Why so much WUSTL/WashU hate on DCUM?

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Anonymous wrote:I think it’s because of the location. No one wants to be in Missouri these days and STL has never been a hot destination. It’s better known as the murder capital of the US. And before anyone corrects me that washu is in Clayton. Thanks I know that. I’ve spent a lot of time in STL and Clayton. WashU is a nice little bubble just outside of a really troubled and depressed city.

This.

Plus, the WashU grads I know are all a little off in various ways.

How exactly?

Weirdly competitive and awkward.

Some Georgetown and Duke grads that I work with are also "weirdly" competitive and awkward, but that doesn't mean that the school is at fault.

I never said all WashU grads are off; just the ones I know. It’s similar how some names can become tainted based on your own experiences with horrible people with that name.

Anyway, my bigger issue is with the STL area and MO. Yuck.

You must be a very narrow minded and ignorant person

You sound like that rigid weirdo from my HS who went to WashU. LOL.

And it sounds like I hit a nerve

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Anonymous wrote:I think it’s because of the location. No one wants to be in Missouri these days and STL has never been a hot destination. It’s better known as the murder capital of the US. And before anyone corrects me that washu is in Clayton. Thanks I know that. I’ve spent a lot of time in STL and Clayton. WashU is a nice little bubble just outside of a really troubled and depressed city.

This.

Plus, the WashU grads I know are all a little off in various ways.

How exactly?

Weirdly competitive and awkward.

Some Georgetown and Duke grads that I work with are also "weirdly" competitive and awkward, but that doesn't mean that the school is at fault.

Bad example. Most people do blame Duke for its douchey grads.

Weird to stereotype an entire school. I have a few Duke grads at my firm and they're all very pleasant and hardworking, minimal ego. But they could definitely have an ego just having the Duke brand with them if they wanted.

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Anonymous wrote:I think it’s because of the location. No one wants to be in Missouri these days and STL has never been a hot destination. It’s better known as the murder capital of the US. And before anyone corrects me that washu is in Clayton. Thanks I know that. I’ve spent a lot of time in STL and Clayton. WashU is a nice little bubble just outside of a really troubled and depressed city.

This.

Plus, the WashU grads I know are all a little off in various ways.

How exactly?

Weirdly competitive and awkward.

Some Georgetown and Duke grads that I work with are also "weirdly" competitive and awkward, but that doesn't mean that the school is at fault.

Bad example. Most people do blame Duke for its douchey grads.

Weird to stereotype an entire school. I have a few Duke grads at my firm and they're all very pleasant and hardworking, minimal ego. But they could definitely have an ego just having the Duke brand with them if they wanted.

It is indeed a stereotype, and you are right--there are some lovely Duke grads.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No schools survive on this board.

Except... SLACs or other small privates no one heard of before but some insist are great.

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Anonymous wrote:I think it’s because of the location. No one wants to be in Missouri these days and STL has never been a hot destination. It’s better known as the murder capital of the US. And before anyone corrects me that washu is in Clayton. Thanks I know that. I’ve spent a lot of time in STL and Clayton. WashU is a nice little bubble just outside of a really troubled and depressed city.

This.

Plus, the WashU grads I know are all a little off in various ways.

How exactly?

One guy on my block can't / won't make eye contact and grew his hair to his butt crack during Covid, I guess because he could? But he makes a good salary and comes from UMC privilege, so there's that. The other WashU grad on my block is very disciplined and sweet but socially awkward as hell and tends toward neuroticism. She too comes from great UUMC privilege.

Instead of judging WuStl on its ROI or its Wall Street feeder status, just think about having the grades/test scores to get into a college in the top 20 or so, which means they could get into a lot of really interesting, nice, fun schools in great locations in the top 75. U of Florida, Michigan, UGA, BC, BU, etc.

And with all those options, they pick Wash U.

So, what can we induce? They are likely not interested in sports very much. They probably prioritize academics over fun & being around a variety of lively people. They probably don’t intend to go off campus much, because most other colleges in the top 75 have more going on in the surrounding area. And perhaps most revealing, they almost certainly have an odd ambivalence about spending the rest of their lives explaining to hundreds of puzzled people that they went to college in ST. LOUIS, not Seattle, DC, Lexington VA, or Chestertown MD. There probably isn’t a college in the country that takes more words to explain. It would be like trying to explain the popularity of Howie Mandel to a Martian.

This last one alone would be enough for me to scratch it from my list. Life is short & I just don’t have time for that, no matter how great the academics are.

But the people who choose Wash U DO have time for it, which means they are different, & have unusual priorities. And we shouldn’t be surprised when they turn out to have only one oar in the water, or are otherwise ordering from a different menu from the rest of mankind.

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….when you explain WU, you not only have to explain what it IS, you have to explain what it ISN’T. It’s NOT U of Washington. It’s NOT GWU. It’s NOT Washington & Lee. It’s not even little Washington College in MD.

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Anonymous wrote:I think it’s because of the location. No one wants to be in Missouri these days and STL has never been a hot destination. It’s better known as the murder capital of the US. And before anyone corrects me that washu is in Clayton. Thanks I know that. I’ve spent a lot of time in STL and Clayton. WashU is a nice little bubble just outside of a really troubled and depressed city.

