are you buying your kid an ED school tee or sweatshirt before admissions are out?

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Anonymous wrote:I bought a T-shirt to the first choice school. He doesn't know but it will be fun to give it to him if he is accepted. I'll return it if he doesn't get in.

Same.
I’m keeping it mum, but figured it will be a fun thing to do if it’s a yes. And if not, I’ll quietly return it gift it away without ever telling.

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Anonymous wrote:I feel like I'm in an alternative universe. College t-shirts and sweatshirts are extremely common where my DC goes to HS. They are worn by kids in all grades. And, yes, plenty of people do get gear when they have visited a school they actually like.

Same here. I don't understand this thread at all. My DC has bought clothes from some of the schools she has visited and it is not a reflection on which school she hopes to get into. Kids wear all kinds of college gear to school.

Many of us have children who wear uniforms or are subject to a strict dress code that doesn't allow for this.

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Anonymous wrote:We bought a tee and hid it away. If he doesn't get in, we'll throw it out. No big deal.

I should say he'd never wear it to school anyway. Not the kind of kid who likes to draw attention to himself.

Nobody will pay attention to his U of SC shirt.

Yeah, definitely where my 4.94 GPA, 36 ACT kid will be going...

Pride goeth before a fall.

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Anonymous wrote:I feel like I'm in an alternative universe. College t-shirts and sweatshirts are extremely common where my DC goes to HS. They are worn by kids in all grades. And, yes, plenty of people do get gear when they have visited a school they actually like.

Things change when active applications are out there.

My kid is a senior, still wearing college shirts/sweatshirts and so are their friends. Heck, they wore the heck out of the Pitt free tee and never even applied.

I'm the one whose kid put all his clothes in the closet. I guess different kids handle stress differently. Also, super weird to wear a shirt you have zero connection (even mild interest) in.

Not in the least. At least for people who don't take this so dang seriously.

I suppose some of us just aren't into mindless consumerism.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm sorry, but if a kid gets in to their ED, then huge congrats. Wear all the stuff and get excited. Isn't this why we applied ED? We have to hide it to not offend? Stop. Life is life. No thanks.

This! Mine was accepted EA but had some physical hurdles to clear before it was a sure thing, so we kept it quiet for two months. It was HARD. Let them wear the clothes and get excited!

You both have horrific reading comprehension skills. Hopefully your kids are better readers. Literally no one has said not to wear the clothes AFTER the admit comes.

I was responding to PP, not OP. Learn to read a message board.

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Anonymous wrote:I feel like I'm in an alternative universe. College t-shirts and sweatshirts are extremely common where my DC goes to HS. They are worn by kids in all grades. And, yes, plenty of people do get gear when they have visited a school they actually like.

Same here. I don't understand this thread at all. My DC has bought clothes from some of the schools she has visited and it is not a reflection on which school she hopes to get into. Kids wear all kinds of college gear to school.

Same. This thread is crazy.

How wasteful.

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Of course! I have it purchased. DC doesn't know it. I'll be casual and bring it out if they get in. Say I picked-it up on the tour or somewhere. Won't make a big deal about it. It's their's to decide whatever.

Another DC, during a different year, had several EA acceptances. I picked up a tee shirt from each of those schools and put them away, incase she wanted them later. She wore a couple different ones, switching-off every few days. She was seeing how she felt about each school.

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To entice my kid, told DC unlimited swag if DC gets into colleges. Visited 3 on acceptance days and spent over 1k, swag for the whole family. The family still wears swag from all 3 schools and we try to match when we go out. It’s fun and don’t regret spending.

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Anonymous wrote:To entice my kid, told DC unlimited swag if DC gets into colleges. Visited 3 on acceptance days and spent over 1k, swag for the whole family. The family still wears swag from all 3 schools and we try to match when we go out. It’s fun and don’t regret spending.

This is so weird.

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Anonymous wrote:To entice my kid, told DC unlimited swag if DC gets into colleges. Visited 3 on acceptance days and spent over 1k, swag for the whole family. The family still wears swag from all 3 schools and we try to match when we go out. It’s fun and don’t regret spending.

More money than brains.

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Anonymous wrote:To entice my kid, told DC unlimited swag if DC gets into colleges. Visited 3 on acceptance days and spent over 1k, swag for the whole family. The family still wears swag from all 3 schools and we try to match when we go out. It’s fun and don’t regret spending.

This is so weird.

To this day, I still wear tshirts and hats from my undergrad, graduate, and post doc schools. Now, I wear my kids undergrad school.

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Anonymous wrote:To entice my kid, told DC unlimited swag if DC gets into colleges. Visited 3 on acceptance days and spent over 1k, swag for the whole family. The family still wears swag from all 3 schools and we try to match when we go out. It’s fun and don’t regret spending.

More money than brains.

Don’t hate my game

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Anonymous wrote:To entice my kid, told DC unlimited swag if DC gets into colleges. Visited 3 on acceptance days and spent over 1k, swag for the whole family. The family still wears swag from all 3 schools and we try to match when we go out. It’s fun and don’t regret spending.

This is so weird.

To this day, I still wear tshirts and hats from my undergrad, graduate, and post doc schools. Now, I wear my kids undergrad school.

How is that the same as wearing swag from 3 random schools, 2-3 of which your child did not attend?

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Anonymous wrote:To entice my kid, told DC unlimited swag if DC gets into colleges. Visited 3 on acceptance days and spent over 1k, swag for the whole family. The family still wears swag from all 3 schools and we try to match when we go out. It’s fun and don’t regret spending.

More money than brains.

Don’t hate my game

We hate your mindless consumerism.

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Anonymous wrote:To entice my kid, told DC unlimited swag if DC gets into colleges. Visited 3 on acceptance days and spent over 1k, swag for the whole family. The family still wears swag from all 3 schools and we try to match when we go out. It’s fun and don’t regret spending.

This is so weird.

To this day, I still wear tshirts and hats from my undergrad, graduate, and post doc schools. Now, I wear my kids undergrad school.

How is that the same as wearing swag from 3 random schools, 2-3 of which your child did not attend?

One was my grad school and the other is school that he turned down (T10). Still very proud.