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Consolation
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Posted: Fri May 2nd, 2008 02:58 am |
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I believe that this particular tiger is in New Jersey...Princeton, New Jersey, to be precise!
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Alumother
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Posted: Fri May 2nd, 2008 03:08 am |
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Correct. Princeton. Sorry for being mysterious .
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hummingbird
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Posted: Fri May 2nd, 2008 03:10 am |
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| Don't feel dumb, outwest. I had to google the words "old nassau tiger" in order to figure it out! LOL. Congrats to aluson!
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jocelynDAD
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Posted: Fri May 2nd, 2008 03:11 am |
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Outwest:
The oldest building on Princeton's campus is 'Old Nassau'. On good weather days, the graduation ceremony is held in front of 'old Nassau'.
So many of the students, alums and faculty refer to Princeton University as 'Old Nassau".
The colors are Orange and Black and the mascot is the Tiger.
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Posted: Fri May 2nd, 2008 03:18 am |
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And here's some history on the Tiger (I googled it too):
http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/archives/2005/09/22/sports/13150.shtml
During the 18th and much of the 19th centuries, students at the College of New Jersey lacked most team sports and thus the necessity to embrace the concept of a school mascot.
Still, the sartorially astute student of that era had his own version of the popped-collar shirt. Probably in tribute to William III — the Prince of Orange (of the House of Nassau) — students sported orange ribbons on which they wrote their class numerals. Since Sharpies only came in black in those days, the student body was festooned in orange and black. This color proclivity expanded to the jerseys, stockings and caps worn by students, particularly the more athletic ones.
Given the rampant animality present on campus and the fact that orange and black were designated as Princeton's official colors in 1896, students increasingly identified with the Tiger.
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outwest
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Posted: Fri May 2nd, 2008 03:19 am |
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OH!!...Now it makes sense! Occidental has a tiger for a mascot and that is the only one I could think of. Occidental was started by two Princeton alumni who wanted to honor their college by making the mascot the same. LOL I had forgotton that little spiel from the tour of Occidental we took.
Congratulations, Alumom! I assume you noticed that Bumpyroad's D chose it, too.
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Wendy (wjb)
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Posted: Fri May 2nd, 2008 03:19 am |
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I believe we are bringing up the rear. Finally, a decision. What a week.
Astrid (Moominmama)'s D: SCAD (w/ merit $)
Bridie's D: Vanderbilt ED!!!! Tulane, University of Wisconsin- Madison
Bumpyroad's D: Williams, Dartmouth, Denver (w/merit $), Middlebury,Colorado College (merit $), Whitman (merit $), Reed, Harvard, Princeton
Canadian's S: Colorado College ED, Acadia U and Mt. Allison U in Canada
Carolyn's S: Reed ED!, Beloit EA
Consolation's S: University of Chicago, Carleton, U of Rochester (Youth Orchestra Scholarship), Bowdoin (Bowdoin Faculty Scholar), Pomona, Dartmouth
Defyingravity1: Earlham College, UNC-Asheville
dufay's D: University of Pittsburgh (Honors)
Early Bird's Niece: SUNY/Binghamton, SUNY Geneseo, Connecticut College
ellenrch's S: University of Missouri (j-school, Journalism Scholar, Honors College, legacy scholarship), Syracuse (Newhouse), Ohio University (Scripps), Boston University (Comm/Dean's Scholar)
engineeringmama's D: Ohio State (honors college), Rose-Hulman, The University of Evansville (merit $), Miami of Ohio (honors and $$$), Lehigh (music scholarship $), Bucknell
engrad’s D: USC-columbia (Journalism, legacy $), Clemson (Psychology), Furman (Psychology, Finalist for merit $)
frazzled1's D: William & Mary ED; University of Pittsburgh (Honors)
Hijinksandsue's D: Berklee College of Music (EA with merit $) (all other apps withdrawn after acceptance)
Hummingbird's S: U of Missouri (Honors Journalism w/merit $); Ohio U (Journalism w/merit $$$), U of Wisconsin-Madison (Honors), Indiana U (Journalism, honors invite, merit $), University of Maryland (Journalism, Honors/Honors Humanities, merit $)
JocelynDAD D3: St Olaf, Lawrence, Wooster, Centre, Illinois Wesleyan.
Just*Adge: Mills College (w/Merit $), U of New Orleans, U of LA-Lafayette, Louisiana State University, Spelman College
Just_Me's S: Stanford, UCB (Regents), UCLA (Regents), UCSD (Regents), UCD (Regents)
lfm's S: Caltech, MIT, UCLA (with Honors), UCSD, Berkeley
Lynda's S: Universiy of Redlands Master of Music Performance-with a Graduate assistantship
mackinaw's D: University of Michigan (Ross School of Business -- MBA)
MaizeBlue's D: Colorado, Washington, Georgia Tech, UCLA, Wisconsin (Atmospheric Science/Chemistry Doctorate)
NCEph's S: UNC-Chapel Hill, Duke; Emory; Vassar; Williams
Onceinvincible315: Drew University (w/merit $), Knox College (w/merit $), Ursinus College (w/merit $), Allegheny College (w/merit $), Washington College (w/merit $), The College of Wooster (w/merit $), Elizabethtown College (w/merit $), The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Ramapo College of New Jersey, Hartwick College (w/merit $)
orangesulfur's D: University of Wisconsin-Madison (Honors); UGA; Lawrence; Bryn Mawr, Barnard, Bard, Vassar, Emory, Goucher (merit $$$)
orchestramom's D: University at Buffalo (w/full tuition, honors college and scholars program); University of Michigan; Boston University (w/merit $$); Brown; UPenn
outwest's D: Lewis & Clark, Smith, Bryn Mawr, Dickinson, Occidental
Patient's twinD1: UC Irvine (regents scholar/campuswide honors program); UCSB (regents scholar); USC; Barnard; Northwestern; UC Berkeley; Vanderbilt; Tufts; Emory.