This.

Plus, the WashU grads I know are all a little off in various ways.

How exactly?

One guy on my block can't / won't make eye contact and grew his hair to his butt crack during Covid, I guess because he could? But he makes a good salary and comes from UMC privilege, so there's that. The other WashU grad on my block is very disciplined and sweet but socially awkward as hell and tends toward neuroticism. She too comes from great UUMC privilege.

Instead of judging WuStl on its ROI or its Wall Street feeder status, just think about having the grades/test scores to get into a college in the top 20 or so, which means they could get into a lot of really interesting, nice, fun schools in great locations in the top 75. U of Florida, Michigan, UGA, BC, BU, etc.

And with all those options, they pick Wash U.

So, what can we induce? They are likely not interested in sports very much. They probably prioritize academics over fun & being around a variety of lively people. They probably don’t intend to go off campus much, because most other colleges in the top 75 have more going on in the surrounding area. And perhaps most revealing, they almost certainly have an odd ambivalence about spending the rest of their lives explaining to hundreds of puzzled people that they went to college in ST. LOUIS, not Seattle, DC, Lexington VA, or Chestertown MD. There probably isn’t a college in the country that takes more words to explain. It would be like trying to explain the popularity of Howie Mandel to a Martian.

This last one alone would be enough for me to scratch it from my list. Life is short & I just don’t have time for that, no matter how great the academics are.

But the people who choose Wash U DO have time for it, which means they are different, & have unusual priorities. And we shouldn’t be surprised when they turn out to have only one oar in the water, or are otherwise ordering from a different menu from the rest of mankind.

Even though this is one person’s opinion, this has got to be one of the weirdest post

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Anonymous wrote:I think it’s because of the location. No one wants to be in Missouri these days and STL has never been a hot destination. It’s better known as the murder capital of the US. And before anyone corrects me that washu is in Clayton. Thanks I know that. I’ve spent a lot of time in STL and Clayton. WashU is a nice little bubble just outside of a really troubled and depressed city.

This.

Plus, the WashU grads I know are all a little off in various ways.

How exactly?

Weirdly competitive and awkward.

Some Georgetown and Duke grads that I work with are also "weirdly" competitive and awkward, but that doesn't mean that the school is at fault.

I never said all WashU grads are off; just the ones I know. It’s similar how some names can become tainted based on your own experiences with horrible people with that name.

Anyway, my bigger issue is with the STL area and MO. Yuck.

You must be a very narrow minded and ignorant person

You sound like that rigid weirdo from my HS who went to WashU. LOL.

And it sounds like I hit a nerve

Because the PP threw out baseless insults. Naw. I’m good.

STL/MO objectively suck.

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Anonymous wrote:I think it’s because of the location. No one wants to be in Missouri these days and STL has never been a hot destination. It’s better known as the murder capital of the US. And before anyone corrects me that washu is in Clayton. Thanks I know that. I’ve spent a lot of time in STL and Clayton. WashU is a nice little bubble just outside of a really troubled and depressed city.

This.

Plus, the WashU grads I know are all a little off in various ways.

How exactly?

Weirdly competitive and awkward.

Some Georgetown and Duke grads that I work with are also "weirdly" competitive and awkward, but that doesn't mean that the school is at fault.

Bad example. Most people do blame Duke for its douchey grads.

Weird to stereotype an entire school. I have a few Duke grads at my firm and they're all very pleasant and hardworking, minimal ego. But they could definitely have an ego just having the Duke brand with them if they wanted.

It is indeed a stereotype, and you are right--there are some lovely Duke grads.

+1

Saying that a stereotype exists doesn’t mean you think everyone conforms to that stereotype.

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Anonymous wrote:I think it’s because of the location. No one wants to be in Missouri these days and STL has never been a hot destination. It’s better known as the murder capital of the US. And before anyone corrects me that washu is in Clayton. Thanks I know that. I’ve spent a lot of time in STL and Clayton. WashU is a nice little bubble just outside of a really troubled and depressed city.

This.

Plus, the WashU grads I know are all a little off in various ways.

How exactly?

Weirdly competitive and awkward.

Some Georgetown and Duke grads that I work with are also "weirdly" competitive and awkward, but that doesn't mean that the school is at fault.

I never said all WashU grads are off; just the ones I know. It’s similar how some names can become tainted based on your own experiences with horrible people with that name.

Anyway, my bigger issue is with the STL area and MO. Yuck.

You must be a very narrow minded and ignorant person

You sound like that rigid weirdo from my HS who went to WashU. LOL.

And it sounds like I hit a nerve

Because the PP threw out baseless insults. Naw. I’m good.

STL/MO objectively suck.

Glad you got it off your pathetic little head

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think it’s because of the location. No one wants to be in Missouri these days and STL has never been a hot destination. It’s better known as the murder capital of the US. And before anyone corrects me that washu is in Clayton. Thanks I know that. I’ve spent a lot of time in STL and Clayton. WashU is a nice little bubble just outside of a really troubled and depressed city.

