Higher ranked SLAC most people haven’t heard of VS. lower ranked big public everyone has heard of?

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Anonymous wrote:But the point is that to most people if you throw out the name Davidson or one of the “silly” CTCL schools they won’t know the difference.

But the people involved in hiring for competitive positions at many sought after employers (e.g., Google, Bain, etc.) certainly do.

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Anonymous wrote:But the point is that to most people if you throw out the name Davidson or one of the “silly” CTCL schools they won’t know the difference.

The employers who previous posters said are “prestigious” sure would. They get it.

Huh. I worked at McKinsey and Google as a hiring manager for both. I probably hired about a dozen employees at those companies, and more than that at other companies. Until my kid reached high school and I started visiting these boards i honestly didn’t know anything about Davidson. Had heard of it, but that’s about it.

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Anonymous wrote:Davidson is one thing. A silly CTCL school is another. Don’t do that.

Not sure why people feel the need to call ctcl schools silly. They are good schools. Why the beef?

They’re not “good.” They’re average.

Sure, they're good. Have you even looked at them? My kid got into some Ivies but also applied to and considered some ctcl schools. There are some excellent schools there.

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Anonymous wrote:But the point is that to most people if you throw out the name Davidson or one of the “silly” CTCL schools they won’t know the difference.

The employers who previous posters said are “prestigious” sure would. They get it.

Huh. I worked at McKinsey and Google as a hiring manager for both. I probably hired about a dozen employees at those companies, and more than that at other companies. Until my kid reached high school and I started visiting these boards i honestly didn’t know anything about Davidson. Had heard of it, but that’s about it.

I’ll add, that I’m from the NYC region, not DC, so that may make a difference.

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Anonymous wrote:But the point is that to most people if you throw out the name Davidson or one of the “silly” CTCL schools they won’t know the difference.

The employers who previous posters said are “prestigious” sure would. They get it.

Huh. I worked at McKinsey and Google as a hiring manager for both. I probably hired about a dozen employees at those companies, and more than that at other companies. Until my kid reached high school and I started visiting these boards i honestly didn’t know anything about Davidson. Had heard of it, but that’s about it.

Both of those companies know Davidson well. Your anecdote proves nothing other than that you personally don’t know very much about colleges and aren’t very sophisticated.

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Anonymous wrote:Davidson is one thing. A silly CTCL school is another. Don’t do that.

Not sure why people feel the need to call ctcl schools silly. They are good schools. Why the beef?

They’re not “good.” They’re average.

Sure, they're good. Have you even looked at them? My kid got into some Ivies but also applied to and considered some ctcl schools. There are some excellent schools there.

Reed is good. The rest are average at best.

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Anonymous wrote:If grad school is very likely, I would go with the better SLAC. If not and the term degree is undergrad, then I lean to state U.

This confuses me...many more faculty at state schools doing research who are connected in the field to give good recs. Not the case at most slacs. Or do you mean law school?

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Anonymous wrote:If grad school is very likely, I would go with the better SLAC. If not and the term degree is undergrad, then I lean to state U.

This confuses me...many more faculty at state schools doing research who are connected in the field to give good recs. Not the case at most slacs. Or do you mean law school?

But at the SLAC the professor will actually know the student well and possibly have had them do research with them. Grad schools love SLAC graduates, too, as they know the quality of the education the students get at a SLAC.

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Anonymous wrote:But the point is that to most people if you throw out the name Davidson or one of the “silly” CTCL schools they won’t know the difference.

The employers who previous posters said are “prestigious” sure would. They get it.

Huh. I worked at McKinsey and Google as a hiring manager for both. I probably hired about a dozen employees at those companies, and more than that at other companies. Until my kid reached high school and I started visiting these boards i honestly didn’t know anything about Davidson. Had heard of it, but that’s about it.

Both of those companies know Davidson well. Your anecdote proves nothing other than that you personally don’t know very much about colleges and aren’t very sophisticated.

I think you overestimate the average university knowledge of the median Google manager. I worked at Facebook until last year, we were mostly nerds really into tech but likely not super knowledgeable about colleges outside of big names. I’m a fan of Steph Curry, so know the name but also didn’t realize it was a top school until the college search process began for my kids. Maybe I’m not sophisticated either, but most Facebook tech people are not, maybe the finance group is?

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Anonymous wrote:But the point is that to most people if you throw out the name Davidson or one of the “silly” CTCL schools they won’t know the difference.

The employers who previous posters said are “prestigious” sure would. They get it.

Huh. I worked at McKinsey and Google as a hiring manager for both. I probably hired about a dozen employees at those companies, and more than that at other companies. Until my kid reached high school and I started visiting these boards i honestly didn’t know anything about Davidson. Had heard of it, but that’s about it.

Both of those companies know Davidson well. Your anecdote proves nothing other than that you personally don’t know very much about colleges and aren’t very sophisticated.

