Anonymous
08/04/2025 13:28
Subject: What's with the New England Bias? This is DC urban mom, not Boston (BUM)
Massachusetts has more top 25 schools than any other state. Harvard, MIT, Williams, Amherst, Wellesley, Holy Cross, Tufts, and Smith. A great legacy.
Anonymous
08/01/2025 11:01
Subject: What's with the New England Bias? This is DC urban mom, not Boston (BUM)
Anonymous wrote:Go Red Sox!
Seriously, the Boston college kids from the DMV love going to Fenway.
Holy Cross kids get to have the superior AAA spectator experience in Worcester.
Can’t go wrong…
Anonymous
08/01/2025 10:58
Subject: What's with the New England Bias? This is DC urban mom, not Boston (BUM)
Go Red Sox!
Anonymous
08/01/2025 10:55
Subject: What's with the New England Bias? This is DC urban mom, not Boston (BUM)
Anonymous wrote:My perception is that it’s somewhat split by metro geography.
DC and nearby Maryland suburbs are heavily focused on law, policy, and academic jobs. Many of these people are NE transplants, and many of their kids attend private schools that historically feed NE schools. In sum, people in these areas are oriented toward NE schools by heritage, legacy, local private schools, and neighborhood and work peers.
Virginia is a state with a lot of historical pride. Besides the heritage and residences of multiple Founding Fathers and their estates, it has two historical, elite public universities in UVA and WM, which are attended by many public school students from NOVA. Once students consider these schools, it’s almost axiomatic to think about Duke, Wake Forest, Davidson, UNC, Washington and Lee, Emory, and Vanderbilt.
It’s also fair to say that the vibe and vision of NE and elite southern schools and students are different. In the NE, there is a pride in type A competitiveness, big city culture, rubbing shoulders with name-brand elites, and landing jobs with top Wall Street and consulting companies. Southern schools are less aggressive, more laid back and more friendly. They have strong career networks, but the goal of many graduates is not to work in NYC or California or even at the most prestigious firms, but oftentimes to be a leader in their community in some boutique practice. A balanced life is important to southerners.
!1 Excellent post, and I think accurate!
Anonymous
07/31/2025 22:18
Subject: What's with the New England Bias? This is DC urban mom, not Boston (BUM)
My perception is that it’s somewhat split by metro geography.
DC and nearby Maryland suburbs are heavily focused on law, policy, and academic jobs. Many of these people are NE transplants, and many of their kids attend private schools that historically feed NE schools. In sum, people in these areas are oriented toward NE schools by heritage, legacy, local private schools, and neighborhood and work peers.
Virginia is a state with a lot of historical pride. Besides the heritage and residences of multiple Founding Fathers and their estates, it has two historical, elite public universities in UVA and WM, which are attended by many public school students from NOVA. Once students consider these schools, it’s almost axiomatic to think about Duke, Wake Forest, Davidson, UNC, Washington and Lee, Emory, and Vanderbilt.
It’s also fair to say that the vibe and vision of NE and elite southern schools and students are different. In the NE, there is a pride in type A competitiveness, big city culture, rubbing shoulders with name-brand elites, and landing jobs with top Wall Street and consulting companies. Southern schools are less aggressive, more laid back and more friendly. They have strong career networks, but the goal of many graduates is not to work in NYC or California or even at the most prestigious firms, but oftentimes to be a leader in their community in some boutique practice. A balanced life is important to southerners.
DC and nearby Maryland suburbs are heavily focused on law, policy, and academic jobs. Many of these people are NE transplants, and many of their kids attend private schools that historically feed NE schools. In sum, people in these areas are oriented toward NE schools by heritage, legacy, local private schools, and neighborhood and work peers.
Virginia is a state with a lot of historical pride. Besides the heritage and residences of multiple Founding Fathers and their estates, it has two historical, elite public universities in UVA and WM, which are attended by many public school students from NOVA. Once students consider these schools, it’s almost axiomatic to think about Duke, Wake Forest, Davidson, UNC, Washington and Lee, Emory, and Vanderbilt.
It’s also fair to say that the vibe and vision of NE and elite southern schools and students are different. In the NE, there is a pride in type A competitiveness, big city culture, rubbing shoulders with name-brand elites, and landing jobs with top Wall Street and consulting companies. Southern schools are less aggressive, more laid back and more friendly. They have strong career networks, but the goal of many graduates is not to work in NYC or California or even at the most prestigious firms, but oftentimes to be a leader in their community in some boutique practice. A balanced life is important to southerners.
Anonymous
07/31/2025 16:29
Subject: What's with the New England Bias? This is DC urban mom, not Boston (BUM)
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I think it's because it has a high concentration of excellent schools and a good quality of life. Harvard, MIT, BC, BU, Babson, Wellesley, Tufts, Middlebury, Five Colleges, Bowdoin, Bates, Colby, Conn College, Dartmouth, etc. There's just a lot of great schools in the region. I don't think it's a bias, just a function of geography.
Basically, wealthy not very diverse states that traditionally educated their elite.
+1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_the_Thirteen_Colonies
Anonymous
07/31/2025 16:18
Subject: What's with the New England Bias? This is DC urban mom, not Boston (BUM)
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I think it's because it has a high concentration of excellent schools and a good quality of life. Harvard, MIT, BC, BU, Babson, Wellesley, Tufts, Middlebury, Five Colleges, Bowdoin, Bates, Colby, Conn College, Dartmouth, etc. There's just a lot of great schools in the region. I don't think it's a bias, just a function of geography.
Basically, wealthy not very diverse states that traditionally educated their elite.
The list is missing Northeastern.
Anonymous
07/31/2025 15:59
Subject: What's with the New England Bias? This is DC urban mom, not Boston (BUM)
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:.Anonymous wrote:Because a lot of moms here want to be cool enough to be Needham or even Wellesley Moms, but instead, they reside on swamplands.
Boston mom here. Dcum are the wannabes
Go Sox!
Go post on Boston BUM, why are lurking on DCUM? (answer is obvious.)
Anonymous
07/31/2025 15:51
Subject: What's with the New England Bias? This is DC urban mom, not Boston (BUM)
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:.Anonymous wrote:Because a lot of moms here want to be cool enough to be Needham or even Wellesley Moms, but instead, they reside on swamplands.
Boston mom here. Dcum are the wannabes
Go Sox!
+1. And people from Fairfield county and roundabouts in Connecticut are not from New England, nor do they have intellect: they are stupid Yankee fans.