@Dustyfeathers I don’t think it’s embarrassment on the part of any of those graduates. I think it is a form of Ivy etiquette, and they are just trying to be polite and not appear to be too eager to brag. For Princeton, the usual response to “where did you go to college?” is, “in New Jersey”. Then if the other person says “Oh, Rutgers”, they will say “No, Princeton”, but if the other person doesn’t say anything they will leave it at New Jersey. At least that’s how I have seen it happen.