PSA about Dartmouth

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Did you not get enough attention bragging to your friends about your kid's ivy acceptance so need to seek out some strangers? Everyone already knows this is a good school.

NP-- such a mean response. Let the poster enjoy a little afterglow instead of getting your claws out and snarking.

I am just so tired of parents trying to flex on this. I think we would all agree that for every kid admitted, there are many more that were on paper qualified and would do well at these schools.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did you not get enough attention bragging to your friends about your kid's ivy acceptance so need to seek out some strangers? Everyone already knows this is a good school.

NP-- such a mean response. Let the poster enjoy a little afterglow instead of getting your claws out and snarking.

I am just so tired of parents trying to flex on this. I think we would all agree that for every kid admitted, there are many more that were on paper qualified and would do well at these schools.

As an HYP grad, one problem of attending a super selective school is that you have to be more cautious of evincing school pride (because you look like a total a-hole) whereas families that are connected with slightly less prestigious schools (say Michigan) can run around proudly. This may be the only outlet where the mom above can flex without risking social repercussions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It is also still September. Wait until December-February before making a broad PSA about Dartmouth!

If it never got cold, how could we wear our moncler?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did you not get enough attention bragging to your friends about your kid's ivy acceptance so need to seek out some strangers? Everyone already knows this is a good school.

NP-- such a mean response. Let the poster enjoy a little afterglow instead of getting your claws out and snarking.

I am just so tired of parents trying to flex on this. I think we would all agree that for every kid admitted, there are many more that were on paper qualified and would do well at these schools.

As an HYP grad, one problem of attending a super selective school is that you have to be more cautious of evincing school pride (because you look like a total a-hole) whereas families that are connected with slightly less prestigious schools (say Michigan) can run around proudly. This may be the only outlet where the mom above can flex without risking social repercussions.

I think there’s a difference between public school pride tho.

the vast majority of people regardless of school affiliation get this - I notice you used Michigan as your example vs say Georgetown or WUSTL

Yeah “go blue” is kinda cringe but Michigan’s private peers are even more cringe to flex even amongst private school crowd. It just feels icky

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is an interesting read.

https://www.koppelmangroup.com/blog/2018/3/14/schools-similar-to-dartmouth

Lewisburg is nothing like Hanover though

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Did you not get enough attention bragging to your friends about your kid's ivy acceptance so need to seek out some strangers? Everyone already knows this is a good school.

NP-- such a mean response. Let the poster enjoy a little afterglow instead of getting your claws out and snarking.

I am just so tired of parents trying to flex on this. I think we would all agree that for every kid admitted, there are many more that were on paper qualified and would do well at these schools.

As an HYP grad, one problem of attending a super selective school is that you have to be more cautious of evincing school pride (because you look like a total a-hole) whereas families that are connected with slightly less prestigious schools (say Michigan) can run around proudly. This may be the only outlet where the mom above can flex without risking social repercussions.

I think there’s a difference between public school pride tho.

the vast majority of people regardless of school affiliation get this - I notice you used Michigan as your example vs say Georgetown or WUSTL

Yeah “go blue” is kinda cringe but Michigan’s private peers are even more cringe to flex even amongst private school crowd. It just feels icky

The less elite the school, the safer it is to flex. And the more praise you will receive as to how great the school is.

[Anonymous]

HYP all have terrible football teams. I see college gear mostly on Fridays and Saturdays during the fall here. Lots of Michigan, Georgia, Alabama, ect. People are flexing based on the football program and not the quality of school. I find your observation hilarious.
During the rest of the year, HYP people wear their shirts and hats about as often as other schools of comparable size.
During basketball season, you'll see a lot more Duke, Kentucky, Kansas and Georgetown stuff in DC too!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:HYP all have terrible football teams. I see college gear mostly on Fridays and Saturdays during the fall here. Lots of Michigan, Georgia, Alabama, ect. People are flexing based on the football program and not the quality of school. I find your observation hilarious.
During the rest of the year, HYP people wear their shirts and hats about as often as other schools of comparable size.
During basketball season, you'll see a lot more Duke, Kentucky, Kansas and Georgetown stuff in DC too!

As a HYP graduate, You have to worry about not flexing but also not not flexing- like hiding the information because you think It’s so great they can’t handle it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did you not get enough attention bragging to your friends about your kid's ivy acceptance so need to seek out some strangers? Everyone already knows this is a good school.

NP-- such a mean response. Let the poster enjoy a little afterglow instead of getting your claws out and snarking.

I am just so tired of parents trying to flex on this. I think we would all agree that for every kid admitted, there are many more that were on paper qualified and would do well at these schools.

As an HYP grad, one problem of attending a super selective school is that you have to be more cautious of evincing school pride (because you look like a total a-hole) whereas families that are connected with slightly less prestigious schools (say Michigan) can run around proudly. This may be the only outlet where the mom above can flex without risking social repercussions.

People end up looking worse in an amusing way trying to hide where they went. When I hear someone talk about going to school in Palo Alto, I go into a little monologue about Palo Alto University and it really throws people off in a funny way. My HY friends joke about how comparatively bad the football and basketball teams are since on an early football season Saturday, they can be in the minority not wearing any gear.

