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[quote=Anonymous][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]

It is impressive to go to one of these schools but some of the infatuation on this board makes me worry that getting to the school is the destination and not just a short part of the journey.

What makes people with the kids at HSYP or other top schools in general believe that others are taking their comments as bragging if they are asked about it? Saying a kid is at X studying Z or still figuring out a major is easy and leads to a conversation about the area and experience at the school. I honestly worry more about those parents who feel they can't share anything. It is easy enough to praise a child's hard work and jokingly say there is no secret sauce if someone follows up with how they did it.

Please don't be the person who says their kid goes school in Cambridge or Palo Alto (or Boston area or Bay Area). That has the opposite effect and makes you look kind of sad and arrogant when the person finds out the school.  [/quote]

[b]I'm confused.  If someone were to go to college in one of those areas - you want them to lie and name another state/city??? [/b]

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