the obsession with colleges

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Anonymous wrote:Serious question: If my Big 3 DC ends up at, say, Montgomery County Community College next year, will s/he be the first from the school to matriculate there?

no

I personally know of one GDS student who went directly from GDS to Montgomery College, and paying for college was absolutely not a factor, guaranteed.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I looked at the underlying report and it does not say that the various CEOs attended the schools as undergraduates. This is likely a combination of undergraduates plus all professional schools.

Just FYI.

The website is solely focused on where people did their undergraduate work.

Huh? See description below. The company is just providing the information as an aside, and in fact is a consulting group for Company BODs, Executive Comp, etc. It is not focused on where they did their undergrad, nor does the story indicate that either.

Our Mission
To provide corporate leadership data and solutions for business development, board recruiting, executive compensation and shareholder engagement. Our team prides itself on assisting influential corporate leaders address the most critical C-suite and boardroom decisions.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I looked at the underlying report and it does not say that the various CEOs attended the schools as undergraduates. This is likely a combination of undergraduates plus all professional schools.

Just FYI.

The website is solely focused on where people did their undergraduate work.

Huh? See description below. The company is just providing the information as an aside, and in fact is a consulting group for Company BODs, Executive Comp, etc. It is not focused on where they did their undergrad, nor does the story indicate that either.

Our Mission
To provide corporate leadership data and solutions for business development, board recruiting, executive compensation and shareholder engagement. Our team prides itself on assisting influential corporate leaders address the most critical C-suite and boardroom decisions.

I think maybe we're referring to different earlier posts. I wasn't sure what you were referencing, since you didn't include the post to which you were referring. Sorry for the confusion.

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Anonymous wrote:I looked at the underlying report and it does not say that the various CEOs attended the schools as undergraduates. This is likely a combination of undergraduates plus all professional schools.

Just FYI.

Thanks and not surprised. A common path to the top in business is good grades in a decent school (#50-150) with good internship / work experience to get into a great grad program / MBA. Then all the other stuff must kick in to get to top. And, let’s not forget about the Executive MBAs like Darden, Duke, Harvard and more, that focus more on the latter than the undergraduate school’s strength

Disagree. For the business field, the school name is pretty important.
I have one kid in the STEM field and one kid in business.
We placed more emphasis on the fit for the STEM kid, but were more selective about the business program/school for the kid in business.
A Better program and school certainly get you better opportunities(internship and initial work experience) for the business field.

The STEM kid can still do fine at a decent school, but better go to a better school for the business field.

I disagree - and I hire for a living (including Fortune 500s). Only matters directly for first job. And high academic achievements and co-curiculars / internships at any top 100 can give the right boost. I have hired a few top 10s and top 100s who couldn’t cut it. But most companies hire entry level anyways, so all the other factors way in.

which is very crucial

you can clearly see the difference in recruiter qualities at different levels of schools

Don't kid yourself.

But to invest everything / obsess for that…so many other paths to accomplish the same thing.

No my kid might have been lucky or something, but got accepted(REA) to a business school at a T20 college without too much stress, obsession or investing everything.
The kid didn't want to go to a more competitive and selcetive school than that, and feels fit right in. Doesn't want to go higher or lower.

Our points exactly! Thx

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:CEO-U: The Top 10 Universities for Fortune 500 Chief Executives
https://www.equilar.com/reports/44-ceo-u-top-10-universities-for-fortune-500-chief-executives.html

HARVARD UNIVERSITY
Massachusetts 20 27

STANFORD UNIVERSITY
California 12 17

MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Massachusetts 4 7

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
New York 6 6

DARTMOUTH COLLEGE
New Hampshire 6 6

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
Michigan 6 6

NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
New York 4 5

UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME
Indiana 3 5

TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY
Texas 4 4

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, AUSTIN
Texas 4 4

Feeling good my kid's school is there

I wonder if these are only undergrad degrees — couldn’t tell from the website

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I looked at the underlying report and it does not say that the various CEOs attended the schools as undergraduates. This is likely a combination of undergraduates plus all professional schools.

Harvard Business School would make sense

Just FYI.

[Anonymous]

Why are you all equating college educations with corporate leadership. Uggg. What a soul sucking existance.

[Anonymous]

So what would you like to equate it to?

[Anonymous]

(Don’t engage - likely a Philosophy major)