<p>I know what you're saying vitaebella, and I see why once you get used to it it'd be hard to live anywhere else. I do love NYC (art, culture, history), but it's so cold to me, even as cities go. Dublin is my perfect city: small for a city, but lots to do, and everyone though 'city people' are able to be a little more chill. After all, there's a very little chance that some crack junkie will jump you, or that if he does he'll use a gun or knife.</p>
<p>Not to be racist but I've never met a Jew that didn't have the 'Jewish superiority' complex. My best friend is a LI Jew, but he has a bad case of it, haha.</p>
<p>^me too. Unfortunately, in my experience, most LI'ers have superiority complexes.</p>
<p>Mmmm, LI Jews are not ALL like the stereotype, but there are exceptions to every stereotype (am I right?) </p>
<p>Haha you are on point star. There are a large amount of Jewish towns on LI. Syosset, JERICHO, Great Neck, Plainview/PlainJEW to name a few. I have a lot of jewish friends. I really don't mind the uh, complex or maybe I am just 'used to it'. As a half-WASP, I can say the LI WASPS get equally a bad rap. But WASPs are more rare of a species on LI than NE</p>
<p>If I had to guess.... I'd say 9/10 Jews on LI are applying to Cornell haha. I wish not being Jewish and being from LI could give me some advantage!</p>
<p>haha the LI Jewish stereotype sounds just like the one for Boca Jews.</p>
<p>i'm surprised no LI Jews have jumped in and gotten offended yet, or any mods (a mod wrote something in hebrew on a thread here earlier...)</p>
<p>Yeah LI Wasps are rare...the stereotypical islander is Irish/Italian/German Catholic, at least upper-middle class...or at least that's been my experience. LI Jews are a rare breed of Jew, all on their own. They're born and bred for Ivy admissions. I don't wanna sound like I'm bashing Jews, so I'll add that my own people, the brown folk, are also bred for college admissions, preferably for Med/engineering/comp sci. We settle in clusters in places like Jericho/New Hyde Park/Herricks...hahah glad I don't live there. I'll take my north shore town anyday. What I love about LI is our work hard/party hard mentality. We're taught the game of college admissions in grade school, but we're not uber competitive freaks...for the most part.</p>
<p>i have no idea what the hell is going on here</p>
<p>i can feel myself going insane from waiting. and why do i keep having this ever-present, unconsciously-existing thought in the back of my head that I am headed for acceptance? i am sure to devastate myself to a large degree come Dec. 11 @<a href="mailto:@">@</a>..</p>
<p>I am a Jewish male from Great Neck applying early decision to Cornell, and I am extremely disturbed by the virulent antisemitism you have all displayed on this thread. No stereotype is a good sterotype. Yes, some girls and guys at my school exhibit qualities that may fit this stereotype (entitled, superiority, rich, etc.) However, the fact that some of them are Jewish is just a coincidence....Any upper middle class community has the same crowd. The fact that you all associate such qualities with Jews is both despicable and disturbing. I would greatly appreciate an apology....the vile filth you spread about my friends and community cannot be tolerated, especially from applicants to a prestigious university such as Cornell</p>
<p>PS - I have always used these forms for information, but have never posted. I found it prudent to post in this case.</p>
<p>In addition, ChandlerBing, your generalizations of Long Island Jews versus Non-Long Island Jews are entirely off base. Yes, there are some Long Island Jews who exhibit such qualities, but they do not represent most Jews at my high school, in fact only a small number. I have had contact with other Jewish teenagers via USY and Panim, and we are quite similar.</p>
<p>Coming from westchester I can defianltey relate lol (most of my friends are jewish btw).</p>
<p>"Not to be racist but I've never met a Jew that didn't have the 'Jewish superiority' complex. My best friend is a LI Jew, but he has a bad case of it, haha."</p>
<p>You're kidding right? Either you haven't met too many Jews, or you are exhibiting the confirmation bias to support your racist and bigoted views.</p>
<p>I don't think anyone really meant to offend when they said these things. Sure, it's not appropriate, but we all have our little racist moments ("Everyone's a little bit racist, it's true!" - Avenue Q). Not like anyone's proud of that, but it's human.</p>
<p>I have like 3 tests the day after the decision...if I get rejected that night I'll be so sad I'm not going to school the next day lol</p>
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<p>Antisemitism? Seriously? It seems that everyone who has a pulse fits this description to some sensitive soul anymore. That being said, bigotry is disgusting, so I can see why you'd react if you thought people being racist. You have a fine culture, and being the chosen people you have reason to be proud.</p>
<p>I'm not very empathetic here I suppose. My Jewish friend, my Chinese friend, and I go back and forth about this all the time, picking on the stereotypes of our people in fun. Stereotypes can reflect general trends in a people: Jewish people tend to be good students because of their rigorous religious academia for example. You have to admit commonality between people of the same culture: values, traditions, ect.</p>
<p>I wouldn't be offended if you called the Irish arrogant and loose with their tongues, because although it is a stereotype, it actually does describe the generic countenance of my people. The Irish are great at laughing at themselves, so I'm sorry that I assumed others could do the same, and sorry about the vile filth mo chara...</p>
<p>To the above poster who thinks this is arrogant/racist welcome to LI/Westchester. People may make fun of each other but no one really means it (my friends and I make jokes about each other all the time but we dont really care and are still good friends).</p>
<p>Anti-semitism is anti-semitism no matter how you wish to cloak.</p>
<p>I laugh at myself all the time, which is why I took so long to respond. It just got to a point where it became excessive, is all. Sorry if I was a bit harsh, but after a point I got offended. In addition, I don't see how I am playing the victim. </p>
<p>It was also the fact that my community was bashed by name. There is a fine line between playful stereotypes, which I am happy to laugh along with, and excessive vilification of a community. Keep the Jewish jokes generalized....I probably have better one than all of you! Again, sorry if I was excessive, but I felt strongly that my community was not getting a fair rap.</p>
<p>...and miktau, people did mean it.</p>