<p>It is a midwest thing for sure (I guess other places as well). The fact is there are few Ivy types out here. Say your S is going to OSU or UMich or UWisc and you get smiles and nods. Say Yale or Williams, you might as well as said he’s on the next Dragon capsule to the Space Station.</p>
<p>Replies to “You must be rich”: “I wish! Do you have any stock tips? We’re just happy that Yale is one of the most generous FinAid schools around.”</p>
<p>I just tell people I went to school in the East Coast. I heard a joke once: supposedly overheard on the Metro in DC. Guy asks another guy: “Where did you go to school?” “Boston” “Oh really, what house?” (guessing that he went to Harvard).</p>
<p>It’s something you and your family will deal with forever more. His grandkids will say “my grandfather went to Yale”. Everypublic introduction he’ll ever have from here on out: He went to Yale. It’s just that it’s so rare. Not that (hopefully) anyone thinks we Yalies are gods or anything – but we’re like an alien race to outsiders.</p>