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Would being educated at an elite university be considered attractive or a deterring? Would a credential like that in a profile make you more or less inclined to continue a conversation with this person?
I am only seeking an opinion.
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Posted: 7/26/2012 11:47:46 PM | It's an issue for some, although its probably a very small minority who really care.
What makes me inclined to continue a conversation is how much fun I am having with it. I don't care how smart you are if you're not any fun. You wont be much fun if youre not pretty sharp, so it takes both, imo. | |
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Posted: 7/27/2012 4:05:42 AM | If he has a need to list the university he attended because it's an ivy league university, I'll think he has status issues.
It doesn't matter where someone is educated. I simply want someone who is compatible and who can hold a conversation on a wide variety of topics, who is fun and wants to be emotionally, mentally and physically available. | |
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Posted: 7/27/2012 4:19:00 AM | For the love of gawd... Gals want cute fun guys. They dont give a ratz azz where you went to school if you are not fun to talk to. If anything the elite school guys are more boring and less fun.
For someone to continue talking to you being clever, witty, charming, and having a sense of humor is more valuable then an ivy league resume. Amazing how online is soooo much like real life huh. These are all things you never took classes for at your "elite" school. You now have a great degree and no social skillz. Good luck with that attracting fun cute gals. But the plus is that is you start making big bucks maybe a cute one will want you just for your money!
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Posted: 7/27/2012 4:28:26 AM | It will depend if someone finds you attractive or not. The last person I met with a very highly recognized Degree cut the heat off a goat when he had a bad day. So do not think a Degree makes you appear better than anyone else.
Below: No Cowboy...it was someone who was a full blown koo koo. He was babysitting his boss's Goats on his property, said one of them * made him mad *. And he punched it and later cut its' head off . Another * nice guy * too. And no, he wasn't kidding. It makes your Midget story look a lot more fun.....LOL * wink *
I love the men off this site. | |
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Posted: 7/27/2012 4:33:39 AM |
last person I met with a very highly recognized Degree cut the heat off a goat when he had a bad day. Ok OK I gotta ask... Was this for some type of religious sacrifice dancing nekid on the edge of a bubbling volcano or just a backyard barbecue for family and friends? Huge difference. Just saying. And did he take classes at the Elite college to learn to do this?
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Posted: 7/27/2012 4:39:23 AM | Where a person gets their education has nothing to do with their personality.
No it doesn't matter where you got your education for me... However, I am also a practical person. | |
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Posted: 7/27/2012 4:49:16 AM | I went back to school to obtain an MBA. I did not do it just so I could put it on a online profile on a dating site. I did it to obtain a new goal and to enhance my career (also to just add more debt to a student loan balance! Yippee!!). Going to school to get or further your education should have nothing to do with trying to get more dates with women. It is all about making yourself more marketable for your career and to get promotions at your current workplace. I would say a student making class presentations may help if they are shy to overcome their shyness and that would help someone talk to women better (some people were so bad, though, there is no hope).
To answer your question it does not matter. If you are vastly educated but have the personality of a rotting piece of wood on a foreclosed home, you are not going to have long conversations with many women. | |
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Posted: 7/27/2012 5:33:56 AM | Would being educated at an elite university be considered attractive or a deterring?
Of course it all depends on the person. If you graduated from an elite university then dating someone who has also graduated from university would be attractive. Just as dating someone who likes to travel, or ride motorcycles or is into salsa dancing. A graduate degree is not the primary variable I'm looking at in a profile but I certainly do notice what they list in their education status. | |
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Posted: 7/27/2012 5:39:55 AM |
Would being educated at an elite university be considered attractive or a deterring?
I would find it very attractive since I place a high value on intelligence. I would find it deterring if he felt the need to drop that particular fact on me in an obnoxious way, or he felt the need to broadcast it incessantly. Nobody likes a braggart. :) | |
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Posted: 7/27/2012 5:46:36 AM | If your degree is an integral part of how you define yourself, then by all means, include the details in your profile.
This is the same type of question as: does talking about cars, hunting, video games, etc. turn you on/off?
Best bet - be yourself - display your unique traits and suffer/ enjoy the consequences.  | |
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Posted: 7/27/2012 6:06:47 AM | Ya know in my field I have been BLESSED to work with some brilliant highly educated people. Some would be considered genius really.
But many NOT ALL were socially inept. They were cows to be milked for the good of society, but not someone FUN to invite to a party or even try and converse with as a normal person. They could help with a NASA moon launch but bore ya to death behly fore appetizers were served at lunch. Their lack of common sense and street smarts put them at risk every time they exited their home. They knew and appreciated LITTLE of what most people enjoyed and appreciated in day to day like. And dont argue PUHLEEZE because you do not even grasp what I am saying really.
