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[quote=Anonymous]OP, the last time I came across this attitude was in high school (I went to one of Chicago's elite private schools), when I decided to go to a women's college.  Never mind that it was a prestigious SLAC and a seven sisters school that was strong in STEM, my preferred area--I was accepted to a few "second-tier" ivies, U of C, and top coed SLACs, and people were shocked I didn't pick one of them. It was a few weeks of "YOU are going THERE? What a waste! Why would you sell yourself short????" I found it quite offensive and said so. They stopped saying it to my face, and I had to cut off one friend who wouldn't let it go.  I haven't come across the attitude since. That was 20 years ago.

You have let these jerks into your head way too much over the years, and internalized their crap. I'm including your family in this. The best school is the one that is right for YOU and at which you can succeed and get the tools you need to succeed in life, and if your school enabled that, it did its job. It is time to tell them all to fuck off and let it go. Stay in touch on FB if you don't want to totally cut them off. Practice scathing comebacks like those PPs have given you ("well at least at IU we learn manners," etc).  Your worth has fuck all to do with the schools you attended, despite how much the admissions offices want you to think it does. [/quote]

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