<p>I don’t mind the stickers it gives me something to look at in traffic.
I also try and figure out if it is just one kid or several & why would would it be OK to put a Cal state-long beach sticker but not Princeton?</p>
<p>I do remember wondering when I saw one of Ds friends wearing a UPenn sweatshirt- why she would go across the country to go to a big state school. 
</p>
<p>I have a license plate frame proclaiming my old State U. I don’t mind the decals, but I would never put a Harvard one on my car - for fear that someone with an attitude like the OP’s would come along and feel justified in vandalizing it.</p>
<p>I cringe at the thought of any sticker on a car unless it’s on the glass so it can be taken off. I can’t believe people will actually put stickers directly on the paint.</p>
<p>Worse than wearing a college shirt - what about people who wear the shirts with the giant “Hollister” or something similar plastered all over it? Ditto for people with designer jeans and other clothing items. Sartorial ignoramus that I am, when I first saw these Hollister shirts I was wondering why anyone would wear a shirt bragging about Hollister, California (not that there’s anything wrong with that). One of my Ds informed me that it was a brand name - not something from the agricultural town.</p>
<p>“she is far more likely to wear stuff with the name or logo of her House or a club she belongs to rather than the university.”</p>
<p>This is true of me and my parents, as well. They put Wesleyan, Barnard, Brown, and Bryn Mawr window stickers on their cars, but not Harvard. When I became a senior and joined Stein Club, I got them Leverett House beer steins. I frequently wear my Veritones sweatshirts. That way I get to enjoy college nostalgia without provoking any hostile reactions.</p>
<p>However, my dad mostly wears Roadrunner/Wile E. Coyote stuff. He’s no sports fan, but he digs cartoons. My favorite is his hat that says “ACME: The Name You Can Trust.”</p>
<br>
<br>
<p>I thought exactly the same thing and wondered if perhaps it was related in some way to Hollister being the earthquake capital of California. Perhaps earthquakes had become cool when I wasn’t looking.</p>
<p>When my son went to the accepted students weekend he didn’t get a t-shirt (though he got one from all his other accepted schools), but they gave me a t-shirt! It says “Parent of Harvard 2011”. Only problem is that since he decided not to attend it’s not true. I keep wanting to add “I could have been a…” to the top of it. I think it would be funny, but it also seems like bragging, so mostly I wear it under something else.</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>My sentiments exactly; especially when they are worn in the other parts of the country. If they had only visited Hollister, CA…probably would never wear them again.</p>
<p>My S at McGill U wears a t-shirt that looks like a Harvard t-shirt and reads, “HARVARD - The McGill of the US.” I think it’s hysterical. And please, before anyone starts up, we certainly do not think that is true nor do we think McGill is the Harvard of Canada—it’s just a t-shirt!</p>
<p>So go ahead and hate me, after writing those checks I really don’t care. I have a Harvard decal on my rear window. (But its the Veritas shield, so most people probably don’t know what it is anyway.)</p>
<p>BTW, Hollister Ranch, CA is a private ocean-front ranch north of Santa Barbara and a very exclusive surf spot. I’m pretty sure that is the cache the Hollister store is attempting to emulate.</p>
<p>My kids have shirts from all kinds of schools we’ve visited over the years. The only shirts I find to be in bad taste are the ones that “put down” the rival schools…</p>
<p>My D went to a top American university. Her boyfriend isn’t American and goes to school abroad. When he traveled to the US (many times), he wore HER college’s sweatshirt. Why? That way, he was much more likely to be asked if he would like to share a ride from the airport to her college ! </p>
<p>The first time it was just an accident. He hadn’t packed warm enough clothing, so she loaned him one of her very oversized sweatshirts. But when 3folks approached him to share a cab to her campus…he caught on. Always wore it after that ;)!</p>
<p>On the way to the game … I wear Cornell logo sweatshirts, jackets, vests, coats, hats, scarves, sweaters … sometimes all at once. When the spring season begins on February 9, you need all the warm clothes you can get.</p>
<p>We enjoy stopping at the single rest area on 17 in nowheresville NY and greeting other people – strangers or not but headed in the same direction – in <em>their</em> red Cornell logo gear. It’s a bonding thing. GO BIG RED!</p>
<p>I sometimes wear my Cornell lacrosse sweatshirt to the grocery store. And my son – who is now a hero in our town – has the Cornell logo on the front of his car. It helps the middle school boys be certain they are asking the right guy for an autograph!</p>
<p>(It’s a pretty amazing thing – watching your son be asked for an autograph. Even better is seeing how generous he is with his time and his penmanship to the young kids!)</p>
<p>My husband wears his “Harvard the U. of Chicago of the East” shirt all the time. Actually we wear a lot of U. of Chicago t-shirts (his two siblings attended). My favorite has a gargoyle laughing and it says “University of Chicago - it’s funnier than you think”.</p>
<p>Best college T (was sold when we were there and we regret not buying it…and wearing it)…New England Conservatory Athletic Department.</p>
<p>There isn’t one…musicians can’t afford to injure their hands.</p>
<p>I have a Vassar sweatshirt and a Vassar bumper sticker on my car (that I only drive at home). My sister lives in her Georgetown sweatshirt (and pants, and Georgetown Law sweatshirt, and she probably has those pants too…) and had a GT bumper sticker on her car until she totaled it. Sorry you’re offended that we’re smarter than you, but we worked hard to get where we are and we’re proud of it! </p>
<p>I also still have a license plate frame from my high school and still wear my high school dance jacket (I went to a performing arts HS). It’s pride.</p>
<p>" Sorry you’re offended that we’re smarter than you, but we worked hard to get where we are and we’re proud of it! "</p>
<p>this comment truly is pompous and supports why I personally cringe with the bumper sticker display.</p>
<p>My kids have their college stickers on their cars too ( not my car ), but I have never heard them make a remark like that, even if they can.</p>
<p>Congratulations on your superiority.</p>
<p>Well, we’re certainly getting both sides of the spectrum here - people that assume that everyone who wears a college shirt is bragging/showing their superiority (real or imagined), and the people who actually are trying to show off that “superiority”!</p>
<p>Guess I’m just a simpleton who doesn’t see things as either/or. It never crossed my mind that anyone wore college logos for any other reason than a) they like the school for whatever reason or b) someone gave them the shirt. :)</p>
<p>I go to the best school in the US (I am convinced), and I don’t wear my sweatshirt when I am off-campus. First, it is OK to wear state sweatshirts if those state schools have big football teams or sports teams or stuff. But, people react negatively to my sweatshirt because they think I am bragging (which generally I am). I prefer to brag through my speech and actions rather than using a sweatshirt as a prop.</p>