<p>bmwdan, you are right to wear a shirt from a college. Being accepted is a big deal, and it's hard to control the awesome excitement of getting the acceptance letter. </p>
<p>That being said, that same acceptance can be a curse. When you get in where you want to go, friends who should be supportive might feel angry or jealous. They have no idea how it feels to get in, or the challenges that poses socially. They'll get used to it, and you will, too. I hope things go well for you, and I hope you can enjoy being accepted to (Stanford, maybe?) without people giving you a hard time.</p>
<p>And the reason that our kids these days aren't as mature as brillar is because we baby them so much and don't teach them consequences or how to be happy for someone elses success- because it's all about me me me!!!<br>
Of course we all feel a little pang of jealousy- it is a very human emotion but if the parent's are so immature they can't move past that initial moment and be happy for someone elses sucess then how would we ever expect a kid to.<br>
Really I believe that this issue is much deeper than a t-shirt; it's a reflection of a self-centered culture that spends more time consumed with all the bad things that happen to people than rejoicing about the good. Maybe the rule should be that you can only wear the t-shirts of the schools that you have been rejected from - that wouldn't hurt anybody's feelings would it? My cousin told me that her kids prestigious boarding school doesn't seem as competitive as my kids school....and I just figured out why...there arent' any parents there to interfere and get their kids all out of whack because someone wore a t-shirt!!!</p>
<p>i really really dislike when people are subtly wearing their college's sweatshirt/t-shirt in their profile picture on facebook. it's such a passive way of proclaiming to the world that they're smart.</p>
<p>i'm proud of where i got in, but i don't feel the need to have everybody know it.</p>
<p>the difference between pride & brag is slim to some. but you are in every right to wear the college shirt. much like people go around wearing different brands of clothes!</p>
<p>Also, I don't understand why people would wear their college's sweatshirts and hoodies at all.</p>
<p>I mean, their design is bland and generic.
It's the standard sweatshirt with a "name brand" sewn onto it.
For what reason would anyone wear these clothes?
Lack of warm clothing? Lack of clothing at all?
(Lack of fashion sense, mayhaps :3)</p>
<p>Perhaps that's why people are riled up when they see people
donning school-specific clothing: it's so obvious that you want
the whole world to know, either consciously or unconsciously.</p>
<p>It's not that I'm jealous, I want to puke blood whenever I see
people wearing "Abercrombie and Fitch" or "Hollister" shirts as well.
Yuck.</p>
<p>Wear it with pride. If people complain about the college or "bragging", offer to wear a college shirt of their choice, as long as they provide one for you (assuming you get to keep it).</p>
<p>So you either get a free shirt, or the other person to keep themselves quiet.</p>
<p>I'd say a college name is more than a brand name. A college is part of your life, somewhere where you spend four years of your life. A major part of our lives- especially at this age. </p>
<p>If anything, it just answers the question that everyone asks anyway: "Where are you going to college?"</p>
<p>I'd say it's less like a brand name and more like a hoodie for a school activity/high school. </p>
<p>And sometimes the t-shirts are hilarious, which is an added bonus. Not all of them are bland.</p>
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Also, I don't understand why people would wear their college's sweatshirts and hoodies at all.</p>
<p>I mean, their design is bland and generic.
It's the standard sweatshirt with a "name brand" sewn onto it.
For what reason would anyone wear these clothes?
Lack of warm clothing? Lack of clothing at all?
(Lack of fashion sense, mayhaps :3)
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<p>If you're not already in college, then you may be in for a nasty surprise when you get there! Sweatshirts are warm, comfortable, easy to throw on, often cheap (sometimes free), and work just fine with jeans (not to mention sweatpants). Even the most image-conscious campuses that I visited were packed full of students in hoodies...their own school's, other schools', home towns', sports teams', dorms', clubs', plain, brand name, competitions or events'...you name it. For better or worse, this is the standard student uniform at many colleges, school pride aside. Sorry :)</p>
<p>great job, op, but the reality is, people are going to be jealous (i would). you have to be sensitive to these people and realize that it probably isn't you that they're actually mad at. i think the general top tier school rule on wearing shirts from the campus if you apply ed is wait at least one month, then start wearing it. this gives other ed rejects a chance to heal. but don't worry about the rd wave of rejections, they'll be used to seeing you wear it and will probably know where you're headed by that point, so if they want to get angry at you, they'll do it whether you wear the shirt or not.</p>
<p>and if someone else already said something to this effect... well, i'm sorry i don't have the patience to read through the entire thread.
;-)</p>
<p>Nobody from my school really applied anywhere EA/ED... they all have rolling admissions. My school is not the typical CC school where everyone goes to schools with EA and RD.</p>
<p>I went to Duke undergrad and Yale for grad...and for some reason I feel a lot more okay wearing a Duke shirt than I do a Yale one. I think it's because people associate Duke with basketball and there are Duke shirts everywhere. I get a lot of "oh yale..." comments when I wear the Yale one, and nothing like that with the Duke one.</p>
<p>Also, my grandma said to my mom once "you wouldn't wear a Yale shirt, would you? that's pretentious" My mom said "well my son/daughter goes there...why not?" The point is...it does have a different connotation in society I think. Maybe I would feel differently if I had gone to Yale undergrad...</p>
<p>No one pays attention to college shirts at my school.. most people just pick them up if they visit a place and like the look of the shirt/hoodie.. my only college hoodie is the one my dad handed down to me from his alma mater, which I'm not even considering..</p>
<p>See, I think this depends a lot on the school you go to. No one even applies to MIT from my school (besides one every other year, maybe), so it's not like I was hurting anyone's feelings in wearing my MIT gear the Monday after I got in early. I mean, half my senior class knew that I got in by the end of the day Saturday anyways (gotta love the Catholic grapevine...), and I basically was just answering the phone all night verifying the "OH MY GOD I HEARD YOU GOT IN" calls. </p>
<p>So it really does depend on how people regard your situation and the type of place you come from.</p>
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people are going to be jealous (i would). you have to be sensitive to these people and realize that it probably isn't you that they're actually mad at. i think the general top tier school rule on wearing shirts from the campus if you apply ed is wait at least one month, then start wearing it. this gives other ed rejects a chance to heal. but don't worry about the rd wave of rejections, they'll be used to seeing you wear it and will probably know where you're headed by that point, so if they want to get angry at you, they'll do it whether you wear the shirt or not.
<p>Sometimes I will watch sports events and one team is creaming the other...the CLASSY coaches, put in their bench warmers, giving everyone a chance to play, they DON"T run up the score just to prove they can, and are gracious in victory</p>
<p>The tacky egoist coaches run up the score, keep all the stars in</p>
<p>Can they tacky coach do it? Sure, does it show class? No way</p>
<p>If you don't care about others and their feelings, go ahead, if you have concerns for others, hold off while they heal from what they are going through and save the college clothes</p>
<p>Class is something rare these days, and the classiest people are those that are doing well and winning, but don't do things to make others feel worse</p>
<p>My parents prohibited me from wearing my Stanford shirt until April when everyone has gotten into college and when I'm 100% sure I'm attending because I'm an SCEA admit. Even though I am sort of resentful, I fully understand their reasoning.</p>