Hampden Sydney College

[Anonymous]

Waaaaaaaaa!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Male here, browsing for fun. You women are just too funny! Snarky, bitchy, data-obsessed (w/o a good grounding in quant) and, I'm guessing, non-salaried with all that fancy education...at the right ranking...over which you obsess.

thanks for the entertainment!

Moderator: So this is an appropriate comment? And me calling him out isn't? Sexist.

I've known several bright, capable Wellesley graduates, so I will not make generalizations based on your posts about them.

I will say that you seem incredibly immature. You fail to realize that there are multiple posters who take issue with your posts, and are collectively shaking our heads at your obsession with how highly ranked Wellesley may be in some surveys and your inability to entertain the notion that there are some similarities that lead both men and women to consider same-sex colleges without wrongly assuming that it suggests that all same-sex colleges are equivalent to one another.

Most Wellesley graduates are more intellectually nimble, but it appears that, in your case, so much of your identity is wrapped up in having attended the school (not wholly uncommon, particularly among some who may have never originally expected to attend such an institution) that it's impaired your sense of perspective. I don't doubt for a minute that a Wellesley degree may open some doors that an H-D degree does not. But I can also guarantee you that those with the attitudes that you've displayed tend to flail both socially and professionally, unless they manage to confine themselves to very small circles.

[Anonymous]

Methinks our snooty Wellesley grad took lessons from this playbook:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/16/well-educated-person_n_878393.html

Much rather have a son attend H-S!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You implied that the schools are comparable; they are not. Nobody here has attacked you personally or used foul language -- tactics you have resorted to repeatedly. Do you think you represent H-S well?

Different posters, sweetheart. You are truly an idiot.

Oh, I forgot to add to the list of tactics you so skillfully deply -- name-calling. Very mature and articulate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You implied that the schools are comparable; they are not. Nobody here has attacked you personally or used foul language -- tactics you have resorted to repeatedly. Do you think you represent H-S well?

Different posters, sweetheart. You are truly an idiot.

Oh, I forgot to add to the list of tactics you so skillfully deply -- name-calling. Very mature and articulate.

Your posts demonstrate that you've earned it. And, BTW, since you previously held yourself out as the spelling champ, please note that it's "deploy," not "deply."

[Anonymous]

I do not know why you are all knocking these Wellesely girls. My experience was that the ones that were straight were always easy. Give them a break!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Male here, browsing for fun. You women are just too funny! Snarky, bitchy, data-obsessed (w/o a good grounding in quant) and, I'm guessing, non-salaried with all that fancy education...at the right ranking...over which you obsess.

thanks for the entertainment!

Moderator: So this is an appropriate comment? And me calling him out isn't? Sexist.

I've known several bright, capable Wellesley graduates, so I will not make generalizations based on your posts about them.

I will say that you seem incredibly immature. You fail to realize that there are multiple posters who take issue with your posts, and are collectively shaking our heads at your obsession with how highly ranked Wellesley may be in some surveys and your inability to entertain the notion that there are some similarities that lead both men and women to consider same-sex colleges without wrongly assuming that it suggests that all same-sex colleges are equivalent to one another.

Most Wellesley graduates are more intellectually nimble, but it appears that, in your case, so much of your identity is wrapped up in having attended the school (not wholly uncommon, particularly among some who may have never originally expected to attend such an institution) that it's impaired your sense of perspective. I don't doubt for a minute that a Wellesley degree may open some doors that an H-D degree does not. But I can also guarantee you that those with the attitudes that you've displayed tend to flail both socially and professionally, unless they manage to confine themselves to very small circles.

This comment wasn't made by a Wellesley grad nor do I have any concern with Wellesley's ranking. Not sure how your response relates to my comment. I just thought that a man who calls others snarky and bitchy needs a dose of self-reflection.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A distinction without a difference. Single sex is single sex. You are degrading women when you say it's different for "women".