Patient's twinD2: Colorado College, Bryn Mawr (her first choice!); Scripps; Emory
Peabodie's D: Goucher College (w/merit $), Ithaca College (w/merit $), Stonehill College (w/merit $), Dickinson College (w/merit $), Brandeis University, American University (w/merit $), Connecticut College
PrimeTimeMom's S: Babson College, Boston University (CGS)
PrimeTimeMom's D: Mount St. Marys (Los Angeles)
revkat's D: Whitworth (w/honors and merit $); Juniata(w/merit $); UC Santa Cruz; MIT; Carnegie Mellon; Harvey Mudd
riviera's S: UC San Diego (with Regents), UCLA (honors program), UC Berkeley (College of Chemistry) Haverford, Harvey Mudd (with merit award), Pomona
seniorboysmom's S: St. Olaf, Lawrence University, Ursinus College (merit $-Achievement Award), Washington and Jefferson College (merit $-Scholar Award), University of Oregon, Catholic University of America (CUA Merit Scholarship $), UC Riverside
skibum's S: Tulane (Dean's Honors Scholarship $$$); Emory (with merit $ )
Slewnior's D: University of Vermont, St. Michael's College (w/Merit $), Northeastern University (w/Merit $)
Vderon's D: Southern Illinois ( Honors- merit); North Central College (Naperville, IL, 10,000 merit), Grand Valley State (Honors, multiple scholarships), Depaul ( Honors w/merit $)
wendy's (wjb's) S: University of Michigan, Yale, Harvard, Princeton, Brown
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Posted: Fri May 2nd, 2008 03:23 am |
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Whoo Hoo!!!!!
Yes...yes, yes, yes.
It must have been mighty hard for him to say no to H.
You need a glass of wine. No, make that a quart of scotch. Buy the boy a shiny new Yamulka in their colors. LOL
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Wendy (wjb)
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Posted: Fri May 2nd, 2008 03:32 am |
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Thanks, outwest. Yes, it was hard, harder than he and we ever imagined it would be. Never underestimate the allure of Harvard. But after compiling and analyzing long lists of criteria and conducting numerous gut checks, he stuck with the school that was his first choice from the beginning. It was really, really hard to make that decision, though. Yes, wine. Now.
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Posted: Fri May 2nd, 2008 03:46 am |
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| Bulldog, bulldog, bow wow wow! Congratulations on a great choice, Wendy's S.
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Posted: Fri May 2nd, 2008 04:13 am |
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Wendy,
He made the right decision.
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Posted: Fri May 2nd, 2008 04:16 am |
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| Thank you so much Mackinaw! And a big thank you to everyone here for beleiving in me and supporting me!!
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defyingravity1
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Posted: Fri May 2nd, 2008 04:19 am |
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Wendy, COngrats on your S. choice of Yale!! Must have been hard to decide between HYPB.
Also on a side note, I noticed on CC that Patient has posted her twins will go to Scripps and Barnard, respectivlly.
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Wendy (wjb)
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Posted: Fri May 2nd, 2008 04:24 am |
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Ah Carolyn, you know him. I can't tell you how touching that simple sentence was.
Wendy
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Posted: Fri May 2nd, 2008 04:24 am |
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| Both Patient's Ds going to women's colleges. They can wave to each other across the continent.
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outwest
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Posted: Fri May 2nd, 2008 06:03 am |
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LOL That's what I was thinking, Cardinal. They are going to be really far from each other. Both schools are awesome, but very different. They can compare notes!
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Posted: Fri May 2nd, 2008 06:58 am |
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| Yay Wendy! Yay Wendyson! Yay Yale! I hope they realize how lucky they are to get him.
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Posted: Fri May 2nd, 2008 11:41 am |
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Wendy
congrats on your's son's decision. Yale is a very special place indeed.
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Posted: Fri May 2nd, 2008 12:43 pm |
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| Wendy - Congratulations on your son's choosing Yale! As the parent of a current H sophomore (who is blissfully happy there), I am always a wee bit disappointed when someone chooses Y, but only because it's H's loss. May your son have four blissfully happy years at Yale!
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Posted: Fri May 2nd, 2008 01:40 pm |
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Thanks, all.
NCeph -- it was a hard decision. When you have extraordinary choices, you have to give up something extraordinary (and of course, you get something extraordinary). He didn't love Harvard when we visited during his junior year. So when he went to H's admitted students program last week and did in fact love it, he was taken by surprise. The fact is, Y and H have a great deal in common -- many more similarities than differences. But it's certain a kid can only choose one!
Last edited on Fri May 2nd, 2008 01:41 pm by Wendy (wjb)
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