# Anyone else think this is silly? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 26, 2011, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-think-this-is-silly/583298 "2011-05-26T15:17:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2011, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-think-this-is-silly/583298/41 "2011-05-27T16:56:01Z")
As to the location, many state-sponsored colleges across the country have mulitple locations. And stickers like “University of \*State \*- _Location_” are very common. Students & former students have allegience to their campus, not to the overall state U system. As to the major, did the car the OP saw really indicate the owner’s major, or the owner’s school within the campus? Big difference. Some campuses have both well-respected and much-derided schools sitting side by side. Ultimately, every university sticker is either a stealth-brag, or an appeal to group membership. I don’t see the downside in somebody choosing any particular layer of membership vs. another. How does it really differ if somebody says I graduated college. I graduated from some State U. I graduated from some state U in PA. I graduated from a particular state U campus in PA. I graduated from a particular school in a particular state U campus in PA. I graduated with a particular major from a particular school in a particular state U campus in PA. Hint: To those of us not from PA, we’re not sure any of those actually mean you can read. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2011, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-think-this-is-silly/583298/42 "2011-05-28T07:07:54Z")
I have two NC State Engineering stickers on my vehicle…I did have a third that specified mechanical engineering, but it faded. According to a t-shirt I purchased in college, a 3.0 GPA in an NC State engineering major is better than a 4.0 in a journalism major at UNC-Chapel Hill. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-think-this-is-silly/583298.md?page=2)