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

[Anonymous]

You say “I went to Harvard”.

[Anonymous]

What about your kid? My kid goes to an elite school (not an ivy)...he is a freshman. So I get that question fairly often. The reaction is mixed. Some gush about it, "that's a great school, etc." Others give no reaction at all, or just say "Wow." I wonder if some feel like I am some how bragging. I only answer when they ask.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You say “I went to Harvard”.

+10000

If someone says, where’d you go to college (or grad/law school) you answer them. If someone is just talking about college generally, please do not drop that you went to HYP.

Not that complicated. In some circles it impresses, but in many it simply sparks “oh what year? My sister was class of ‘01” or whatever.

[Anonymous]

"I went to Harvard bitches!!" Actually JMU. I wanted to see what it was like

[Anonymous]

You don’t.

[Anonymous]

If you need to ask this question it’s kind of pathetic. If you can’t just answer a simple question without asking an anonymous forum, then you have more deep seated issues. If you feel the need to broadcast it whenever possible, you’re just a dick. It’s not that complicated. Answer someone’s question directly and honestly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My dh did a one year grad program. I say we were in the Boston area for his school, or just that we lived in Massachusetts. I don’t think you can say you went to Harvard without sounding like you’re bragging.

no one will think you’re bragging about a “one year grad program.”

[Anonymous]

My kid goes to harvard and if someone asks where he goes to school I say "Harvard". Not complicated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"I went to Harvard bitches!!" Actually JMU. I wanted to see what it was like

I’d stick with JMU. The dumbest people I have worked with attended Harvard undergrad.

[Anonymous]

It’s not a big d deal in the DC area. Indeed, it’s most likely going to be met with something like, “I went to school in Charlottesville. Harvard’s a good school too.”

[Anonymous]

Talk about a first world problem.

My own is trying to work into the conversation that I turned DOWN an offer from Harvard.

[Anonymous]

If you're nervous to tell people you went to Harvard its probably because you didn't go far in life. Embrace the mediocrity with the rest of us. We don't care

[Anonymous]

I worked at Harvard, I didn't even go there, and I trained my parents to say I worked in Boston. It was actually embarrassing to have my parents talk about it. People just say all sorts of awkward things to you about it.

[Anonymous]

Agree that the general approach is just to answer if asked directly, and otherwise avoid mentioning it without going to ridiculous lengths to obscure.

But accept that you can't win — if you say it in a straightforward way people will say you couldn't wait to mention it, if you are cagey then they say you're an elitist jerk who thinks they can't handle it. The second approach of course is the result of people acting all weird when you do say it . . .

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"I went to Harvard bitches!!" Actually JMU. I wanted to see what it was like

I’d stick with JMU. The dumbest people I have worked with attended Harvard undergrad.

Can you tell us what it’s like to work with Jared Kushner?