/lit/ - Literature

How do you make yourself sound more 'patrician' to others, /lit/?

I like to call authors by their first name, I'm not sure if it makes me look smarter though.

Probably not, but I like delusions.

>>8361095
> For the lack of a better board
Patrician meme confirmed to be not a meme.

>>8051137
There are thousands of those applying every year. Why would they be of interest?
Admissions committees need:
1. Academic superstars. This has little to do with GPA and is about real scholarship or competitions like Math Olympiad. National Merit Finalist status is also factored in but not as superstar status.

2. Athletes. With a class of 1,500 they need to fill numerous varsity teams with D1 quality athletes who also don't drag the academic numbers down.

3. Diversity admits: just enough to keep from getting in trouble.

4. Musicians, dancers, actors, artists. Look at all the arts clubs and performance groups at those schools. They want people with some dedication, not just "techno interests me."

After that's all done, they like people with interesting stories and backgrounds. Middle class kids with good grades who aren't amazing at anything aren't high on the list.

>>8051157
>resentment: the post

>>7991299
>not being an elitist in the social sense
Nothing to be proud of, tbqh.

>>7988535
Soooo....

How's that class resentment going for you? I thought this was about ethics and morality and all that good stuff, not your financial problems and insecurity about your ability to attract a top-tier woman.

>>7988518
>a leech to his parents
A. my parents are proud of what I've done artistically.

B. We're leeches on the labor of the proletariat, not each other. Pleb.

>>7183968
My own credentials are short stories published in respectable magazines. Others could get in by verifying that they'd published in any market of note.

You could also get in with a verified bachelors (completed, not in progress) in Literature, Philosophy or History, or admission to any legit PhD program.

Here it is, the official, scientifically formulated patrician test.

Scoring Rubric
100%: Patrician
Up to 3 statements don't apply to you.: Plebeian. You can still redeem yourself if you try.
More than 3 statements don't apply to you: Slave. Reconcile yourself to a life of failure.

THE OFFICIAL PATRICIAN TEST

Live or have lived in a global city.

Have been to a used bookstore in the last month.

Have done Cocaine and/or psychedelics.

Went to an Ivy, MIT, Stanford, Oxbridge, or the #1 university in whatever other country you might be from.

Played an intercollegiate sport in college.

Have published original work in any field (literature, scientific papers, etc.)

Joined a fraternity or secret society in college.

Currently have a harem of FWBs or, better yet, actual multiple wives and gfs (exceptions allowed if you're too engrossed in your work at the moment for female nonsense).

Earn at least $70k a year or can live an equivalent lifestyle on family money.

Can play at least one musical instrument or sing properly.

Have read novels in at least three languages.

>>5138302
Don't sweat it. I have a STEM degree but work as a writer. The pay's not as good but it still plenty and the lifestyle is the best.

Moby Dick- Herman Melville
Blood Meridian- Cormac McCarthy
The Old Man & The Sea- Ernest Hemingway
The Road- Cormac McCarthy
Sea of Glory- Nathaniel Philbrick

Honourable Mentions:
1491-Charles Mann
Beloved- Toni Morrison
Ham on Rye- Charles Bukowski
LOTR/Simarillion- J.R.R. Tolkien
Housekeeping- Marylinne Robinson
The Song of Hiawatha- H.W. Longfellow
Evangeline- H.W. Longfellow