Power of the Harvard brand

Among Harvard students, it's called "dropping the H-bomb." In social settings they love telling people (especially chicks) that they go to harvard but try to act humble while saying it, in order to maximize the effect. I always thought this was total bullshit, but according to my friends at HBS, it can work wonders. Chicks at boston bars are extremely impressed by a guy who goes to HBS, especially if he's decent looking and has good social skills.

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quantumAmong Harvard students, it's called "dropping the H-bomb." In social settings they love telling people (especially chicks) that they go to harvard but try to act humble while saying it, in order to maximize the effect. I always thought this was total bullshit, but according to my friends at HBS, it can work wonders. Chicks at boston bars are extremely impressed by a guy who goes to HBS, especially if he's decent looking and has good social skills.

A true Harvard man tells others he goes "to school in Boston"

advertising your alma mater is rather lower middle class

 

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