Pervasive Myths - set the record straight

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:DS goes to a top liberal arts college and the biggest myth is that there’s no support for jobs and everyone is trying to get a PhD. Maybe 5-10% of any graduating class ends up getting PhDs after college. Over 70% of students run into industry after college and the highest employers are in Tech and Consulting/IB/Finance. DS has been showered in opportunities to expand his network and the school is why he has his current summer internship in PE. Many students want PhDs, but it’s because they want to be researchers.

unless it’s Williams, I don’t believe you! top LACs have terrible career services and mostly leave it on the kid. One T10 SLAC kid recently told his parents that the career center advised tapping into family and friends - yech!!

All the WASP schools have resources for you to get a job. No WASP has a majority of its graduating class going into grad school, so the kids are clearly getting help from somewhere.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DS goes to a top liberal arts college and the biggest myth is that there’s no support for jobs and everyone is trying to get a PhD. Maybe 5-10% of any graduating class ends up getting PhDs after college. Over 70% of students run into industry after college and the highest employers are in Tech and Consulting/IB/Finance. DS has been showered in opportunities to expand his network and the school is why he has his current summer internship in PE. Many students want PhDs, but it’s because they want to be researchers.

unless it’s Williams, I don’t believe you! top LACs have terrible career services and mostly leave it on the kid. One T10 SLAC kid recently told his parents that the career center advised tapping into family and friends - yech!!

All the WASP schools have resources for you to get a job. No WASP has a majority of its graduating class going into grad school, so the kids are clearly getting help from somewhere.

Yeah, their parents and their parents’ friends.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:^^^
Maybe it’s that other things may matter more than grades/scores once you hit a min baseline?

It’s why we hear of so many 4.0 uw//35/ 1550+ being shut out of top 25, whereas a kid with a 3.8uw test optional is getting in

ding ding ding ding, someone wins a prize!

There isn't one baseline. There are six lines--1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6. The scores you need in other categories for an offer depend on where you are relative to these academic categories. There's not one line.

You can back into this by figuring out what your scores are in other categories.

For example, if you have some amazing national level award, you know that there are 4-5 schools that will value that more than most of the other selective ones. Just based on how they score and what percentage of the pie goes to EC/talent.

There’s a good mock admissions officer roundtable podcast about an applicant that walks through this. It’s so eye-opening.

which podcast?