ivyleaguewannabe

So amid all the seriousness, the furrowed eyebrows, and the knotted up stomachs found on this forum, let's have some fun!

Any of you who have had the exhilarating experience of dropping the H-Bomb, can you please share it with us?

thecount

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ivyleaguewannabe

^lol! Why do you personally find it awkward?

lolcats4

LOL @ Rosh. That was good, hahahah

mammall

We do not detonate that particular bomb except when absolutly forced to. Just not worth the pain it causes most people. Having a child go to Harvard is certainly a thrill but it's been pretty lonely to celebrate. Just our nuclear family and D's BF are really, truly sincerely glad for her. Oh, and some teachers.

whatever4

So students considering applying to Harvard are not scared off: People around here have been uniformly thrilled for and supportive of our kid who will be attending Harvard next year. For example, at a program at the end of the school year, the kid received a spontaneous standing O from classmates and parents. (Harvard acceptance is not the kid's only achievement.)

Suggestion: Don't volunteer the info, but if/when someone asks where you will be going to school next year, simply state the school.

It has been funny that after hearing "Harvard," a couple people have assumed the kid plans to become a lawyer. My guess is that those people's familiarity with Harvard is limited to having watched "Legally Blonde."

White_Rabbit

YES! I get Harvard Law all the time, even though the people know I just graduated from high school. So I say, "Nope, no law for me." So they ask if Harvard is good for other things as well. I then just stare at them blankly.

olgita

I only tell people if they ask me, though I hate the reactions I get. It's always, "Oh, so you're smart!" or "Which school are you going into? Law or medicine?" And then I have to explain that I am actually going to Harvard College, and that it's not necessary to be a genius to get into Harvard. And what sucks even more is the fact that the person who asked doesn't really care about any of that.

Weasel8488

Haha so true. People like to feel like they're a part of your success--sort of a superiority by association mentality. So they naturally don't respond well when you try to explain to them that they don't know what they're talking about.

juliushark

I never understood legally blonde, I was under the impression she was in high school and then all of the sudden she went to law school :s

kwu

I heard it's pretty good for medicine too :3

To avoid the H-bomb altogether, why not use a euphemism? It's part of high-society bobo etiquette these days anyway.

"Oh, I go to an old college in the Boston area."

Rosh420

^ But then they'll probably ask "which school". And that's simply avoiding the question. If they ask which school you're going to, I don't think they care about where it's located.

"Oh, I am going to a school liberal arts school in Southern Texas." NO.



Just DROP the bomb, y'all! The human population is too large, anyway

alfredeneuman

I heard legally blond was shot on the USC campus. haha.

piccolojunior

LOL, I saw Legally Blonde on comedy central less than 24 hours before my acceptance.

stupidkid

I thought nukes were banned?