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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know someone with two kids at HYPS and she doesn’t even want to answer anymore because people think she’s bragging (even though they asked) 
Ah, to have such problems [/quote]

This is true. [/quote

I do not have a college sticker or a tshirt.[/quote]

The original PP is right. I do not openly give out the ivy name unless the questioner also has a kid at one. From experience, it's led to some misunderstandings.  And when they start questioning you, it becomes a pain. ("Did s/he (REALLY) graduate?"). A non-committal answer like s/he goes to a school in Connecticut, Massachusetts, NYC, or whatever, is usually sufficient. [/quote]

I have a neighbor who, when asked, said she had gone to a college in CT.  I then said, oh, which college?  And she answered, Yale.  It would have been so much more normal to simply say, "I went to Yale."  This sense that you have to downplay it is ridiculous.  You went where you went, period (same applies to your kids).
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