This.

Plus, the WashU grads I know are all a little off in various ways.

How exactly?

One guy on my block can't / won't make eye contact and grew his hair to his butt crack during Covid, I guess because he could? But he makes a good salary and comes from UMC privilege, so there's that. The other WashU grad on my block is very disciplined and sweet but socially awkward as hell and tends toward neuroticism. She too comes from great UUMC privilege.

Instead of judging WuStl on its ROI or its Wall Street feeder status, just think about having the grades/test scores to get into a college in the top 20 or so, which means they could get into a lot of really interesting, nice, fun schools in great locations in the top 75. U of Florida, Michigan, UGA, BC, BU, etc.

And with all those options, they pick Wash U.

So, what can we induce? They are likely not interested in sports very much. They probably prioritize academics over fun & being around a variety of lively people. They probably don’t intend to go off campus much, because most other colleges in the top 75 have more going on in the surrounding area. And perhaps most revealing, they almost certainly have an odd ambivalence about spending the rest of their lives explaining to hundreds of puzzled people that they went to college in ST. LOUIS, not Seattle, DC, Lexington VA, or Chestertown MD. There probably isn’t a college in the country that takes more words to explain. It would be like trying to explain the popularity of Howie Mandel to a Martian.

This last one alone would be enough for me to scratch it from my list. Life is short & I just don’t have time for that, no matter how great the academics are.

But the people who choose Wash U DO have time for it, which means they are different, & have unusual priorities. And we shouldn’t be surprised when they turn out to have only one oar in the water, or are otherwise ordering from a different menu from the rest of mankind.

Interesting perspective. Yes, a common thread could be that many chose “other”.

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Anonymous wrote:I think it’s because of the location. No one wants to be in Missouri these days and STL has never been a hot destination. It’s better known as the murder capital of the US. And before anyone corrects me that washu is in Clayton. Thanks I know that. I’ve spent a lot of time in STL and Clayton. WashU is a nice little bubble just outside of a really troubled and depressed city.

This.

Plus, the WashU grads I know are all a little off in various ways.

How exactly?

Weirdly competitive and awkward.

Some Georgetown and Duke grads that I work with are also "weirdly" competitive and awkward, but that doesn't mean that the school is at fault.

I never said all WashU grads are off; just the ones I know. It’s similar how some names can become tainted based on your own experiences with horrible people with that name.

Anyway, my bigger issue is with the STL area and MO. Yuck.

You must be a very narrow minded and ignorant person

You sound like that rigid weirdo from my HS who went to WashU. LOL.

And it sounds like I hit a nerve

Because the PP threw out baseless insults. Naw. I’m good.

STL/MO objectively suck.

Glad you got it off your pathetic little head

It’s no secret that STL/MO suck.

[Anonymous]

OP - haters will hate. That’s just who they are and what they do so don’t waste a second on them

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Anonymous wrote:I think it’s because of the location. No one wants to be in Missouri these days and STL has never been a hot destination. It’s better known as the murder capital of the US. And before anyone corrects me that washu is in Clayton. Thanks I know that. I’ve spent a lot of time in STL and Clayton. WashU is a nice little bubble just outside of a really troubled and depressed city.

This.

Plus, the WashU grads I know are all a little off in various ways.

How exactly?

Weirdly competitive and awkward.

Some Georgetown and Duke grads that I work with are also "weirdly" competitive and awkward, but that doesn't mean that the school is at fault.

I never said all WashU grads are off; just the ones I know. It’s similar how some names can become tainted based on your own experiences with horrible people with that name.

Anyway, my bigger issue is with the STL area and MO. Yuck.

You must be a very narrow minded and ignorant person

You sound like that rigid weirdo from my HS who went to WashU. LOL.

And it sounds like I hit a nerve

Because the PP threw out baseless insults. Naw. I’m good.

STL/MO objectively suck.

Glad you got it off your pathetic little head

It’s no secret that STL/MO suck.

Oh, so you are not really good?

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Anonymous wrote:I think it’s because of the location. No one wants to be in Missouri these days and STL has never been a hot destination. It’s better known as the murder capital of the US. And before anyone corrects me that washu is in Clayton. Thanks I know that. I’ve spent a lot of time in STL and Clayton. WashU is a nice little bubble just outside of a really troubled and depressed city.

This.

Plus, the WashU grads I know are all a little off in various ways.

How exactly?

Weirdly competitive and awkward.

Some Georgetown and Duke grads that I work with are also "weirdly" competitive and awkward, but that doesn't mean that the school is at fault.

I never said all WashU grads are off; just the ones I know. It’s similar how some names can become tainted based on your own experiences with horrible people with that name.

Anyway, my bigger issue is with the STL area and MO. Yuck.

You must be a very narrow minded and ignorant person

You sound like that rigid weirdo from my HS who went to WashU. LOL.

And it sounds like I hit a nerve

Because the PP threw out baseless insults. Naw. I’m good.

STL/MO objectively suck.

Glad you got it off your pathetic little head

It’s no secret that STL/MO suck.

Oh, so you are not really good?

Happy to share that fact anytime, anywhere.

You’re welcome.