Is "Trading Up" Becoming a Theme of our Generation?

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Say that on CC and you’ll get burned at the stake. </p>

<p>You forget this is the site that champions “HYPS,” “AWS,” “lower Ivies,” “world-class publics,” “public Ivies,” and other such appalling appellations.</p>

<p>This is the site where any department not ranked in the top 10 is considered unworthy of consideration or inclusion on a thread.</p>

<p>This is the site where Emory is suggested as a safety school for Harvard.</p>

<p>Good grief. Where’s my milk of magnesia?</p>