<p>I don’t know how much of your ‘boyfriend’ he is if you are at two different schools… :rolleyes:</p>
<p>I agree with others-- dump him. Even if he is “just teasing,” do you really need that sort of “teasing?” He sounds like an insecure loser to me. Probably a slacker, too. The last person I know who graduated from Brown has been living at home with his mother for 4 years (unemployed and waiting for just the “right” job). He’d graduated with one of those “put together your own curriculum” deals, and now he’s totally unemployable. After graduating from Penn, on the other hand, you will be employable.</p>
<p>And if it’s not the university debate, it will be something else-- always. Who needs to live with that? Dump him now.</p>
<p>Well, not only is he insecure about colleges and allows rankings to define ppl and their self worth but he seems to be a chauvinist. The best advice I can give you is never stay with someone who intentionally tries to make you feel crappy and bad. He should be happy for you and you upenn and should have been happy for you at Colgate. Bottom line is he shouldnt worry about how ur accomplishments mean to him but how your accomplishments will effect you.</p>
<p>Just say one word to him…WHARTON…that should shut him up…</p>
<p>Haven’t you ever heard the special version of the Red & The Blue we sing when we play Brown?</p>
<p>"Coooooome, all ye loyal classmates now in hall and campus through!
Lift up your hearts and spirits for the royal…brooooooown…</p>
<p>Fair Harvard has her…brooooooown…old Yale her…brooooooown…</p>
<p>But for dear Penn-syl-van-iiii-aaaaaaaa, we wear the …brooooooown…"</p>
<p>Additionally, Brown is the color of poop–as well as the Microsoft Zune (which is really just a subset of poop)</p>
<p>Oh right, and we’re a better school. Think of this taunt: “Our alumni can fire your alumni!”</p>
<p>What are you, fifteen years old? Who cares? Dumb argument.</p>
<p>If my ex did that **** to me, I wouldve done the dumping…</p>
<p>Dump. Now. :)</p>
<p>JohnnyK: hahaha nice, especially since we’re talking about dumping… ew.</p>
<p>dump him! he sounds like a jeeerrrrrrrrrrrrrk.</p>
<p>the zune is one of the best sq mp3 players around, you should take your statement back.</p>
<p>by the way, the princeton review rankings of selectivity take into account student surveys for how selective people think their schools are.</p>
<p>princeton review claims to “factor in” institutional data for the selectivity as well as academic ranking, however the lists change nearly 100% year to year. For example: UChicago is ranked #1 in academics this year… last year? it was not on the list at all. Three year ago… Northwestern was #1… this year? You won’t be finding it anywhere on the list. The princetonreview rankings are nonscientific and generally garbage for any true analytical purpose. (here’s a link to their “methodology” <a href=“http://ir.princetonreview.com/test/ReleaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=208050&type[/url]”>http://ir.princetonreview.com/test/ReleaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=208050&type</a>)</p>
<p>more accurate selectivity rankings (though they are still not without their faults) are the ones produced by USNEWS, which place UPenn just ahead of Brown: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=362702[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=362702</a></p>
<p>my own personal advice: include those rankings in a letter in which you break up with him :p</p>
<p>i would say they are pretty much equal when it comes to everything except for business. Wharton undergrad si hands down the best.</p>
<p>Did your boyfriend rank you in your social status or physical appearance also? Beware that he may dump you for a Harvard graduate, a doctor or Miss Universe. :D</p>
<p>I used to brag a lot about which college I go to to my girlfriend.</p>
<p>This seemed odd to the rest of our english class.</p>
<p>This is ridiculous. My boyfriend actually does go to a much more selective school than I do, and he has never said anything about it. I was happy for him when he got into his first choice, he was happy for me when I got into mine, and that was the end of it. Relationships are supposed to be about supporting one another, not trying to bring eachother down. </p>
<p>Personally, I’d break up with him, but that’s easier said than done. I think you two should have a conversation about his motivations in comparing the two schools in such a negative way. Even if he could prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that he went to a better school, how does that benefit either of you or the relationship as a whole? He needs to grow up and gain some self confidence.</p>
<p>Honestly, he should be happy to have a girlfriend at a school that is just as good (or better) than his. Instead of putting you down, he should be bragging about how smart you are and how combined, between coming out of two great schools, you guys will be filthy rich together.</p>
<p>I’ll echo everyone else on this thread…he sounds like an insecure prick.</p>
<p>What was the matter with Colgate?</p>
<p>Neither of you are freshmen, why are you still discussing school selectivity? Where is the big brains and amazing strength of character that your adcoms swore they saw in you? Why don’t you dump him and look for someone who’s taking advantage of their educational opportunities and has some depth and interest rather then your shallow BF who can’t get past how selective his school is.</p>