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The Silly Stereotypes That Elite-College Students Have About Other Campuses

There’s a deeper meaning behind the us-and-them boundaries drawn by attendees of highly selective schools.

As Binder and Abel suggest, these students may worry that many attendees of other colleges are as capable as they are, so emphasizing differences between schools can help validate them in self-identifying as uniquely brilliant and therefore deserving of the best education and jobs. Further, it’s also possible that these students—having for years devoted themselves fully to the project of becoming standout college applicants—feel the need to justify their past efforts.