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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP here.  This thread reminds me of the complaints some people sim about Harvard students and alums.  If you say you went to Harvard, you're a snob bragging, but if you say you went to school on Massachusetts, you are insufferable in your false modesty.  Here, if you say you went to STA, it is presumptively because you want to be deemed to have elite status, but it's ok to include lesser known schools for valid, practical reasons.  Because nobody at STA has valid, practical reasons because, well, they are a ill-willed, privileged children who never had to work for a damn thing.  Or something like that.  [/quote]

Not everyone who goes to STA (or Sidwell or NCS, etc.) is elitist, but there cannot be a serious argument that STA and its peers are not elite schools. People come to the table with bias, which is abundantly clear from some of the diatribes on this subject. I do not think it is even close to a venial sin in this town for a young person to list his/her attendance at a top tier high school. In fact, based upon discussions with other people who are in the hiring process in DC, there would be a serious question why such information would not be listed to show connection to the community and the possibility of valuable contacts. Call that elitism or the "good ol' boy" system, if you will. That system is not going away any time soon. If one wants the Google/Menlo Park world, then this is probably not a relevant discussion. So, those who want to use Google as an exemplar should understand the limitations of the argument. Certainly, if a young person wanted to impress in NYC, there would be a concern about listing the STA/NCS/Sidwell experience. [/quote]

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