We might want to reconsider the "safety school" chant

[Rita]

... at least against the other Ivy league schools.

It seems that at least based on  "yield", Cornell might be the safety school. ::worry::

[Josh '99]

[quote Rita]... at least against the other Ivy league schools.

It seems that at least based on  "yield", Cornell might be the safety school. ::worry::[/quote]Well...  right.  I mean, we knew all along that there weren't likely to have been many Cornell students whose safety school was, say, Princeton, and there was an element of irony to chanting "safety school" at those games.  That was the point, I thought, and also probably funnier than chanting it at, say, UConn, where it's merely a statement of fact.

[Beeeej]

Agreed, the irony is often part of the charm.  And the Hahvahd games are always better when we get in the "Safety School" chant first (and incur some really interesting wrathful noises from the students), though it's pretty rare these days.  Our responses to their "safety school" chants are also often quite interesting.

[ugarte]

[quote Josh '99][quote Rita]... at least against the other Ivy league schools.

It seems that at least based on  "yield", Cornell might be the safety school. ::worry::[/quote]Well...  right.  I mean, we knew all along that there weren't likely to have been many Cornell students whose safety school was, say, Princeton, and there was an element of irony to chanting "safety school" at those games.  That was the point, I thought, and also probably funnier than chanting it at, say, UConn, where it's merely a statement of fact.[/quote]
Cue the caterwauling from students in specific disciplines that never considered any other Ivy. I always considered the "irony" of chanting 'safety school' at Harvard kind of sad. Chanting 'safety school' at UConn may be a statement of fact but it makes you look like an asshole (see, e.g., Duke).

IMO, the best use is against schools like Clarkson or RPI where there was probably a lot of overlap in their application pools with Cornell. Or by Harvard against us. You know, using it in a way that actually hurts.

[Beeeej]

[quote ugarte]IMO, the best use is against schools like Clarkson or RPI where there was probably a lot of overlap in their application pools with Cornell. Or by Harvard against us. You know, using it in a way that actually hurts.[/quote]

One of my favorite moments at RPI this year was when they chanted "Harvard Rejects" at us, and we quickly responded with "Clarkson Dropouts."  You could feel the venom.

[ftyuv]

[quote ugarte][quote Josh '99][quote Rita]... at least against the other Ivy league schools.

It seems that at least based on  "yield", Cornell might be the safety school. ::worry::[/quote]Well...  right.  I mean, we knew all along that there weren't likely to have been many Cornell students whose safety school was, say, Princeton, and there was an element of irony to chanting "safety school" at those games.  That was the point, I thought, and also probably funnier than chanting it at, say, UConn, where it's merely a statement of fact.[/quote]
Cue the caterwauling from students in specific disciplines that never considered any other Ivy. I always considered the "irony" of chanting 'safety school' at Harvard kind of sad. Chanting 'safety school' at UConn may be a statement of fact but it makes you look like an asshole (see, e.g., Duke).

IMO, the best use is against schools like Clarkson or RPI where there was probably a lot of overlap in their application pools with Cornell. Or by Harvard against us. You know, using it in a way that actually hurts.[/quote]

I actually liked the irony of chanting it at Harvard, but probably because I didn't particularly want to go there and it'd be my way of laughing at those Cornellians who did. ;-)

[Jeff Hopkins '82]

[quote ftyuv][quote ugarte][quote Josh '99][quote Rita]... at least against the other Ivy league schools.

It seems that at least based on  "yield", Cornell might be the safety school. ::worry::[/quote]Well...  right.  I mean, we knew all along that there weren't likely to have been many Cornell students whose safety school was, say, Princeton, and there was an element of irony to chanting "safety school" at those games.  That was the point, I thought, and also probably funnier than chanting it at, say, UConn, where it's merely a statement of fact.[/quote]
Cue the caterwauling from students in specific disciplines that never considered any other Ivy. I always considered the "irony" of chanting 'safety school' at Harvard kind of sad. Chanting 'safety school' at UConn may be a statement of fact but it makes you look like an asshole (see, e.g., Duke).

IMO, the best use is against schools like Clarkson or RPI where there was probably a lot of overlap in their application pools with Cornell. Or by Harvard against us. You know, using it in a way that actually hurts.[/quote]

I actually liked the irony of chanting it at Harvard, but probably because I didn't particularly want to go there and it'd be my way of laughing at those Cornellians who did. ;-)[/quote]

I actually applied to Harvard and Yale simply so I could turn them down.  ::flipc::

Unfortunately, they beat me to it.  ::wtf::