This is DC; you can't throw a stone without hitting someone with a Harvard degree (a good idea for a game though). At my age (40's), and in my circles (pretty accomplished), no one gives a shit. People are more interested in what you're doing NOW.

Anonymous wrote:The thing is, though, the extra snobby refer to "Cambridge" instead of just Harvard. MIT people always say MIT.

Not always. I went to MIT grad and undergrad and I always say i went to school in Boston. Never Cambridge.

Ditto.

My impression of the h-bomb (in Boston) had to do with people thinking Harvard students were pricks, not smart. At least that's what a cabby told me as a freshman and I never really saw evidence to the contrary.

The thing is, though, the extra snobby refer to "Cambridge" instead of just Harvard. MIT people always say MIT.

Not always. I went to MIT grad and undergrad and I always say i went to school in Boston. Never Cambridge.

I think it's pretty funny. Of course I went to school in Hanover, New Hampshire.

what should ivy league grads do to dispell sterotypes, act stupid?

I didn't feel comfortable going out with a guy from work who had a Harvard J.D. Too intimidating with his H. Degree and his high position in the agency.

I felt like I couldn't relax and be "normal" Do Ivy Women have this problem when they try to date?

On the other hand, I wasn't intimidated by my M.D. husband. He wasn't as full of himself as that guy was. eeek.

Actually, what I took way from the video was the fact that she is insecure about the fact that she went to Princeton but is not where she wants to be or thinks she should be BECAUSE she went to Princeton.

I haven't watched the video but went to Princeton. When people ask where I went to college and I say, "Princeton" the response is often "ohh... so you are really smart!" or "well" (arent you so special or something like that).

I am smart. I'm also well accomplished in my field. But I never know how to answer those remarks. They are obviously huge sterotypes and for the most part I think they are true. So what's an appropriate response?

I used to answer "in New jersey" but really that seems like Im trying to hide something and I'm proud of my education and all I did to get there. (In some ways, tho it was stuff I accomplished from age 14-18 that got me there... so almost 30 (!) years ago... I'm a different person now)

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Anonymous wrote:Could all you Harvard grads PLEASE stop saying that you are going to the 150th anniversary of your supper club in Boston? Just say at Harvard. You won't hurt my feelings. Really.

Ha, yeah, Harvard grads have this fear of "dropping the h-bomb" that's not really relevant in DC ... may be in other places, I guess.

I disagree, although the "I went to school in Boston" does annoy me, too. DH has a PhD from Harvard and the name is a conversation-killer for most people we know (especially men). People either start overthinking what they say (so as to not look dumb, I guess) or start blabbering and puffing themselves out (so that they don't feel dumb, I guess). DH is from the Boston area, too, so he definitely grew up in an area where the H-bomb was a real issue, but it's not a non-issue down here, either.

so she refers to her college as 'town and state'. but of course the town is princeton.

Anonymous wrote:Could all you Harvard grads PLEASE stop saying that you are going to the 150th anniversary of your supper club in Boston? Just say at Harvard. You won't hurt my feelings. Really.

Ha, yeah, Harvard grads have this fear of "dropping the h-bomb" that's not really relevant in DC ... may be in other places, I guess.

Could all you Harvard grads PLEASE stop saying that you are going to the 150th anniversary of your supper club in Boston? Just say at Harvard. You won't hurt my feelings. Really.

The thing is, though, the extra snobby refer to "Cambridge" instead of just Harvard. MIT people always say MIT.

I love this. I find myself caught between "dumbing myself down" and being humble. But people here don't "get" humble, they just look for a way to use you as a doormat. Half the time, I just want to say f*ck off. I agree with saying the town of where I went to school instead of anything else, it tells you something about the audience. Anyone else?

"The Ivy League Hustle (I went to Princeton B*tch)"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDhf9qwiA34