<p>I know exactly what you mean, Dukie. A girl at my school, who is co-president of a club with me, got into Yale, and she is constantly being hugged and congratulated by everyone. People say things like, “I can’t believe I know someone who’s going to Yale!”. Even the school principal came in during our club meeting to personally congratulate her (while I waited on the sidelines, of course). When I tell people where I’m going, they usually haven’t heard of it, ask if it was my first choice, and then when I say it was, they say “oh, well congrats then”.
It’s all part of going to a school like Wesleyan though. I don’t think it would have the same character if it were a household name.</p>