re: If you went to an Ivy League school, would you not tell people?

my brother and his girlfriend both have phds from harvard and i tell people about it a million times more often than they do.

most of the time, they say they went to grad school in boston. which is also what my mom always said. some people ask where and they wouldnt mind telling them, just didnt make it a point to say harvard.

I knew a guy who was honest. He said "in high school, I did well. But I knew in college ID frick up and barely graduate. So I went to Brown because I knew that when I fricked up and would be nearly kicked out, it'd look a whole lot better than doing the same at community college."

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A friend of mine was accepted into Yale but decided to go to Cal U instead.

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you mean Berkley ?


depending on what you want to study and quality of life, I could see good reason to go west

It was a fluke he even got accepted to Yale, but he wanted to stay closer to home anyway so he could live the college life with his friends. He lived in a co-ed dorm his freshman year. Hot girls everywhere.

I like the guys who use their Yale alumni email address for everything. You know they have work email addresses and gmail or whatever, but they want you to see the Yale email address on every piece of correspondence.

The other Ivy's may do it too, I just see it with Yalies.

Yea, I'm going to //cough// Yale

For anyone that has kids that might want to go to Harvard, they just have to be smart, not rich.

LINK

•Admission to Harvard is need-blind, meaning your financial need will not impede your chances of admission.

•Aid is based entirely on need, not merit.

approximately 70 percent of our students receive some form of aid, and about 60 percent receive need–based scholarships and pay an average of $12,000 per year. Twenty percent of parents pay nothing. No loans required.

Our generous financial aid program—bolstered by the Harvard Financial Aid Initiative, which seeks to increase low- and middle-income students’ awareness of Harvard’s affordability—aims to make Harvard accessible to any student who is admitted.

•20% of our parents have total incomes less than $65,000 and are not expected to contribute.

•Families with incomes between $65,000 and $150,000 will contribute from 0-10% of their income, and those with incomes above $150,000 will be asked to pay proportionately more than 10%, based on their individual circumstances. Families at all income levels who have significant assets will continue to pay more than those in less fortunate circumstances.

•Home equity and retirement assets are not considered in our assessment of financial need.

My SO is a Columbia grad and never mentions it. She thinks it's pretentious to talk about it.

I know a young man from BR that got a Marshall, allowing him to get his Phd from Oxford.

He talks about what is happening in his life now, not then. I would consider it pretty good reason to brag but he does not see the need.

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Yale

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If you say that in al-Abama, the response will be "WHERE DID YOU GO TO COLLEGE?"