There is a double standard - all-women's colleges and HBC are defended and all-male schools with primarily white students are attacked on this forum. Be that as it may, all these schools are at a recruiting disadvantage in 2012 compared to 1962.

http://tjlp.org/privilege101.pdf

http://whatever.scalzi.com/2012/05/15/straight-white-male-the-lowest-difficulty-setting-there-is/

Exactly - "whatever." It doesn't change the fact that all-women's colleges and HBCs are viewed by most high school students today as anachronisms.

Most high school don't know much yet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Male here, browsing for fun. You women are just too funny! Snarky, bitchy, data-obsessed (w/o a good grounding in quant) and, I'm guessing, non-salaried with all that fancy education...at the right ranking...over which you obsess.

thanks for the entertainment!

Moderator: So this is an appropriate comment? And me calling him out isn't? Sexist.

I've known several bright, capable Wellesley graduates, so I will not make generalizations based on your posts about them.

I will say that you seem incredibly immature. You fail to realize that there are multiple posters who take issue with your posts, and are collectively shaking our heads at your obsession with how highly ranked Wellesley may be in some surveys and your inability to entertain the notion that there are some similarities that lead both men and women to consider same-sex colleges without wrongly assuming that it suggests that all same-sex colleges are equivalent to one another.

Most Wellesley graduates are more intellectually nimble, but it appears that, in your case, so much of your identity is wrapped up in having attended the school (not wholly uncommon, particularly among some who may have never originally expected to attend such an institution) that it's impaired your sense of perspective. I don't doubt for a minute that a Wellesley degree may open some doors that an H-D degree does not. But I can also guarantee you that those with the attitudes that you've displayed tend to flail both socially and professionally, unless they manage to confine themselves to very small circles.

I kind of hate to say it but I think this guy is on to something.

[Anonymous]

How many of the posts in this thread were about the actual merits (or lack thereof) about Hampden Sydney

[Anonymous]

Actually, I think the comments have been very telling as to H-S alumni -- boorish, sexist, and utterly lacking in the ability to think logically. Their whole argument boils down to "single-sex schools have a hard time selling themselves to high school students today, so they can't be very selective." Unfortunately, however, they have no facts to support this claim. If you'd send your son to a school like this, I've got a really nice bridge to sell you in Brooklyn.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Actually, I think the comments have been very telling as to H-S alumni -- boorish, sexist, and utterly lacking in the ability to think logically. Their whole argument boils down to "single-sex schools have a hard time selling themselves to high school students today, so they can't be very selective." Unfortunately, however, they have no facts to support this claim. If you'd send your son to a school like this, I've got a really nice bridge to sell you in Brooklyn.

I sincerely hope you aren't thinking that the Wellesley grads and supporters are demonstrating "the ability to think logically" in this thread. Mostly, they've been promoting their own intelligence and pride in their alma mater. Besides, in today's world, most of the tip top grads of either sex are not selecting single sex schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Actually, I think the comments have been very telling as to H-S alumni -- boorish, sexist, and utterly lacking in the ability to think logically. Their whole argument boils down to "single-sex schools have a hard time selling themselves to high school students today, so they can't be very selective." Unfortunately, however, they have no facts to support this claim. If you'd send your son to a school like this, I've got a really nice bridge to sell you in Brooklyn.

I'll buy it, but only if you jump off with an anchor securely fastened to your waist first.

[Anonymous]

Hi ladies--male here who called a bunch of you snarky.

So days have gone by, Nats won again, and I'm browsing a bit before bed and see (omg) this silly thread continues. I'm upgrading the entertainment factor; almost better than porn! Yeah, I'm being provocative cuz you're so humorless. what's that old line about academia? something like: the fighting is so vicious because the stakes are so low.

a big shout out to the Wellesley grad(s) who have reminded us all that in any graduating class there's a bottom 10%; truly, ladies, you're no Hillary.

[Anonymous]

So true.