Anonymous wrote:I feel like I'm in an alternative universe. College t-shirts and sweatshirts are extremely common where my DC goes to HS. They are worn by kids in all grades. And, yes, plenty of people do get gear when they have visited a school they actually like.

NP here. Love the divisive energy, people! You can tell folks are a little on edge waiting on those ED results. Let's everyone take a deep breath! For all of you bad mojo folks out there in the responses, I appreciate your perspective even though I don't share it. As we should all hopefully know from Crash Davis, if you have superstitions, you have to respect them. So if buying the gear before the decision comes in is bad, just like touching the Prince of Wales trophy before the Stanley Cup finals is bad, I respect your voodoo. But to PP's point above, maybe it shouldn't be this complicated. Kids of all ages wear all types of college gear for any number of reasons. My oldest went on a college visit w/in the last year and my youngest asked for a t-shit from the school. It's early but I bet younger sibling will have no actual interest in this school (or even this flavor of school). They just liked the gear. Maybe we should be a little less concerned about how people spend their t-shirt money.

It should go without saying that I wish you all good fortune in the wars to come.

You wait.

I'm sorry, but if a kid gets in to their ED, then huge congrats. Wear all the stuff and get excited. Isn't this why we applied ED? We have to hide it to not offend? Stop. Life is life. No thanks.

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Anonymous wrote:I have a t shirt, in case.

But my kid is already pretty well aware there's no sweatshirt wearing til Spring. He even mentioned last year how uncool it was for people to add college to instagram bio in winter.

Wearing it around the house, or taking a picture in the sweatshirt to send to your sister, sure. The rest is not kind, as you say

Why is a t-shirt different from a sweatshirt?

Yes, how is this different? A tee shirt is ok but a sweatshirt is not? DCUM logic never ceases to be ridiculous.

Yes.

No. I am too superstitious for this.

Anonymous wrote:I have a t shirt, in case.

But my kid is already pretty well aware there's no sweatshirt wearing til Spring. He even mentioned last year how uncool it was for people to add college to instagram bio in winter.

Wearing it around the house, or taking a picture in the sweatshirt to send to your sister, sure. The rest is not kind, as you say

Why is a t-shirt different from a sweatshirt?

I feel like I'm in an alternative universe. College t-shirts and sweatshirts are extremely common where my DC goes to HS. They are worn by kids in all grades. And, yes, plenty of people do get gear when they have visited a school they actually like.

Anonymous wrote:I would be superstitious about it and not purchase until admitted.

This x 1000

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Anonymous wrote:We bought a tee and hid it away. If he doesn't get in, we'll throw it out. No big deal.

I should say he'd never wear it to school anyway. Not the kind of kid who likes to draw attention to himself.

Nobody will pay attention to his U of SC shirt.

Anonymous wrote:We bought a tee and hid it away. If he doesn't get in, we'll throw it out. No big deal.

I should say he'd never wear it to school anyway. Not the kind of kid who likes to draw attention to himself.

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Anonymous wrote:I have a t shirt, in case.

But my kid is already pretty well aware there's no sweatshirt wearing til Spring. He even mentioned last year how uncool it was for people to add college to instagram bio in winter.

Wearing it around the house, or taking a picture in the sweatshirt to send to your sister, sure. The rest is not kind, as you say

Why did he think that was uncool? Kids need to be able to congratulate their friends when they get into a college.

I’m guessing by her tone the school her child is hoping for is very elitist. Otherwise she wouldn’t think it was “not kind” to tell others you got in there.

Anonymous wrote:I have a t shirt, in case.

But my kid is already pretty well aware there's no sweatshirt wearing til Spring. He even mentioned last year how uncool it was for people to add college to instagram bio in winter.

Wearing it around the house, or taking a picture in the sweatshirt to send to your sister, sure. The rest is not kind, as you say

Why did he think that was uncool? Kids need to be able to congratulate their friends when they get into a college.

We bought a tee and hid it away. If he doesn't get in, we'll throw it out. No big deal.

Anonymous wrote:Omg this isn’t why. Do you really believe this?

No, just didn’t want him to get too excited about something that’s a gamble. and buying swag is part of the excitement. I’m not from the DMV but I’m not stupid or backwards. I know that’s not why kids don’t get into colleges .