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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think one of the young Kennedy kids got arrested, maybe while drunk, and was bragging to the cops that she graduated from Brown. I remember laughing at that story because it shows how out of touch and deluded the average selective college graduate is about how the real world perceives their credential. The average cop didn't even go to college (outside of maybe classes at a local community college), you think he recognizes Brown, let alone its status and hyper selectivity? Absolutely not.[/quote]

You don't think that behavior was more about being a Kennedy than a Brown alum?  I know lots of them, and my anecdotal observation is the a-hole percentage is very similar to the general population, and quite a bit lower than this forum.

You also, IMHO, grossly underestimate the intellectual capabilities of police.  Over 30% now have 4 year degrees and that number is climbing.  Yes, 30% is still not average, but it is going to be soon.  100% of them don't care where you went to school when arresting you, but the idea that they wouldn't know what selective colleges are is a stereotype.[/quote]

It's not about a Kennedy or Brown alums per se, it's about grads and parents with kids at colleges in the #6 through #20 range who grossly overestimate the layman prestige of their college. There really isn't any.[/quote]

Well, it depends, and it's often regional. Brown and other Ivies have immense sway in the Northeast/East Coast. Johns Hopkins for the Mid-Atlantic, Duke for the South, Northwestern & UChicago for the entire Midwest, Rice in Texas is HUGE, Stanford and the UCs of course in the West Coast (and nationally speaking, Stanford has perhaps the most lay prestige after Harvard and Yale).[/quote]

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