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Never realized the importance of lay prestige until...

Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2010 3:34 pm
by abitaman6363
An acquaintance recently asked where I wanted to go and had been accepted. I replied that my dream was Yale (which I have yet to hear from) but that I was accepted to Harvard.

The reply: "You freaking idiot! Why the hell would you pass up Harvard for Yale? Is Yale even that good."

Wow. When Yale is not getting respect, something is wrong.

Re: Never realized the importance of lay prestige until...

Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2010 3:35 pm
by abitaman6363
PS I just realized I titled this "...the importance of lay prestige..." Lay prestige is NOT that important imo.

Re: Never realized the importance of lay prestige until...

Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2010 3:36 pm
by im_blue
Yale will always have to deal with being Harvard's ugly stepsister.

Re: Never realized the importance of lay prestige until...

Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2010 3:54 pm
by rayiner
Cool story bro.

Re: Never realized the importance of lay prestige until...

Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2010 4:07 pm
by The Gentleman
abitaman6363 wrote:An acquaintance recently asked where I wanted to go and had been accepted. I replied that my dream was Yale (which I have yet to hear from) but that I was accepted to Harvard.

The reply: "You freaking idiot! Why the hell would you pass up Harvard for Yale? Is Yale even that good."

Wow. When Yale is not getting respect, something is wrong.
Toot your own horn much OP?

Re: Never realized the importance of lay prestige until...

Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2010 4:09 pm
by MrKappus
It's a good thing you're going to be an HYS grad, b/c social skills like this are a great example of how non-HYSers get OCI-pwnd.

Re: Never realized the importance of lay prestige until...

Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2010 4:19 pm
by dood
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Re: Never realized the importance of lay prestige until...

Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2010 4:26 pm
by cubswin
abitaman6363 wrote:An acquaintance recently asked where I wanted to go and had been accepted. I replied that my dream was Yale (which I have yet to hear from) but that I was accepted to Harvard.

The reply: "You freaking idiot! Why the hell would you pass up Harvard for Yale? Is Yale even that good."

Wow. When Yale is not getting respect, something is wrong.
abitaman6363 wrote:PS I just realized I titled this "...the importance of lay prestige..." Lay prestige is NOT that important imo.
So, what is this thread about then?

Re: Never realized the importance of lay prestige until...

Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2010 4:33 pm
by pinkzeppelin
cubswin wrote:
abitaman6363 wrote:An acquaintance recently asked where I wanted to go and had been accepted. I replied that my dream was Yale (which I have yet to hear from) but that I was accepted to Harvard.

The reply: "You freaking idiot! Why the hell would you pass up Harvard for Yale? Is Yale even that good."

Wow. When Yale is not getting respect, something is wrong.
abitaman6363 wrote:PS I just realized I titled this "...the importance of lay prestige..." Lay prestige is NOT that important imo.
So, what is this thread about then?
It's about getting into Harvard and having ignorant (compared to OP, of course) friends.

Re: Never realized the importance of lay prestige until...

Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2010 4:52 pm
by DoubleChecks
rayiner wrote:Cool story bro.
+1

OP, could you also tell us about the time you totally thought you deserved a 100, but had to settle for a 97...and then also had to let everyone know about it? god i love that story

Re: Never realized the importance of lay prestige until...

Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2010 4:56 pm
by Renzo
DoubleChecks wrote:
rayiner wrote:Cool story bro.
+1

OP, could you also tell us about the time you totally thought you deserved a 100, but had to settle for a 97...and then also had to let everyone know about it? god i love that story
178.


(I want you to haggle me after class for the two points).

Re: Never realized the importance of lay prestige until...

Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2010 5:02 pm
by artichoke
cubswin wrote:
So, what is this thread about then?
Is your av real?

Re: Never realized the importance of lay prestige until...

Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2010 5:11 pm
by reverendt
Wow....lots of brutality towards the OP.
But I guess this board is renowned for being anti-elitist..... :lol:

Anyway, if I may venture a guess, OP was merely pointing out his surprise at how misguided lay prestige may be.

Of course, here in Pittsburgh the lay people rank the schools:
1) Pitt and Duquesne
2) Harvard
3) all the other schools.

Re: Never realized the importance of lay prestige until...

Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2010 5:31 pm
by artichoke
reverendt wrote:Wow....lots of brutality towards the OP.
But I guess this board is renowned for being anti-elitist..... :lol:

Anyway, if I may venture a guess, OP was merely pointing out his surprise at how misguided lay prestige may be.

