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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I went to law school at Harvard as a single young woman and didn't marry until about 6 years after graduating (so I have some dating experience with respect to your point).

OP, there's no way to say it without, as a PP said, it being a conversation de-railer or creating some other downside.  When many people hear "Harvard" they go to that stereotype of "Hahr-vahrd" and make assumptions about the person.  This can work for or against you, depending on a few factors.

In school, it was referred to "dropping the H-bomb."  It had a dual effect:  In general, if you were a guy, it caused women to go starry-eyed.  If you were a woman, it caused men to go running.

It's as if people people stop seeing you as an individual and just put you in a stereotypical box (smart, bragging, perhaps spoon-fed as well).  Men and women--girl friends, too.  I think this may be more of a Harvard thing than a Yale or Colombia thing, because of the way the media portrays Harvard.  It's also a bigger deal on the west coast because Harvard grads aren't a dime-a-dozen like in Boston, or to some extent, DC.

Hopefully things have changed since I graduated.  I like Mr. Scientist's comments above, but I can tell you, you are (or were) few and far between.  [/quote]

What she said. Also a woman, also went to Harvard undergrad, also have gotten really strong reactions (often negative). With Harvard, in particular, it's less of a "you must be smart" and more of a "you must be rich."[/quote]

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