<p>There are all of these posts about being uncomfortable and avoiding telling people you go to (or wish to go to) Harvard. It is an amazing institution, and I would like to think that those who go there are confident enough in themselves to be proud of their school. When people ask you treat it like you would any other school.</p>
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<blockquote> <p>When people ask you treat it like you would any other school.<<</p> </blockquote>
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<p>That would be easy if OTHER people treated it like any other school, but they don't. When you drop the H bomb on a conversation a certain number of people will automatically think you are an arrogant braggart just because you said you go to Harvard.</p>
<p>So I agree with your theory but in actual practice it's just not that simple.</p>
<p>My experience hasn't quite been that way. I don't go around bragging about it, but if someone asks me I have no problem saying I'm a Harvard Pre-Frosh. When I tell people where I'm going, the majority of them say "Oh, that's cool." as if I had said any other school.</p>
<p>I think that telling people about harvard is great. a month ago when i went to the bar with a friend who knew the bartender and told her that i am transferring to harvard (i havent even gotten in yet!) . she kept giving me free driks all night and was terribly nice. If somebody reacts when you tell them where you go to school, it is their own prejudice and problem and i wouldn't want to talk to them, anyhow. You can use it to prescreen people. Tell people you go to Harvard to see if they can judge you for you. If somebody shows you their dark and hateful side before they even know you, i think that you should move on to finding happier and nicer people.</p>
<p>P.S. If somebody told me he or she goes to Harvard, I'd be really excited to have an opportunity to talk to them, ask questions, and see the world through their eyse. Just because one is happy with one's school, it doesn't mean that one is a megalomaniac. HTH.</p>