| I think people just need to accept the fact that some people are fortunate enough to attend a school like Princeton. If someone asks me what school I'm going to or I'm friendly enough with them that I would actually tell them where I'm going, I let them know (and mention how excited I am, usually), and it really should be no different than if I told them I were going to a community college. Of course they will be more excited or amazed by it, but if there are any sort of negative feelings, that person really needs to learn how to let go of envy. Just as I was very excited for my friends who went to Carnegie Mellon, Notre Dame, and various state universities last year, I expect people to react positively (or at the worst, neutrally, though nobody has been anything less than ecstatic for me) to my going to Princeton. Going to college is an exciting, positive moment, regardless of where you go.
Of course, it's probably in bad taste to bring it up to someone that you don't know unless the topic arises, or to mention it in a sort of, "Well, I'm going to Princeton" sort of fashion. It should sound like you feel excited or very pleased, not privileged.
On a related note, I've heard of a few people (though I've never personally witnessed this) who have been criticized for wearing shirts of schools like Princeton after they get accepted. I think that's entirely unfair, and it should be just as acceptable for me to wear a Princeton shirt as it is for my friends to wear shirts of their state universities. Nobody I've met actually cares about that, though. |