Not knowing the difference between UPenn and Penn State

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What about people that don’t know what Barnard is or that it is an Ivy League school and part of Columbia? This is a weird one too. Almost like a litmus test for your education level.

Ha! I see what you did there!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A sign that the obsessions with prestige is a narrow community.

This. It doesn’t matter to them so they don’t care to know the difference.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Happy Penn parent here. My kid is happy and thriving academically and socially. Kid loves the restaurant scene in philly. Who cares what anyone thinks? Oldest kid went to Columbia (no name confusion) and had a lackluster experience.

why was Columbia lackluster?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People get Georgetown, George Washington, and George Mason confused. People get Penn state and Penn wrong. People get Dickinson and Fairley Dickinson wrong. People are largely uneducated.

How is not knowing the difference between Dickinson and fairly Dickinson “uneducated”? Get out if your bubble.

[Anonymous]

This is like getting pissed off if someone mistakes your Saint Laurent bag for a Dooney and Burke.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People get Georgetown, George Washington, and George Mason confused. People get Penn state and Penn wrong. People get Dickinson and Fairley Dickinson wrong. People are largely uneducated.

How is not knowing the difference between Dickinson and fairly Dickinson “uneducated”? Get out if your bubble.

DP. I went to UVA and I just had to look up Fairley [sic] Dickinson because I’ve never heard of it. Oh, and it’s Fairleigh.

[Anonymous]

I went to Wellesley. "Oh, you went to Wesleyan." The horror!

[Anonymous]

But that's just name confusion, OP. People can't remember which one is referred to as "Penn." No one confuses the actual schools.

[Anonymous]

They were probably pretending not to know the difference because they knew it would annoy you, OP. I might have to borrow that for some people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:But that's just name confusion, OP. People can't remember which one is referred to as "Penn." No one confuses the actual schools.

no, they think it is the SAME school. That there is only one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I went to Wellesley. "Oh, you went to Wesleyan." The horror!

-"I am going to Haverford!"
"WHAT?! That is AMAZING!"
-"Um. Haverford, not Harvard."
"What is Haverford?"

[Anonymous]

The names can be confusing. Another one is Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Aka IUP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What about people that don’t know what Barnard is or that it is an Ivy League school and part of Columbia? This is a weird one too. Almost like a litmus test for your education level.

Because it's not?

[Anonymous]

They are basically the same thing. Who cares

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They are basically the same thing. Who cares

Oh snap