A friend's boss went to harvard and stanford - We meet up with him a lot, and he can be relied on to name drop his alma mater s once every 2-5 minutes. At first I thought this was a little pretentious and phony but I've actually come to like the guy - he tells pretty interesting stories, he's very outgoing etc. I guess we all have things that we are proud of. I'm definitely not a name-brand school person but there are somethings that I'm proud of that I probably talk about too much and I think most people are the same way. I try not to judge. I've found that you can actually learn some stuff from "arrogant" people if you just let them say the things that make them feel special.