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Interesting. Informally (anecdotally), I think the norm is quite the opposite: noblesse obliges to never drop the H-bomb in conversation --whence the irksome "went to school near Boston" trope [1,2].

It could well be a HBS-only thing, though. They have their own thing going on.

[1] http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2011/9/15/harvard-students...

[2] http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2014/05/30/harvard_grads...

In my anecdotal experience, I only find out people I meet went to Harvard when I see them in a school sweatshirt. Or if they write for The Simpsons, in which case I just assume it. Heh.

Wharton grads, on the other hand... Never more than 10 minutes before they drop it in.

How do you spot an MBA from Harvard? Don't worry they'll tell you...

my graduate advisor had studied CS from Harvard. She never mentioned it. I got to know one day when I was going through her Bio. I mentioned it in the next meeting and all she did was smile faintly.

People with substance don't need to flash their Ivy League emblem everywhere.