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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's jealousy. I feel it, too. But here's the thing. If someone posts a proud announcement about their kid going to some 80%+ acceptance rate school, I don't feel scornful. It's only the ones posting about the elite schools that make me annoyed. So I recognize that about myself. I grit my teeth and comment "Wow wow wow! How proud are you! Congratulations to the whole family!" And then I silence further notifications about the post. :)[/quote]

Yikes. Really? My kid got in unhooked to an Ivy. He didn’t post on the school Instagram and I didn’t post on mine (very small set of followers anyways).

It’s disheartening that people take it that way. He did put a sticker on the car.  It’s kind of crazy it’s ok for anyone in a school below T20 to do- but other kids are t supposed to show any school pride. [/quote]

Stickers on the car is so pretentious.  [/quote]

Who cares?! Eat it. I see 100+ UVA, VT, JMU, CNU decals daily. How are those not pretentious. A kid can only have a decal if it’s below T20?[/quote]

Decals on cars are great imo. I remember my had decals on EVERYTHING of my school (UVA back in the 90s). It wasn't my top choice; I didn't get into my top choice. I wasn't that thrilled to be going there initially (ended up loving it). Honestly I felt cheered by my dad displaying pride in my school on his car. 25+ years later he still wears UVA golf shirts, hats...and we live nowhere near VA anymore.[/quote]

yea and that's weird AF.  we sent 2 kids to UVA and you'd never find any evidence of it from our cars, our clothes, our social media posts, etc.  why?  because it's not important.  it's just college.[/quote]

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