Preʃtigious, for really smart kids. Going in as a freshman I expected to do more sciencey stuff than I ended up, so I focused on Research I universities and overlooked liberal arts colleges - I probably would’ve done great at Reed, for example.

On the other hand in LA I remember a girl saying that she - a Colby grad - and I were similar because we both went to colleges for smart kids and I remember thinking “Actually, the commonality there is rich kids, and that you don’t notice that distinction kind of IS that distinction.“

And no.