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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The difference between Penn and Harvard is that at Harvard everyone says they go to school “in Boston” because they want you to believe they’re humble, whereas at Penn, people are crass enough to allow themselves to be seen to care about being mixed up with Penn State. [/quote]

lol no! We say school “in Boston” because people act weird if we mention Harvard. Like the nail salons suddenly charge extra, parents with kids in school start getting obnoxious with their questions about how to get in, parents with older kids who did not get into Harvard get insecure and start bragging about their kids,….IYKYK it’s a PITA. [/quote]

This is spot on. It's so strange how people think this is braggy when it's literally the opposite. We just don't want yet another awkward conversation.

Signed,

someone who went to college "in Connecticut."

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I think most people would think you went to UConn or Wesleyan if you said Connecticut.  Plus the only way anyone would guess you go to Harvard if you correctly say “I go to school in Cambridge”.

I just saw a clip where Andy the Housewives guy asked Matt Damon if he and Ben Affleck went to the same high school when they grew up in Boston.  Matt answered that they both went to Cambridge Ridge and Latin High school, the only public high school in Cambridge where they lived.

People have a hard time understanding that Cambridge is a very unique city.  It’s very distinct from Boston.

One thing they do have in common is that even though the US has the most racist politician since Jim Crow in the South, and as president Trump has ordered states to shut down DEI programs both cities refuse and have actually built up the programs. [/quote]

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