Comments on: Californians Just Don’t Get the Ivy League

By: californian_D_alum

californian_D_alum — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 06:51:39 +0000

Oh, and let’s not forget: “What’s Dart-Mowth?”

By: californian_D_alum

californian_D_alum — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 06:48:32 +0000

It doesn’t matter that Californians make up one of the largest groups at most Ivies; my guess is that the percentage is merely proportional to the sheer number of students that exist in California.

Even if California is largely represented in a lot of the Ivies (especially Dartmouth), I remember a lot of my high school classmates showing little to no interest in applying to private schools, much less the Ivy League. The UC system trumps all, and most graduating high schoolers are either UC or Cal State bound.

When I got accepted into Dartmouth, I was told by many of my classmates that I was stupid to spend that much money on an Ivy League school, when I could have spent significantly less for a UC education. Perceptions are just different there, and I think that a lot of my former classmates would be shocked if they ever stumbled upon an Ivy League campus or sat in on one of the lectures. That kind of stuff just doesn’t exist in the realm of what they know college experiences to be like.

By: CalifornianPrincetonian

CalifornianPrincetonian — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 05:43:44 +0000

So the fact that Californians make up one of the largest groups (if not the largest) at most Ivies means nothing, of course. We’re all just dumb surfers who somehow stumbled into the Ivy League….

By: Ivory

Ivory — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:53:18 +0000

This is so true. I spent 2 yrs in San Francisco and all the CA born ppl I met there would gladly choose to remain in CA and go to Stanford (if they can get in) or one of the UCs or even one of the Cal State’s over a minor Ivy or small college back east.

By: Brandon

Brandon — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 14:54:14 +0000

williams over stanford? really???

false.

By: Twin XL

Twin XL — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:50:10 +0000

Some of these comments are crackin me up! lol

By: The Force

The Force — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:52:12 +0000

Brilliant SW reference

By: Philthy

Philthy — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:56:54 +0000

The thing is, though, an east coast family would send their child to someplace like Williams over Stanford in a heartbeat. To a certain extent I feel that east-coasters put much importance on the history of a college/university over something like academics. I would send my daughter to Bryn Mawr over UCLA without blinking an eye…

By: @CuEnginerd2

@CuEnginerd2 — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:34:16 +0000

It is actually “prospie.”

By: @ "@cuEnginerd"

@ "@cuEnginerd" — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 05:37:13 +0000

Actually, I’m an alum, and a Princeton grad student if you must know. Where your ignorant self got the idea that my 25 year-old self was a “pre-frosh” (honestly, get to know the term “prospy”) is beyond me.