DC has far more people wearing HYP and general college stuff than I've seen before though. People here wear shirts showing off where they went to school in the same way they do where they work in the Bay Area. I'd see as much Google, Meta, Palantir, and Amazon swag as Stanford and Cal there.

Also, do everyone's seniors wear almost nothing but college shirts from May-August? This summer seemed like nothing but college shirts on the kids in our local coffee shop.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:HYP all have terrible football teams. I see college gear mostly on Fridays and Saturdays during the fall here. Lots of Michigan, Georgia, Alabama, ect. People are flexing based on the football program and not the quality of school. I find your observation hilarious.
During the rest of the year, HYP people wear their shirts and hats about as often as other schools of comparable size.
During basketball season, you'll see a lot more Duke, Kentucky, Kansas and Georgetown stuff in DC too!

As a HYP graduate, You have to worry about not flexing but also not not flexing- like hiding the information because you think It’s so great they can’t handle it.

Not to throw P under the bus too much since it is an amazing school but it isn't as impressive to most people. Would they even be able to tell you Princeton's colors or anything?
I wouldn't worry about "flexing" Princeton in the same way as HYS. It is more like any other Ivy when "flexing." Many will know but the general population wouldn't be at all annoyed.

[Anonymous]

Any word on Dartmouth's stance on legacy admissions for this year?
Have other top schools made public statements beyond the ones eliminating legacy preferences?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:HYP all have terrible football teams. I see college gear mostly on Fridays and Saturdays during the fall here. Lots of Michigan, Georgia, Alabama, ect. People are flexing based on the football program and not the quality of school. I find your observation hilarious.
During the rest of the year, HYP people wear their shirts and hats about as often as other schools of comparable size.
During basketball season, you'll see a lot more Duke, Kentucky, Kansas and Georgetown stuff in DC too!

As a HYP graduate, You have to worry about not flexing but also not not flexing- like hiding the information because you think It’s so great they can’t handle it.

Not to throw P under the bus too much since it is an amazing school but it isn't as impressive to most people. Would they even be able to tell you Princeton's colors or anything?
I wouldn't worry about "flexing" Princeton in the same way as HYS. It is more like any other Ivy when "flexing." Many will know but the general population wouldn't be at all annoyed.

It’s not P is considered less impressive, it just has a better image thanks to a generalized fondness towards tigers and the Cinderella story basketball stuff. Pretty sure more people can tell you Princeton colors than Harvard or Yale.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:HYP all have terrible football teams. I see college gear mostly on Fridays and Saturdays during the fall here. Lots of Michigan, Georgia, Alabama, ect. People are flexing based on the football program and not the quality of school. I find your observation hilarious.
During the rest of the year, HYP people wear their shirts and hats about as often as other schools of comparable size.
During basketball season, you'll see a lot more Duke, Kentucky, Kansas and Georgetown stuff in DC too!

As a HYP graduate, You have to worry about not flexing but also not not flexing- like hiding the information because you think It’s so great they can’t handle it.

Not to throw P under the bus too much since it is an amazing school but it isn't as impressive to most people. Would they even be able to tell you Princeton's colors or anything?
I wouldn't worry about "flexing" Princeton in the same way as HYS. It is more like any other Ivy when "flexing." Many will know but the general population wouldn't be at all annoyed.

It’s not P is considered less impressive, it just has a better image thanks to a generalized fondness towards tigers and the Cinderella story basketball stuff. Pretty sure more people can tell you Princeton colors than Harvard or Yale.

I don't buy that for a lot of the country and beyond. I grew up in a "flyover state" and had a classmate go to Princeton after getting into Harvard. Let's just say people had a very hard time believing and understanding the decision locally. You'd have thought he was choosing Directional State College over Harvard.
Studying abroad in Europe, there was also a clear difference in how friends from Yale and Princeton were received (no one commented on the Princeton shirts in the same way). I don't have kids, so it isn't like this was the 90s.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Any word on Dartmouth's stance on legacy admissions for this year?
Have other top schools made public statements beyond the ones eliminating legacy preferences?

Sounds like Dartmouth will keep legacy preferences:
“Legacy families represent a wide range of incomes and backgrounds. More than 40% of legacy applicants for the incoming class also applied for financial aid... Dartmouth is grateful to have an increasingly diverse alumni body that makes for an increasingly diverse group of legacy applicants.” https://www.wbur.org/news/2023/08/04/legacy-athletics-harvard-college-admission-statistics-study#

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did you not get enough attention bragging to your friends about your kid's ivy acceptance so need to seek out some strangers? Everyone already knows this is a good school.

NP-- such a mean response. Let the poster enjoy a little afterglow instead of getting your claws out and snarking.

I am just so tired of parents trying to flex on this. I think we would all agree that for every kid admitted, there are many more that were on paper qualified and would do well at these schools.

As an HYP grad, one problem of attending a super selective school is that you have to be more cautious of evincing school pride (because you look like a total a-hole) whereas families that are connected with slightly less prestigious schools (say Michigan) can run around proudly. This may be the only outlet where the mom above can flex without risking social repercussions.

This is true, but it's not right! I've often hesitated to wear my favorite Duke hat, but now that I've lost my hair to chemo, I definitely could care less. Everyone has the right to be proud of their alma mater.