I think you overestimate the average university knowledge of the median Google manager. I worked at Facebook until last year, we were mostly nerds really into tech but likely not super knowledgeable about colleges outside of big names. I’m a fan of Steph Curry, so know the name but also didn’t realize it was a top school until the college search process began for my kids. Maybe I’m not sophisticated either, but most Facebook tech people are not, maybe the finance group is?

Well, I just did a quick search on LinkedIn and Davidson college is well represented at both Google and McKinsey and in offices all over the country, including New York City. So you’re just plain wrong.

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Anonymous wrote:But the point is that to most people if you throw out the name Davidson or one of the “silly” CTCL schools they won’t know the difference.

The employers who previous posters said are “prestigious” sure would. They get it.

Huh. I worked at McKinsey and Google as a hiring manager for both. I probably hired about a dozen employees at those companies, and more than that at other companies. Until my kid reached high school and I started visiting these boards i honestly didn’t know anything about Davidson. Had heard of it, but that’s about it.

Both of those companies know Davidson well. Your anecdote proves nothing other than that you personally don’t know very much about colleges and aren’t very sophisticated.

I think you overestimate the average university knowledge of the median Google manager. I worked at Facebook until last year, we were mostly nerds really into tech but likely not super knowledgeable about colleges outside of big names. I’m a fan of Steph Curry, so know the name but also didn’t realize it was a top school until the college search process began for my kids. Maybe I’m not sophisticated either, but most Facebook tech people are not, maybe the finance group is?

Well, I just did a quick search on LinkedIn and Davidson college is well represented at both Google and McKinsey and in offices all over the country, including New York City. So you’re just plain wrong.

Ok, you must go to Davidson or something. I’m of the opinion that most people, including many hiring managers at top companies, are not super knowledgeable about colleges in general. Maybe the HR folk are, and the execs SAHM’s, but most don’t research this stuff. I doubt someone like an Elon Musk knows much about smaller colleges. Who really researches this stuff other than those with children at the appropriate age.

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I'm of the group that thinks the student should find their best fit college, whether that is a tiny SLAC or a huge university, not the college that will most likely lead to a certain type of potential hire. With that said, let's be real that the admission standards for students admitted to Penn State and Davidson are very different. Schreyer and Davidson, maybe.

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Anonymous wrote:But the point is that to most people if you throw out the name Davidson or one of the “silly” CTCL schools they won’t know the difference.

The employers who previous posters said are “prestigious” sure would. They get it.

Huh. I worked at McKinsey and Google as a hiring manager for both. I probably hired about a dozen employees at those companies, and more than that at other companies. Until my kid reached high school and I started visiting these boards i honestly didn’t know anything about Davidson. Had heard of it, but that’s about it.

Both of those companies know Davidson well. Your anecdote proves nothing other than that you personally don’t know very much about colleges and aren’t very sophisticated.

I think you overestimate the average university knowledge of the median Google manager. I worked at Facebook until last year, we were mostly nerds really into tech but likely not super knowledgeable about colleges outside of big names. I’m a fan of Steph Curry, so know the name but also didn’t realize it was a top school until the college search process began for my kids. Maybe I’m not sophisticated either, but most Facebook tech people are not, maybe the finance group is?

Well, I just did a quick search on LinkedIn and Davidson college is well represented at both Google and McKinsey and in offices all over the country, including New York City. So you’re just plain wrong.

Ok, you must go to Davidson or something. I’m of the opinion that most people, including many hiring managers at top companies, are not super knowledgeable about colleges in general. Maybe the HR folk are, and the execs SAHM’s, but most don’t research this stuff. I doubt someone like an Elon Musk knows much about smaller colleges. Who really researches this stuff other than those with children at the appropriate age.

I have zero connection with Davidson. Zero. But I’m not so ignorant that I haven’t long heard of it. And I just KNEW you were wrong that a prestigious organization like McKinsey or a company like Google wouldn’t know of it - and I confirmed that I was right with the press of a button.

Sorry that you were so easily proven wrong.

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I think you overestimate the average university knowledge of the median Google manager. I worked at Facebook until last year, we were mostly nerds really into tech but likely not super knowledgeable about colleges outside of big names. I’m a fan of Steph Curry, so know the name but also didn’t realize it was a top school until the college search process began for my kids. Maybe I’m not sophisticated either, but most Facebook tech people are not, maybe the finance group is?

That kind of misses the point. DS is a senior studying physics & cs at a slac. He doesn't expect managers to know his school but when he contacts alumni at those companies, they are really great about talking with him, referring him, and helping out as much as possible. They probably only get one or two calls a year from current students at most so it is easy to help.

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Mic drop:

https://wildcat-career-news.davidson.edu/alumni-and-networking/davidson-alumnus-leads-mckinsey-info-session/