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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is why they are commiting to Williams and Boston U.[/quote]

Who is?  Have you seen the Arlington 2024 commits?

In any event, BU is solid; solid school; solid soccer - no light the world on fire.

Williams is top of the heap.  It's about school, soccer important but secondary.  Girl might not be on USWNT but could be your boss ot your bosses boss.[/quote]

Not even close.  At least not where I work.  Nobody gets awards for admissions.  Graduate admissions are a different story, though only up to a point.  It's like most of you do not really work in Washington, D.C.  [/quote]

Ha! This has to be one of the funniest posts of all time!

There is no where, NO WHERE in the US that is more status obsessed than DC. NY? If you can make money in finance, you are golden. Hollywood? are you pretty? SiliconValley? can you sell something?

But DC, where power is more coveted than money or looks, is absolutely built on status and hierarchy. The first question asked in DC is always “where do you work/who do you work for” followed by some version of “who do you know”. There’s endless memes by dating-age people about it, and it was true back when I was dating here. Status is so critical in DC that we have an entire portion of the hierarchy that wears little round pins to announce their status - they are even colorcoded by Congress so you know.

Similarly, Agencies are massively overstocked with ivy grads trying to build status. Non-profits hire kids from ivies for cheap hoping for good workers but really hoping for deep pocketed parents.

Even the military here is obsessed with the right pedigree- the pentagon teems with academy rings and people talking about “going to school in colorado”.

So no, I think the heightened awareness of status and prestige is the absolute most DC thing ever.[/quote]

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