Anonymous wrote:Yes, I definitely avoid people like you (and others) who chronically complain about DC, yet you’re still here. Do us both a favor and move.

By your logic, a person who complains about any aspect of life in the U.S. should move to another country.

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Anonymous wrote:^ I forgot to add, people like you are insufferable because you’re too much of a coward to move, but you complain incessantly about DC and its residents. PSA: DC isn’t going to change, so suck it up or MOVE! No one is going to listen to you complain about a problem with a simple solution.

Uh, I said I moved here three years ago. Ive moved several times for work and lived in just about every area of the country. Were outta here when the kids graduate high school, largely because of the snotty elitism where a kid going to ucla is seen as a failure.

Why wait? Leave now!
Go back to wherever you can handle the local standards and elitism at your level. If you CHOOSE to stay, you really should work on your self confidence. No one can make you feel bad, about UCLA or anything else, without your permission.

Wow. You have demonstrated a heretofore unmeasured level of insecurity - even for the DCUM privates forum. Impressive

You should know. DC’s “elitism” has affected your self-esteem.
I’m unimpressed.

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Anonymous wrote:^ I forgot to add, people like you are insufferable because you’re too much of a coward to move, but you complain incessantly about DC and its residents. PSA: DC isn’t going to change, so suck it up or MOVE! No one is going to listen to you complain about a problem with a simple solution.

Geez - not PP but you are really the one that is the problem here, not the PP. Those of us who aren't interested in this BS do our best to not engage with people like you. And I'm sure you are doing the same.

Yes, I definitely avoid people like you (and others) who chronically complain about DC, yet you’re still here. Do us both a favor and move.

Assumptions - I don't complain about DC. I just don't like people like you.

It’s mutual. I despise people like you.

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Anonymous wrote:^ I forgot to add, people like you are insufferable because you’re too much of a coward to move, but you complain incessantly about DC and its residents. PSA: DC isn’t going to change, so suck it up or MOVE! No one is going to listen to you complain about a problem with a simple solution.

Uh, I said I moved here three years ago. Ive moved several times for work and lived in just about every area of the country. Were outta here when the kids graduate high school, largely because of the snotty elitism where a kid going to ucla is seen as a failure.

Why wait? Leave now!
Go back to wherever you can handle the local standards and elitism at your level. If you CHOOSE to stay, you really should work on your self confidence. No one can make you feel bad, about UCLA or anything else, without your permission.

Wow. You have demonstrated a heretofore unmeasured level of insecurity - even for the DCUM privates forum. Impressive.

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Anonymous wrote:^ I forgot to add, people like you are insufferable because you’re too much of a coward to move, but you complain incessantly about DC and its residents. PSA: DC isn’t going to change, so suck it up or MOVE! No one is going to listen to you complain about a problem with a simple solution.

Geez - not PP but you are really the one that is the problem here, not the PP. Those of us who aren't interested in this BS do our best to not engage with people like you. And I'm sure you are doing the same.

Yes, I definitely avoid people like you (and others) who chronically complain about DC, yet you’re still here. Do us both a favor and move.

Assumptions - I don't complain about DC. I just don't like people like you.

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Anonymous wrote:^ I forgot to add, people like you are insufferable because you’re too much of a coward to move, but you complain incessantly about DC and its residents. PSA: DC isn’t going to change, so suck it up or MOVE! No one is going to listen to you complain about a problem with a simple solution.

Uh, I said I moved here three years ago. Ive moved several times for work and lived in just about every area of the country. Were outta here when the kids graduate high school, largely because of the snotty elitism where a kid going to ucla is seen as a failure.

Why wait? Leave now!
Go back to wherever you can handle the local standards and elitism at your level. If you CHOOSE to stay, you really should work on your self confidence. No one can make you feel bad, about UCLA or anything else, without your permission.

Anonymous wrote:^ I forgot to add, people like you are insufferable because you’re too much of a coward to move, but you complain incessantly about DC and its residents. PSA: DC isn’t going to change, so suck it up or MOVE! No one is going to listen to you complain about a problem with a simple solution.