When the highlight and high point of your life is the school you graduated from that should be a sign. I could care less where you went to school. I know in minutes if you are a dumb azz or if you are interesting. Some of the most fascinating and intellectual people I have ever met were not highly educated base on degrees or schools. Brilliant and interesting people are easily identified. As are boring dumb azzes. Try to focus on being FUN and INTERESTING. Phuck the degree
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Posted: 7/27/2012 6:25:52 AM | | I would love to get together with someone whose education equals mine (PhD from an elite university). I haven't found anybody yet on pof who has this education. So, to answer your question. Yes it would be very attractive. At the moment it feels like I'm treading water, waiting for my match to come along. | |
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Posted: 7/27/2012 6:34:06 AM | Dolphina - this site is a broad cross section of the dating public. If anything, it is skewed toward the lower part of the population, because it requires no credit card, no verification process, etc. Let's say you are in Mensa. That is upper 2% of the population, IQ - wise. Let's say you earn over $100 k. That is the upper 5% of the population, income-wise. What do you think your chances are of meeting a similar person on a site that is likely primarily populated by people who do NOT fall in those brackets? Good Luck! But don't keep all your eggs in this basket! 
The chances are low, but it CAN happen. It happened to me.
Always remember you only need one, and don't give up.
True. I like to go places and do things where I am more likely to meet those with similar tastes and interests. | |
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Posted: 7/27/2012 6:37:16 AM | The chances are low, but it CAN happen. It happened to me.
Always remember you only need one, and don't give up. | |
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Posted: 7/27/2012 6:40:15 AM | [Kayla58: Dolphina - this site is a broad cross section of the dating public. If anything, it is skewed toward the lower part of the population, because it requires no credit card, no verification process, etc. Let's say you are in Mensa. That is upper 2% of the population, IQ - wise. Let's say you earn over $100 k. That is the upper 5% of the population. What do you think your chances are of meeting a similar person on a site that is likely primarily populated by people who do NOT fall in those brackets? Good Luck! But don't keep all your eggs in this basket! ]
Thanks for this. I am, though, on other dating sites - and I haven't given up meeting someone in the flesh on the streets, as it were. My difficulty is that I moved across the country 3 years ago and am trying to find someone I can more closely relate to than the guys I've met so far.
My experience, anyway, has been that though pof is a free site the same people in my general area (and I'm only interested in those living near me) are on the paying sites as well as this. Anyway, I can but try. | |
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Posted: 7/27/2012 6:52:10 AM | I don't know about a moon launch (last one was '72), but I would say the people working on NASA programs (Space Station, shuttle launches and interplanetary missions) are not necessarily socially inept. Bummer you seemed to attract those who were boring. Read more carefully. I said I WORKED with them not dated them. Reading comprehension is important in the forums. And you have obviously not had as much contact with level of individual as I have. You are blessed trust me.
And dont argue PUHLEEZE because you do not even grasp what I am saying really. Would you say that's our fault, or yours?
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Posted: 7/27/2012 7:14:15 AM | | I would have to say that whilst I am told intelligence is very attractive to a lot of people education does not necessarily mean intelligence.... | |
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Posted: 7/27/2012 7:17:51 AM | I would have to say that whilst I am told intelligence is very attractive to a lot of people education does not necessarily mean intelligence.... BINGO ! Number one answer on the board. Please step forward to collect your prize hidden behind door number three.
Having a degree from some killer school doe snot in any way or form make you interesting. Having some super extended triple Masters degree does not make you interesting to talk to.
Being able to communicate well and having interesting opinions you can verbalize in a conversation is what counts. You can graduate from MIT with 40 masters degrees and that is not a require d skill set I dont care if you are a researcher that just spent 20 years in friggin Peru inspecting ancient ruins or a high school drop out that has a unique view on time warps and worm holes. No degree from some snotty school makes ya special. S
The ability to speak and share your wisdom in some coherent fashion with others is the KEY HERE.
I want intelligent and interesting people around me. I dont give a phuck if you worked in 10 space launches or have 4 doctorate degrees from harvard if you are boring as shit.
Boring dumb azz's come in all shapes and colors and often have LOTS of fancy degrees from snotty schools. They are still boring dumb azz's. A degree from some snotty school does not make you desirable. Well it wont for most with at least a smidgen of common sense and intelligence anyway. (wink)
Being interesting and fun to talk to, is not on any list of prerequisites to graduate from Harvard, Yale, MIT or Cal-Tech I promise ya. They turn out a lot of cows for society to "milk". Their focus is not making a graduate "interesting to talk to". Which was the OP's question in a way. | |
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