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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Would you still go to a private if it confuses a lot of people with the name?
The University of Pennsylvania and University of Chicago are the ones that throw people off (people often think they are regular publics unless they are "in the know"). Questions about Penn's football team crack me up  :lol: [/quote]

Nobody that matters would be confused[/quote]

If you wrote this comment, please take a few minute off and go look in the mirror  :-o [/quote]

The bar is pretty low to not know the names of schools typically ranked among the top 10.  Extremely low.[/quote]

I'm sure many of the ranking-obsessed folks here use that list as a mantra when they meditate[/quote]

I would assume anyone with a high school equivalent level of education is familiar with Penn and U of Chicago.[/quote]

This is right up there with the most incorrect assumptions ever made, especially since probably at least half the people even in New England (where they know a thing or two about elite colleges) couldn’t tell you the difference between Penn & Penn State. And lots of people even in Illinois know nothing about U of Chicago. So imagine what they know in Tennessee, South Dakota, Wyoming, or Oregon. (And yes, I have lived in New England & Illinois.)[/quote]

I would argue these people should not have a high school degree.[/quote]

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