Of course, here in Pittsburgh the lay people rank the schools:
1) Pitt and Duquesne
2) Harvard
3) all the other schools.
Well, here in the UP the lay ranking goes:

1. Harvard (source: legally blond)
2. Can't think of any other law schools

Re: Never realized the importance of lay prestige until...

Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2010 5:41 pm
by cortnf
artichoke wrote:
reverendt wrote:Wow....lots of brutality towards the OP.
But I guess this board is renowned for being anti-elitist..... :lol:

Anyway, if I may venture a guess, OP was merely pointing out his surprise at how misguided lay prestige may be.

Of course, here in Pittsburgh the lay people rank the schools:
1) Pitt and Duquesne
2) Harvard
3) all the other schools.
Well, here in the UP the lay ranking goes:

1. Harvard (source: legally blond)
2. Can't think of any other law schools
I just watched Legally Blonde again the other day (top 10 favorite movies for sure), for the first time since I took the LSAT. I was so pissed at her. Granted, a 4.0/179 is awesome, but she got a 146 on her diagnostic and "blew off Greek Week to study" and that got her a 179.

I loved when I got to call my friend who just got into HLS "Elle" though.

Re: Never realized the importance of lay prestige until...

Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2010 6:05 pm
by DoubleChecks
reverendt wrote:Wow....lots of brutality towards the OP.
But I guess this board is renowned for being anti-elitist..... :lol:

Anyway, if I may venture a guess, OP was merely pointing out his surprise at how misguided lay prestige may be.

Of course, here in Pittsburgh the lay people rank the schools:
1) Pitt and Duquesne
2) Harvard
3) all the other schools.
I don't think it was necessarily the "elitist" aspect of the post that people reacted to (or maybe im just speaking for myself to avoid being a hypocrite lol). It was the way in which the OP "pointed out" this lay prestige discrepancy between Yale and Harvard. Nevermind that threads of a similar nature have been created over and over again, the OP could have made the post sound a lot less like poorly-concealed bragging and self-importance, and more like genuine shock over the idea that HLS is often seen as a much 'stronger' school than YLS.

Re: Never realized the importance of lay prestige until...

Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2010 6:16 pm
by rayiner
TLS isn't anti-elitist. TLS is actually quite elitist. TLS is anti-unbelievable social ineptitude

Re: Never realized the importance of lay prestige until...

Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2010 6:17 pm
by artichoke
rayiner wrote:TLS isn't anti-elitist. TLS is actually quite elitist. TLS is anti-unbelievable social ineptitude
I thought that comment was tongue-in-cheek, but maybe I was wrong...

Re: Never realized the importance of lay prestige until...

Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2010 6:18 pm
by DoubleChecks
artichoke wrote:
rayiner wrote:TLS isn't anti-elitist. TLS is actually quite elitist. TLS is anti-unbelievable social ineptitude
I thought that comment was tongue-in-cheek, but maybe I was wrong...
well, TLS is quite elitist >.<

Re: Never realized the importance of lay prestige until...

Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2010 8:44 pm
by reverendt
artichoke wrote:
rayiner wrote:TLS isn't anti-elitist. TLS is actually quite elitist. TLS is anti-unbelievable social ineptitude
I thought that comment was tongue-in-cheek, but maybe I was wrong...
No you were right....it was an attempt at sarcasm....

Re: Never realized the importance of lay prestige until...

Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2010 8:55 pm
by IAFG
lay prestige is important because someone was impressed by you? uhhhhh

Re: Never realized the importance of lay prestige until...

Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2010 8:58 pm
by dakatz
The shame and dishonor I would feel if my friends didn't bow at my feet in acknowledgment of the prestige I exude...I so dearly feel your pain, OP.

Re: Never realized the importance of lay prestige until...

Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2010 9:00 pm
by 09042014
From now in this thread Lay Prestige is defined as the prestige you gain from fucking a person.

Re: Never realized the importance of lay prestige until...

Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2010 9:02 pm
by Ragged
Desert Fox wrote:From now in this thread Lay Prestige is defined as the prestige you gain from fucking a person.
Which funnily enough is effected by the lay prestige of your LS. So we are back where we started.

Re: Never realized the importance of lay prestige until...

Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2010 11:33 pm
by ahduth
Ragged wrote:
Desert Fox wrote:From now in this thread Lay Prestige is defined as the prestige you gain from fucking a person.
Which funnily enough is effected by the lay prestige of your LS. So we are back where we started.
Yeah. Lay prestige is how helpful your school's prestige is in helping you get...

So now I'm thinking the OP is having getting problems getting laid. And is asking TLS for help?