#115, I'm not quite sure what your issue with the OP's writing is. "Throw a party" is a perfectly reasonable and commonly used expression. The past tense of that would be "threw a party" just as the OP said.

#115, are you sure YOU made it into college??? how well were YOUR english grades? they used the correct word, and obviously, you're an idiot.

yeah, penn state is an amazinggg school, and it is hard to get into. so you should be proud of yourself, and i'm sure that when everyone found out it was penn state you were going to, they were still very proud of you.

Your stepmom's the one that should be embarrassed. Penn State's still a great school and it's hard to get into. Who cares if it's not Ivy League? Although I guess it would kind of suck if everyone was so happy for you that you were going there and then you had to tell them that you weren't actually going to an Ivy League school...

#32 UDel is AWESOME! Its a good school and has one of the best study abroad programs, established in 1923 with trips on all 7 continents, one of the largest programs in the country. 3 signers of the declaration of independence went to Udel, and has one of the top 10 engineering programs in the country...what school do you go to? I was #32. I go to an Ivy league. No not UPENN. I'll keep it confidential. Are you serious? You call those credentials. And no, UDEL is not a top engineering program, it is good, but not one of the top. Everyone here that says a top 100 school is good is ridiculous. People get into top 50-100 schools with 3.0-3.5 GPAs and 1600-2000 SAT scores. That is terrible. Give me a break. Penn State is decent, but terrible compared to UPENN.

Don't worry about it. For my graduation party my sister wrote all over the invitations, "Congrats Michelle for getting into Dartmouth University!" Why this was probably more of an fml: I was going to an IVY league school and my sister made herself look like an idiot in front of the entire family. Even when I told her it's Dartmouth College, she still said University. Now my family thinks I'm either lying about coming to Dartmouth or thinks I'm going to UMass Dartmouth. Two VERY different schools. Penn State is a great school. Be proud of where you go, and don't be ashamed to tell your family the truth. Better than them finding out later and casting judgment not only on the school you actually do go to, but also on your ability to be honest with them.

Roll with it, imo. When introducing themselves, a bunch of my friends that went to Samford will say the name really fast, and if the other person hears Stanford, they don't correct them.

U of Penn isn't one of the ivy leagues. It's just hard to get into. But boo who, how upset can you get if you didn't even apply there.

PSU is too good for a snob like you

#125 UPenn is an ivy league. http://www.upenn.edu/ Written bright as day: proud ivy league tradition.