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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Did you not get enough attention bragging to your friends about your kid's ivy acceptance so need to seek out some strangers?  Everyone already knows this is a good school. [/quote]

NP-- such a mean response. Let the poster enjoy a little afterglow instead of getting your claws out and snarking.[/quote]

I am just so tired of parents trying to flex on this.   I think we would all agree that for every kid admitted, there are many more that were on paper qualified and would do well at these schools. [/quote]

As an HYP grad, one problem of attending a super selective school is that you have to be more cautious of evincing school pride (because you look like a total a-hole) whereas families that are connected with slightly less prestigious schools (say Michigan) can run around proudly. This may be the only outlet where the mom above can flex without risking social repercussions. [/quote]

People end up looking worse in an amusing way trying to hide where they went. When I hear someone talk about going to school in Palo Alto, I go into a little monologue about Palo Alto University and it really throws people off in a funny way. My HY friends joke about how comparatively bad the football and basketball teams are since on an early football season Saturday, they can be in the minority not wearing any gear.

DC has far more people wearing HYP and general college stuff than I've seen before though. People here wear shirts showing off where they went to school in the same way they do where they work in the Bay Area. I'd see as much Google, Meta, Palantir, and Amazon swag as Stanford and Cal there.

Also, do everyone's seniors wear almost nothing but college shirts from May-August? This summer seemed like nothing but college shirts on the kids in our local coffee shop.[/quote]

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