<p>...without sounding like you're bragging?</p>
<p>This would be bragging? Dartmouth? Get over yourself, I don't think any one really cares.</p>
<p>My experience with Dartmouth, Penn, Brown, Columbia, and all the "right below HYP" schools is that people are very impressed (You'll get a lot of "oh smartypants" type of stuff) but it doesn't come across obnoxious. Harvard is another story.</p>
<p>My advice is to roll with the punches and give a response like "only on fridays" or something of that nature and then continue your conversation. Dartmouth kids tend to play down themselves (as opposed to some other schools) and I've always found this very refreshing.</p>
<p>Both my parents went to school in New Haven, so it was more like I was disappointing everyone.</p>
<p>Here's a suggestion though: if your'e valedictorian/salutatorian and the paper asks you to submit the school you're attending, don't just submit "Dartmouth," call it its full name, "Dartmouth College." A girl I know failed to do this and she came off as really arrogant.</p>
<p>That's strange. No one ever says the full name of most schools. </p>
<p>I.e.: Q. what school are you going to
Answer: Ohio State (not Ohio State University)</p>
<p>I just say Dartmouth. I mean, why be concerned? If someone asks you, then they've asked you -- it's not like they expect you to lie about it. Haha, saying it unsolicited, on the other hand is more problematic.</p>
<p>mmz--Sadly, there are plenty of people out there who won't have a clue what you're talking about when you mention "Dartmouth." My experience has been that if it isn't Harvard, Yale, or Princeton, it may as be the Local U. for all many people know ... or care. Sad, but true. ... From my point of view--CONGRATULATIONS on getting into Dartmouth!</p>
<p>I don't know. I'd say 90% of the time I say Dartmouth people know that its a top school/ Ivy.</p>
<p>slipper1234--I'm willing to bet you don't live in Kentucky!</p>
<p>say Dartmouth College.</p>
<p>Why is saying Dartmouth without the College considered arrogant?</p>
<p>^^ because you'd be assuming that everyone has heard of Dartmouth, and that it's a famous school.</p>
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<p>I don't understand that. But whatever. If anyone thinks I'm arrogant, I'll break their spleen in half.</p>
<p>go right out and say it</p>
<p>lol, i'm used to responding, "Dartmouth, in new hampshire" because the people usually don't know much about Dartmouth or its whereabouts.</p>
<p>Just tell them your going to Dartmouth and its in New Hampshire. Period. It's not that hard!! :)</p>
<p>I feel awkward because people are either really surprised, think you are some type of genius (i.e "what were your SAT scores," my response, "none of your business") or they have never heard of it (i.e. where's that? New Hampshire...why do you want to go up there?). So i refrain from saying anything unless I have to. But when I must I say Dartmouth College...sounds less like your expecting a response.</p>
<p>But this is just me.</p>
<p>I actually really enjoy the disparity in the recognition of Dartmouth's name between different groups of people. It ends up working in my favor, because the (generally) wealthier more educated people will be very receptive when I say Dartmouth (often asking for college advice for their children, etc), while others won't automatically assume I am arrogant for going to an Ivy League school. I can almost use it as a personality litmus test. (Is this someone I should make small talk with by talking about baseball, or the current elections...)</p>
<p>Just say Dartmouth. Don't add that it's in NH unless they ask. It's sounds condescending to assume that people don't know where a school is, especially if it's a prestigious one. </p>
<p>I remember an Indian kid telling me that he was going to Princeton, adding "It's in New Jersey." Of course, I was well aware of Princeton and its location long before he was born. (And my father is an Ivy grad and I went to a Seven Sisters college.) He sounded to others--who found his reply embarrassing--as if he thought I was a rube who wouldn't have any familiarity with the Ivy League.</p>
<p>^That's funny considering that at Cornell hockey games they used to have a derisive chant of "Princeton's in New Jersey" as a way to demean the school.</p>