^ Yeah, that is cringe worthy. “I had the qualifications to get into Oxford.” Don’t do that.
I also agree with the commenter that encouraged students to make the most out of wherever they go.
I also have to say that being Midwesterner I don’t know the difference between Fairfield and Villanova except for basketball prominence. I have heard that many (non-CCers) outside of the Midwest have not heard of Macalester. Last year there was a news story about a student from WI who went to Connecticut College and then to Penn and ended up with Yuge amounts of debt. But in Wisconsin many had never really heard of Connecticut College or knew that it was expensive.