<p>I just got back from a college tour and when the tour group passed the college's bookstore, the guide said "Feel free to buy as many T-shirts as you'd like! I promise it won't jinx your chance of admission!" I've never heard of this superstition before? So....</p>
<p>Has anyone else heard that if you buy a t-shirt for a prospective college before you actually get accepted there, will it jinx your application, and cause you to get rejected?</p>
<p>Has anyone actually been jinxed by doing this (and thereby rejected)?</p>
<p>If so...I am screwed because I've already bought t-shirts from 3 of my top schools :-0</p>
<p>I’ve never heard of such superstition, I just didn’t want to waste 15 bucks in case I get rejected. But my dad bought me a Stanford T anyway, so hope I’m not jinxed! lol</p>
<p>Well… according to The Secret (written by Rhonda Byrne) if you dream of something positively all the time and take actions to it, it may happen :3 so yea, I would buy a Princeton t-shirt and wear it all the time to make me feel “accepted” :)</p>
<p>“…why would you buy a shirt from a college that you haven’t applied to yet? Are you going to wear it if they reject you?”</p>
<p>Well at my school kids are wearing shirts from the schools they have looked at, and some kids where Harvard and Boston College shirts just for the heck of it (they have no chance in hell of getting into either)…</p>
<p>I bought them because I liked shirts, and I was there…If I get rejected from those schools I might not wear the shirts in school (kids will destroy me if they find out) but I’m not gonna burn them or anything.</p>
<p>Just to let you know…I would consider myself a pretty superstitious person. For example, during the NBA finals last year, if the Celtics (my team) were winning, I would try to not move my body, not change the channel, not switch the volume, etc… When they were down, I would raise the volume, move chairs, put on my Celtics hat, etc…</p>
<p>Call me silly, but I was wondering if this superstition had any validity to it.</p>
<p>So, other than skateboarder, has anyone either proven/rebuked this jinx?</p>
<p>This is what I like to call a classic case of “Mr. Rodgers Syndrome”</p>
<p>As much as I liked the old guy and his show, he always caused problems for whatever kids were watching it. His show would start off nice and calm with him hanging up his sweater, and BOOM!!! a problem arose. And, as always, he would solve it by saying things like “…okay kids, you don’t need to worry about being sucked down the shower drain” or “…don’t worry, there are no monsters under the bed”. </p>
<p>Anyways, this would lead the average child viewer to think “do I have to worry about being sucked down the shower drain?” or “I didn’t know I had to worry about the monsters under my bed!!!” Then, the kid would become absolutely paralyzed in fear every time they had to take a shower or go to bed with the lights off. </p>
<p>As you can see, the guy caused more harm than good by instilling superstitions and concerns into children’s heads that they never knew they should (or shouldn’t, as Mr. Rodgers so calmingly said) have. This same situation happened to the OP, 16 years later, once again. How sad that members of our society can still be subjected to this method of rationalizing and thinking.</p>
<p>“…why would you buy a shirt from a college that you haven’t applied to yet?”</p>
<p>My D visited one well-known school with a friend. The friends father bought shirts for both of them. When D got home the family dog ate the shirt. No replacement … no application.</p>
<p>OHKID, I think you are taking this a bit out of hand. I am not panicking by any stretch of the imagination because of the jinx I heard earlier today. I have just never heard of that superstition before, and wanted to know if anyone else has.</p>
<p>Oh, and thanks for tainting the reputation of Mr. Rogers…as well as comparing my way of thinking to that of a 2-year-old!</p>
<p>On initial visits, my son bought shirts from two colleges – the one he’ll attend, and the arch-rival he didn’t apply to. The arch-rival had cooler shirts and will be in play for grad school. The shirts will stay in his closet here when he moves. :o</p>
<p>He wore the hoodie from his chosen college at least a few days every week while waiting for the admission decision… still got in. :D</p>
<p>At my D’s high school, they had the opposite tradition: You’re supposed to buy the shirt of EVERY college you apply to. When you get your acceptance letter, you wear it to school the next day. The shirt is considered a good-luck charm out here. Which is every bit as ridiculous as thinking that it’s a jinx.</p>
<p>Reality check: A t-shirt is a piece of cloth. It has no special powers other than covering your skin. It especially has no bearing whatsoever on whether you’re admitted. Think of something better to worry about. ;)</p>
<p>i think the jinx exists because my mum bought me a bunch of gear from my first choice college when we were positive i would get in. i didn’t get in and i’d like to believe that my mum jinxed it.</p>
but i won’t wear it anyway (unless i get accepted LOL)</p>