesda in the past couple of years, but don't recall seeing them pre-COVID and have definitely seen very few this year. I thought it was a pandemic thing since those H.S. grads didn't get the typical celebrations. Maybe some schools have just decided to keep it going?

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Both my oldest kids went to college in CA - neither of their schools sent such a thing. If I were you, I'd just throw it out.

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Anonymous wrote:Not our style to display it in the front yard, but I imagine they go over big in the midwestern state where the college is located.

Wondering if this is a common thing to receive? I don't think I've noticed any such signs in our neighborhood, but not a lot of similarly aged kids around here either.

Midwest?

This was a covid K-12 east coast private school thing that now colleges are copying.

Most of the country does it now, but more for HS graduation not announcing next steps. but why not? what's the big secret OP?

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Not GIVEN as far as I know, but UMD has a particularly large one you can purchase from the bookstore. Saw a few kids dragging them around during admitted student day.

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I AM surprised that the school paid for and mailed the sign. I would assume some parents would jump on this idea.

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I see them all over my McLean neighborhood.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not our style to display it in the front yard, but I imagine they go over big in the midwestern state where the college is located.

Wondering if this is a common thing to receive? I don't think I've noticed any such signs in our neighborhood, but not a lot of similarly aged kids around here either.

Midwest? This was a covid K-12 east coast private school thing that now colleges are copying.

Most of the country does it now, but more for HS graduation not announcing next steps. but why not? what's the big secret OP?

Tacky.

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I see them all around my neighborhood in McLean... makes me happy for the kids and their families

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Anonymous wrote:Weird flex to be too cool for the school your kid is going to attend (not pike those flyover nerds he'll be attending with!), but: congrats?

Thought the same thing. Learned about school spirit much?

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University of Michigan??

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Anonymous wrote:I see them all around my neighborhood in McLean... makes me happy for the kids and their families

Same in our McLean neighborhood. HS destinations, HS graduations & college destinations and the occasional birthday. I like seeing all the signs!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Weird flex to be too cool for the school your kid is going to attend (not pike those flyover nerds he'll be attending with!), but: congrats?

Thought the same thing. Learned about school spirit much?

NP, and I would never say never about this stuff (one of my kids struggled for a while in elementary school, and when he got an honor student decal in middle school, he wanted me to put it on my car, which I did), but why would strangers care where my kid goes to college? I'll tell the neighbors I chat with, because I'm sure it will come up.

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Its popular to display college signs in my Arizona neighborhood

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This is inequitable. Think about the children who drop out, can’t afford college or choose a trade school.