Nominations for best CC one-liners of all time

[TutuTaxi]

<p>eastcoascrazy thanks for starting this thread and post 92-98 had me ROFLOL.

Ten bins a bulging, nine formals flowing, eight drawers of makeup, seven pairs of denim, six nike shorts, five picture frames, four storage baskets, three hair appliances, two jewlery boxes, one totally stunned roommate!!!

TXmom14</p>

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My D is very much a minimalist. Right now, she only wants a couple of new things…from Prada

Gourmetmom</p>

[Bookworm934]

<p>“All that naked matriculation can’t be healthy.” </p>

<p>From a thread about the weirdness of naked events students organize at college, eg a naked brunch.</p>

<p>I think someone came up with this more than a year ago, and people use it whenever they can.</p>

[collegealum314]

<p>“What college is the best place to hobnob with snobs?”</p>

[mifune]

<p>As another poster mentioned, though I’d label it as definite frontrunner to win the “worst” category instead: “Chance me, will chance back” (or a variety thereof). </p>

<p>Despite apparently lacking the expertise to assess his or her own relative competitiveness, the individual proffers the competency to measure up another totally clueless being, and vice versa.</p>

[collegealum314]

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random noob who was mocking my post about how mensa helped me find out about CTY: I learned about CTD/CTY when I got 800 on the SAT in 7th grade.
It wasn’t really special…I passed it over other, more prestigious, longer, and cheaper summer programs.
I had no idea it would benefit me in finding summer research positions and prepare for math competitions.
I can also say it indirectly had a huge effect on my life.
Oh yeah, I’ve never taken any IQ test.
Am I screwed for Harvard?<br>

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Am I screwed for Harvard?

Hunt’s reply: You may need to do some prepping for the interview.</p>

[collegealum314]

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As another poster mentioned, though I’d label it as definite frontrunner to win the “worst” category instead: “Chance me, will chance back” (or a variety thereof). </p>

<p>Despite apparently lacking the expertise to assess his or her own relative competitiveness, the individual proffers the competency to measure up another totally clueless being, and vice versa.

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<p>Yes, but in some ways that quote captures the spirit of CC…</p>

[Bogney]

<p>Thumbs up for Hunt’s reply re poster’s need to prep for the interview - understated but effective. Colleaguealum, to paraphrase Jane Austin, what do live for but to make sport of others and to be made sport of in return?</p>

[nj2011mom]

<p>From the Naked Events on Parents Forum:</p>

<p>“Young, stupid & beautiful was so much better before surfing the net.”</p>

[D1dilemmas]

<p>Not a quote but a whiny post from an URM who felt cheated that a prestigious 50k/year college “only” gave him 48K in aid. Much was free money and he didn’t want to pay back the loan or have to do the work study. And his SATs were much lower than what that school typically accepts!</p>

[eastcoascrazy]

<p>Title of thread: “Getting Plowed: My Freshman Year at Princeton”.</p>

<p>Subject of thread: Thoughtful essay about the difficulty of OP’s freshman year, the hardship of going from top 1% in high school to just average at Princeton.</p>

<p>One liner: “This is the most disappointing thread I have ever read on CC. This inspiring story of self-discovery does not overcome my deep disenchantment at having been cheated out of what could have been erotic fiction.” kwu</p>

[mommusic]

<p>LOL!</p>

<p>Took me a second, though…</p>

<p>:D</p>

[thumper1]

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I guess I always punctuated this way because I think it looks better ! I graduated HS in the class of 1971. There !

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<p>Just HAD to add this one liner!!</p>

[Kathyc]

<p>My nomination for BEST quote!:
Amwidkle, in William & Mary campus visit in 2007:
“Security/Safety–Indian raids, Redcoats and Union troops all used to pose a significant threat to campus security, but students assured me that that kind of activity has died down in the past few years.”</p>

<p>How can you top that? Made me want to make my D apply to W&M!</p>

[eastcoascrazy]

<p>On a thead titled “Scared”, the OP stated, “Whenever I log onto College Confidential and read posts I feel as though I stand no chance of getting accepted.” </p>

<p>The thread very quickly morphed into another debate about Asian students and admissions.</p>

<p>Post #45 Bovertine wrote:</p>

<p>“Six Degrees of Discussing Asians” factor in effect again. It only took about five posts this time.</p>

[eastcoascrazy]

<p>“Occupy HYP. Less than 1% get in that group.” bovertine</p>

[gloworm]

<p>On the 1% thread in the Cafe, one in the 1% challenged one who is not in the 1%…</p>

<p>“Show me someone seriously malnourished in America who is not either (1) an abused child, or (2) a mentally ill adult.”</p>

[CPUscientist3000]

<p>In the thread, “When marriage is a publicity stunt”:</p>

<p>mom2collegekids wrote:

I have never understood the fascination with the Kardashian girls…they’re just faces…period. There’s no there there.

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<p>barrons replied:

There’s plenty of there there if you look in the right places.

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[eastcoascrazy]

<p>Post #85 in the “Are you in the top 1%?” thread in Parent Cafe:</p>

<p>"…bubbilicious confidence floating about." performersmom</p>

<p>What a great image.</p>

<p>The full sentence was: “You know, I think that all these damaging policies/dirty politics would not have been allowed if there was not all this capital and bubbilicious confidence floating about.”</p>

[ChoatieMom]

<p>Posted by @D’yer Maker in Prep School Parents forum thread regarding jackets for boys (not a one-liner, but I’m still wiping away tears)</p>

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…the Navy blazer was about 3 sizes too small and had grotesque stains on it from a “shaving cream incident” that took place “oh, in September, or maybe early October.” We never saw the expensive (optional) school blazer. Ever. That was delivered directly to him and later destroyed when he used it as a makeshift levee to stop an overflowing toilet from spoiling the carpeting in the hallway of his dorm…go the cheapest route feasible given your child’s tastes and comfort level…oh, and interest level in girls who would (hopefully) not be attracted to the guy in the shaving cream-stained blazer.

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[eastcoascrazy]

<p>From the “Penn State Sandusky scandal” thread (following over 2000 posts that were, for the most part, extremely sober and serious.)</p>

<p>“Pitt students are not significantly different than PSU students. Nor is it a better school overall.”</p>

<p>Post #2572’s response: “One cannot definitively assess such a statement, but College Board does have the SAT scores for entering classes. … (followed by a listing of SAT scores) … These numbers show a statistically significant difference.”</p>

<p>Response by Stats21: “THERE WAS NEVER A CHANCE THAT WE WOULD MAKE IT THROUGH THIS SCANDAL WITHOUT A COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF YIELD RATES.”</p>