Anonymous
Post 01/14/2026 21:03     Subject: Colleges aren't trendy handbags ...
it is really really pathetic to brag about your kids college. Especially if you yourself amounted to nothing regardless of pedigree. It is tantamount to compensating for something you lack.
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2026 20:55     Subject: Colleges aren't trendy handbags ...
Agree. Can't stand the "this school is hot right now" stuff. Barf.
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2026 20:30     Subject: Colleges aren't trendy handbags ...
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:So many students and parents seem to be chasing trends and the affirmation of others' opinions (veneer of prestige, silly categorizations like "Ivy Plus" or "little ivy" or "T20", arguing about how to create categories within categories: like breaking down small LACS into wasp or +B). Enough. This is too much. College isn't a fashion object or handbag du jour, it's a retreat of learning, period. The professors and their teaching style "rate my prof", course calendars, curriculum core, etc. should be scrutinized instead.

People are focused on impressing each other not on growing.



Ma'am, this is a Wendy's.


Okay this place would be a massive improvement if it were a Wendy’s though, let’s be real.
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2026 20:29     Subject: Colleges aren't trendy handbags ...
Anonymous wrote:Louis Vuitton - Ivy League
Balenciaga - NYU
Chanel - WASP
Versace - Miami and USC
Loewe - WASP
Michael Kors - Flagship State Schools
Kate Spade - Colleges that Change Lives
Gucci - Stanford
Dior - Seven Sisters


Love it. This is why I am on DCUM.
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2026 20:29     Subject: Colleges aren't trendy handbags ...
Anonymous wrote:So many students and parents seem to be chasing trends and the affirmation of others' opinions (veneer of prestige, silly categorizations like "Ivy Plus" or "little ivy" or "T20", arguing about how to create categories within categories: like breaking down small LACS into wasp or +B). Enough. This is too much. College isn't a fashion object or handbag du jour, it's a retreat of learning, period. The professors and their teaching style "rate my prof", course calendars, curriculum core, etc. should be scrutinized instead.

People are focused on impressing each other not on growing.



Ma'am, this is a Wendy's.
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2026 19:52     Subject: Colleges aren't trendy handbags ...
And also desserts
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2026 19:51     Subject: Colleges aren't trendy handbags ...
Pets? Yale is to retrievers as Harvard to cats?
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2026 19:42     Subject: Colleges aren't trendy handbags ...
Do restaurants and hotels
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2026 19:38     Subject: Colleges aren't trendy handbags ...
Do shoes now!
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2026 19:31     Subject: Colleges aren't trendy handbags ...
They’re becoming designer colleges because of their prices. $400,000 for a degree is an obscene ask, and I don’t believe these college’s BS about how everyone gets a discount- no, you have a spending problem!
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2026 19:28     Subject: Re:Colleges aren't trendy handbags ...
Anonymous wrote:Ivies: Porsche
UChicago: Mercedes SUV
Duke: Audi
MIT/Stanford/Caltech: Tesla or Rivian
Williams/Amherst: Mini-Cooper
Johns Hopkins: Ambulance (but the Mercedes ones)
Northwestern: BMW
Michigan: Lexus SUV


Saw a whole lotta BMW SUVs in Bay Area. Probably not Berkeley students tho
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2026 19:23     Subject: Re:Colleges aren't trendy handbags ...
Ivies: Porsche
UChicago: Mercedes SUV
Duke: Audi
MIT/Stanford/Caltech: Tesla or Rivian
Williams/Amherst: Mini-Cooper
Johns Hopkins: Ambulance (but the Mercedes ones)
Northwestern: BMW
Michigan: Lexus SUV
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2026 19:17     Subject: Colleges aren't trendy handbags ...
Anonymous wrote:So many students and parents seem to be chasing trends and the affirmation of others' opinions (veneer of prestige, silly categorizations like "Ivy Plus" or "little ivy" or "T20", arguing about how to create categories within categories: like breaking down small LACS into wasp or +B). Enough. This is too much. College isn't a fashion object or handbag du jour, it's a retreat of learning, period. The professors and their teaching style "rate my prof", course calendars, curriculum core, etc. should be scrutinized instead.

People are focused on impressing each other not on growing.



What about cars? What type of colleges are electric cars? Minivans? BMW? Keep? Mercedes? Ford? Subaru? Jaguar?
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2026 19:14     Subject: Re:Colleges aren't trendy handbags ...
Anonymous wrote:No

Ivy= a Kelly Bag

LV is so kardashian/rapper


+100 the LV logo is trashy.
Anonymous
Post 01/14/2026 18:36     Subject: Colleges aren't trendy handbags ...
Anonymous wrote:So many students and parents seem to be chasing trends and the affirmation of others' opinions (veneer of prestige, silly categorizations like "Ivy Plus" or "little ivy" or "T20", arguing about how to create categories within categories: like breaking down small LACS into wasp or +B). Enough. This is too much. College isn't a fashion object or handbag du jour, it's a retreat of learning, period. The professors and their teaching style "rate my prof", course calendars, curriculum core, etc. should be scrutinized instead.

People are focused on impressing each other not on growing.



Yes we see this on DCUM and in the college consulting world but I have not seen it in real life.