Uh, I said I moved here three years ago. Ive moved several times for work and lived in just about every area of the country. Were outta here when the kids graduate high school, largely because of the snotty elitism where a kid going to ucla is seen as a failure.

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Anonymous wrote:^ I forgot to add, people like you are insufferable because you’re too much of a coward to move, but you complain incessantly about DC and its residents. PSA: DC isn’t going to change, so suck it up or MOVE! No one is going to listen to you complain about a problem with a simple solution.

Geez - not PP but you are really the one that is the problem here, not the PP. Those of us who aren't interested in this BS do our best to not engage with people like you. And I'm sure you are doing the same.

Yes, I definitely avoid people like you (and others) who chronically complain about DC, yet you’re still here. Do us both a favor and move.

Anonymous wrote:Strongly disagree that UCLA and Cal are better than USC. I would not pay private school tuition prices to attend a school with impacted majors, large class sizes and a housing squeeze. The physical facilities of the UCs can’t compare to USC has the lowest acceptance rate of the three. Maybe a different calculus if a student is in state or a PhD student.

Uhhhh. Have you… physically been to these campuses? I went to one of these schools and my husband went to the other. I’d take the dorms, labs, dining halls, and some (not all, will grant you that) of the athletic facilities and amenities at BOTH UCs over USC any day. Also, USC doesn’t have the lowest acceptance rate… (UCLA 2023 = 8.8%, USC 10%, Cal 11.6%). USC also, like many California major city campuses, is dealing with a housing shortage, which is driving a lot of students to private off-campus houses (great article in the Daily Trojan about this).

Anonymous wrote:^ I forgot to add, people like you are insufferable because you’re too much of a coward to move, but you complain incessantly about DC and its residents. PSA: DC isn’t going to change, so suck it up or MOVE! No one is going to listen to you complain about a problem with a simple solution.

Geez - not PP but you are really the one that is the problem here, not the PP. Those of us who aren't interested in this BS do our best to not engage with people like you. And I'm sure you are doing the same.

^ I forgot to add, people like you are insufferable because you’re too much of a coward to move, but you complain incessantly about DC and its residents. PSA: DC isn’t going to change, so suck it up or MOVE! No one is going to listen to you complain about a problem with a simple solution.

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Anonymous wrote:I hate Washington DC. The parents are so insufferable.

Please don't tell me you think DCUM is actually reflective of DC parents.

I can’t speak for other parts of dcum, but the comments in this private school section are reflective of the parents talked to at our kids schools.

Then move to a place that’s better suited to your ambitions and temperament. The most insufferable people are those that don’t have enough courage and agency to do the most basic thing and live in the city/town of their choice. Don’t blame your job—there are jobs everywhere. Grow a spine and MOVE!

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Anonymous wrote:I hate Washington DC. The parents are so insufferable.

Please don't tell me you think DCUM is actually reflective of DC parents.

I can’t speak for other parts of dcum, but the comments in this private school section are reflective of the parents talked to at our kids schools.

Anonymous wrote:I hate Washington DC. The parents are so insufferable.

Please don't tell me you think DCUM is actually reflective of DC parents.

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Anonymous wrote:DP. I don’t get it either. My husband and I aren’t working this hard, and spending this much money on your education, for you to strive for a mediocre college and career. It’s possible that’s where you may end up, but that’s definitely NOT the goal.

It's notable that nowhere in your post is the child's present or future happiness or mental well-being part of the goal.

Let’s face it. Those of us that send our kids to private schools in dmv know these types of parents. In order for them to maintain their social standing in their hoity toity lame circles their kid needs to go to an Ivy League school and become a doctor/lawyer/Wall Street type.

If they do all that maybe they too can one day have a wife that only sees them a revenue source for her to attain her own social aspirations.

Sure, Jan. This is what parents, who can’t afford a private school education, tell themselves to feel better. Sad.

2 kids in private high school actually. Moved moved into dmv from outside the mid Atlantic a few years ago so I’m a bit of a fish out of water.

Mmmkay