No, that’s not envy on the passersby’s faces when they look at your crimson sweatshirt. It’s the look of deep, disgusted judgment as they are decoding you as either A) a spoiled rich kid, B) a minority, C) a complete douchebag, or D) all of the above.
HOW TO IDENTIFY: In a remote village in Zambia, spending more time regretting the decision and calling National Geographic to get more publicity (for better chances at grad school) than working to better the non-profit AIDS clinic he started in a futile effort to win the Rhodes Scholarship.
It caused quite a quarrel with Father and Mother when you announced you were settling for Harvard but luckily Essie Mae kept enough sherry coming that the argument soon gave way to a delightful discussion about everyone's favorite Henry James novel. You're not sure if it's the sweater vests or your untamed passion for the films of Merchant/Ivory, but you've suspected that you were gay since long before an eight-year-old you starred as both the male and female leads in the Pingree Day School's musical production of Wuthering Heights. You wonder if you should become a doctor, a lawyer, or both. – Turbo