How to say you went to Harvard (elite school, HYPS, etc)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Say whatever makes you comfy.... it was pretty well known when I went to law school (and still), that , practically speaking, Harvard is the 3d best law school (still very good) in Boston (other than the cachet/ reputation).

Law firms who wanted well trained lawyers weren’t necessarily looking for the big H.

This is an extremely stupid post, and real law firms aren't looking for "well trained lawyers" as associates.

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Anonymous wrote:The worst are people who are in their 50's and still use their school's alumni email address even when they have a proper work email address ([e-mail]). It seems to be prevalent among Harvard and Stanford grads.

ITA! Further, when these boomers were there, the acceptance rates were around 20 to 30%. Glad you’re so proud, grandpa.

Chicago was 70% at one point.

it was 70% only twenty years ago lol

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The worst are people who are in their 50's and still use their school's alumni email address even when they have a proper work email address ([e-mail]). It seems to be prevalent among Harvard and Stanford grads.

Why, because it makes you feel inferior?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Where did you go to college?
In Chicago?
Oh, where?
On the south side.

Nobody cares about UChicago, except maybe David Brooks.

[Anonymous]

I went there and the very few times I am actually asked I answer with “Harvard.”

Like most things, most people don’t care about it and the ones who do care will stalk you on LinkedIn or your company bio page anyway. The few who ask don’t care and are just making conversation.

[Anonymous]

Why would you say where you went to college? It is like telling people what school you attended?
I would suspect that they are trying to get a feel of what ses standing your family is

How about: interesting that you ask. It was a long time ago

I studied this and this. I believe the curriculum has changed and University level classes now focus more on this and this

What do you think about the different focus?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why would you say where you went to college? It is like telling people what school you attended?
I would suspect that they are trying to get a feel of what ses standing your family is

How about: interesting that you ask. It was a long time ago

I studied this and this. I believe the curriculum has changed and University level classes now focus more on this and this

What do you think about the different focus?

Talking about where one went to college is a pretty normal subject that normal people discuss from time to time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why would you say where you went to college? It is like telling people what school you attended?
I would suspect that they are trying to get a feel of what ses standing your family is

How about: interesting that you ask. It was a long time ago

I studied this and this. I believe the curriculum has changed and University level classes now focus more on this and this

What do you think about the different focus?

Talking about where one went to college is a pretty normal subject that normal people discuss from time to time.

If you are 25, maybe. If you are 40, nobody cares.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why would you say where you went to college? It is like telling people what school you attended?
I would suspect that they are trying to get a feel of what ses standing your family is

How about: interesting that you ask. It was a long time ago

I studied this and this. I believe the curriculum has changed and University level classes now focus more on this and this

What do you think about the different focus?

Talking about where one went to college is a pretty normal subject that normal people discuss from time to time.

If you are 25, maybe. If you are 40, nobody cares.

So 40-year-olds can't discuss where they grew up? Where they went to school? Where they worked at some earlier point in their careers?

Again, this is a normal thing that normal people sometimes talk about.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The worst are people who are in their 50's and still use their school's alumni email address even when they have a proper work email address ([e-mail]). It seems to be prevalent among Harvard and Stanford grads.

ITA! Further, when these boomers were there, the acceptance rates were around 20 to 30%. Glad you’re so proud, grandpa.

Chicago was 70% at one point.

it was 70% only twenty years ago lol

A self-selected bunch. Still a pretty impressive group.

[Anonymous]

MAY ALL YOUR PROBLEMS BE THIS BIG!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why would you say where you went to college? It is like telling people what school you attended?
I would suspect that they are trying to get a feel of what ses standing your family is

How about: interesting that you ask. It was a long time ago

I studied this and this. I believe the curriculum has changed and University level classes now focus more on this and this

What do you think about the different focus?

Talking about where one went to college is a pretty normal subject that normal people discuss from time to time.

If you are 25, maybe. If you are 40, nobody cares.

So 40-year-olds can't discuss where they grew up? Where they went to school? Where they worked at some earlier point in their careers?

Again, this is a normal thing that normal people sometimes talk about.

You can talk about it all you want, but nobody cares. Well maybe your mother, but she already knows.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why would you say where you went to college? It is like telling people what school you attended?
I would suspect that they are trying to get a feel of what ses standing your family is

How about: interesting that you ask. It was a long time ago

I studied this and this. I believe the curriculum has changed and University level classes now focus more on this and this

What do you think about the different focus?

Talking about where one went to college is a pretty normal subject that normal people discuss from time to time.

If you are 25, maybe. If you are 40, nobody cares.

So 40-year-olds can't discuss where they grew up? Where they went to school? Where they worked at some earlier point in their careers?

Again, this is a normal thing that normal people sometimes talk about.

You can talk about it all you want, but nobody cares. Well maybe your mother, but she already knows.

Are you autistic?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why would you say where you went to college? It is like telling people what school you attended?
I would suspect that they are trying to get a feel of what ses standing your family is

How about: interesting that you ask. It was a long time ago

I studied this and this. I believe the curriculum has changed and University level classes now focus more on this and this

What do you think about the different focus?

Talking about where one went to college is a pretty normal subject that normal people discuss from time to time.

If you are 25, maybe. If you are 40, nobody cares.

So 40-year-olds can't discuss where they grew up? Where they went to school? Where they worked at some earlier point in their careers?

Again, this is a normal thing that normal people sometimes talk about.

You can talk about it all you want, but nobody cares. Well maybe your mother, but she already knows.

Are you autistic?

No. Are you narcissistic?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There's the old saying about having gone to school "near Boston" which is often dismissed as a false arrogance but if you say the name, it sounds snobbish. If it comes up, what do you consider the right way to approach it?

If it comes up, you say where you went to school. If you feel the need to bring it up often, and you're more than 2 years out of school, you're the problem.

And "(elite school, HYPS, etc)" isn't the issue. Nobody I've ever met who went to Yale had these tortured "but how do I say my school name in front of the proles without causing resentment??!?" problems. This is something specific and peculiar to Harvard - you're all telling each other no one can handle you "dropping the H bomb" in conversation and you're all falling for it. It's not that serious.

No I definitely met someone a few years back and somehow in conversation I asked where she went to school and she said she went to school in New Haven.