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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just fwiw, we have an STA US underclassmen.  I am completely freaked out by the obsessive internet stalking of children’s college results at these top tier private schools — all of them.  Including this thread.  For our family, STAs culture — including not posting HS seniors college results on public IGs — is another reason the school is a good fit.  Look, if you really care about that stuff, then it’s not going to be for you.  And that’s ok.  If college results are that important to you so that you are spending time on random HS IG pages, I am ok with you going somewhere else.  Seems simple enough. [/quote]

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Well others may see it a little differently, sort of as a source of pride. They are broadcasting to their peers and friends (who may have gone to different high schools) that this is my college decision.  It cuts down on a lot of speculation and communications regarding “where are you going to college?” For my kids, it was akin to wearing their college sweatshirt.

I think there is a segment of the population that find it boastful or lacking discretion if anyone wants to know their business. By the same token, they are the ones wearing their high schools apparel out in public, at the country club, while jogging in their neighborhoods, when on vacay. It’s sort of like it’s okay if they can signal association in the “right” spaces, but how dare you ask about it in other spaces that they don’t want to be noticed.

It’s like wearing an Ivy top while jogging in an affluent neighborhood, which signals ‘you belong.’  But then not wanting others outside of the neighborhood to know your associations, effectively selectively gatekeeping.[/quote]

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