Anonymous wrote:Isn’t the right answer just to shrug and say “it’s a small college in [a pretty town in Maine], I’m so excited”

+1 DD goes to a college most people haven't heard of (and not as highly ranked as OP's). She just says it's a small college in (state) with a great program for (major).

Yeah, my daughter got into Michigan & Emory and my in-laws were so excited about Michigan, but I don’t think they knew what Emory was by their reaction. People are overestimating how educated people are on schools. The DC area has a lot of private college alums compared to the Midwest. Can absolutely see white collar professional in say Charlotte not knowing Bates/Colby/Bowdoin, but your daughter can always say Bates/Colby/Bowdoin, a small school in Maine.

I’m from OR and had never heard of Bates/Colby/Bowdoin until recently when my own kid began the college process. She is now at a school that many of our East Coast relatives have never heard of (Pepperdine).

I went to what was at the time a 20,000 student college in the South that a historical figure graduated from and no one on the East Coast had heard of it. So, it works both ways.

Isn’t the right answer just to shrug and say “it’s a small college in [a pretty town in Maine], I’m so excited”

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Anonymous wrote:OP -- just tell your daughter that any well- educated person will have heard of all of these schools. It's that simple.

That’s simply not true. I have two degrees from a top public, but I’ve never heard of one of these. I don’t know anyone who attended them. No shade at OP’s DD, but I couldn’t afford private so I never researched private schools. OP, I think telling her that most people can’t afford these schools is more accurate. After looking them up, it’s very impressive that she got in. ❤️

A top public? Well okay then.

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Anonymous wrote:OP -- just tell your daughter that any well- educated person will have heard of all of these schools. It's that simple.

That’s simply not true. I have two degrees from a top public, but I’ve never heard of one of these. I don’t know anyone who attended them. No shade at OP’s DD, but I couldn’t afford private so I never researched private schools. OP, I think telling her that most people can’t afford these schools is more accurate. After looking them up, it’s very impressive that she got in. ❤️

I also went to public schools on the west coast and know all of these schools. If you know anything about colleges/universities, you've heard of these schools. I also didn't grow up rich, so it's not about money. It's about being well-informed...I guess that's a better adjective than "well-educated." If you've never heard of these schools, you simply are not well-informed about higher education.

That feels more accurate. I was very focused on public options in my state. The changing college landscape is why I’m researching options on DCUM.

You can let her know my boss went to a *for-profit* “art school” that has since been permanently shuttered. He makes north or $300k a year. And we don’t work in the arts.

Anonymous wrote:Didn’t Tony Soprano go on college visits to Maine and kill someone there? Have DD introduce the school by saying, “remember that Soprano’s episode where…”

I just looked and he apparently visited all 3! Do these acquaintances like the show? I mean, if they were good enough for his daughter, that’s really something.

Are you Asian? That can compound the “no one has heard of the SLAC” thing in some circles.

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Anonymous wrote:Name thr college or this is meaningless.

I’m trying to stay anonymous. It’s one of Colby, Bates, Bowdoin.

Do people have trouble pronouncing it?

If not, does it make one think of cheese?

Or a motel?

I was thinking of going a little R-Rated with that one. Glad I didn’t.

I was curious and just found out that r-ratings did not come out until 1968. So originally, it was not R-Rated. Maybe OP’s DD likes the movie?

I think you are missing my point. When I was in high school in Mass, there were more than a few off-color jokes that played off the name this particular college.

Do tell! Surely you can creatively sanitize.

Are you that clueless? Let’s just say that perhaps some of my less-mature classmates might have speculated about an unfortunate use of the verb “to master” in a headline of a newspaper article reporting on a Colby baseball team defeating the folks from Lewiston.

Yes, I was that clueless. I get it now, thanks. But that begs the question: what does Bow- doin do?

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Anonymous wrote:OP -- just tell your daughter that any well- educated person will have heard of all of these schools. It's that simple.

That’s simply not true. I have two degrees from a top public, but I’ve never heard of one of these. I don’t know anyone who attended them. No shade at OP’s DD, but I couldn’t afford private so I never researched private schools. OP, I think telling her that most people can’t afford these schools is more accurate. After looking them up, it’s very impressive that she got in. ❤️

I also went to public schools on the west coast and know all of these schools. If you know anything about colleges/universities, you've heard of these schools. I also didn't grow up rich, so it's not about money. It's about being well-informed...I guess that's a better adjective than "well-educated." If you've never heard of these schools, you simply are not well-informed about higher education.

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Anonymous wrote:Name thr college or this is meaningless.

I’m trying to stay anonymous. It’s one of Colby, Bates, Bowdoin.

Well, that's ridiculous then. They are the ones with the problem. Say the name and smile. They say, "Oh, I've never heard of it." You say, "Well, now you have." You can add, "Bless your heart!" if you want.

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Anonymous wrote:Name thr college or this is meaningless.

I’m trying to stay anonymous. It’s one of Colby, Bates, Bowdoin.

Do people have trouble pronouncing it?

If not, does it make one think of cheese?

Or a motel?

I was thinking of going a little R-Rated with that one. Glad I didn’t.

I was curious and just found out that r-ratings did not come out until 1968. So originally, it was not R-Rated. Maybe OP’s DD likes the movie?

I think you are missing my point. When I was in high school in Mass, there were more than a few off-color jokes that played off the name this particular college.

Do tell! Surely you can creatively sanitize.

Are you that clueless? Let’s just say that perhaps some of my less-mature classmates might have speculated about an unfortunate use of the verb “to master” in a headline of a newspaper article reporting on a Colby baseball team defeating the folks from Lewiston.

I live in the South and I tried to get my kid to apply to Bates/Bowdoin/Colby. (No success there). People here have definitely heard of all three. And I know people down here who’ve gone to Bates and Bowdoin (and im not in Atlanta or the Research Triangle)