Where you go to college matters!

[Anonymous]

All anyone has to do is a simple search on LinkedIn to see how ridiculous OP's statement is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Don't be a fool. A star is a star no matter where they go to school. And a fool is a fool...

A star in a more luxurious constellation looks brighter.

Said the fool

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You too can be recruited straight into the next Lehman Brothers or Enron.

Oh quit it. You're probably one of those relentlessly immature "anti-capitalists" living off of a trust fund.

For most kids, starting off your career at JP Morgan or BCG is one of the best ways to enter the corporate world -- full stop.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All anyone has to do is a simple search on LinkedIn to see how ridiculous OP's statement is.

Totally agree with the above statement.

[Anonymous]

Bad advice. For medical school/doctor, law and finance it matters where you go. For tech/CS not so much.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I can’t think of a single person, old or young, who got their job from an on campus recruiter.

Then you were at wrong campus.

+1 Graduated with an undergrad at a no name state u. My first job was through the career center via internship back in the early 90s.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can’t think of a single person, old or young, who got their job from an on campus recruiter.

Then you were at wrong campus.

+1 Graduated with an undergrad at a no name state u. My first job was through the career center via internship back in the early 90s.

wanted to add... you don't have to go to a T50 to have recruiters to come to your school. It's just the type of organizations that show up. If you are looking to go into i banking, then sure, those companies will probably only recruit at T10 to T20. But, there are plenty of companies that recruit from T50 and below.

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Anonymous wrote:If a kid who really wants to be those things but didn't get the grades AT AGE 16 that they needed to get to one of the colleges you are saying 'matters', they absolutely can turn it around at whatever college they go to and make it happen.

I banking starting out at a second of third tier college requires a lot of nepotism or luck.

Who is talking about ibanking? And why are people here so obsessed?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bad advice. For medical school/doctor, law and finance it matters where you go. For tech/CS not so much.

No, it does not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Absolute nonsense. I hire many graduates every year. The idea that they are divided into some kind of caste system based on where they went to college is simply ludicrous. Of course we have a vague ranking of the different universities, but your personality, experience, interests, and individual accomplishments count for more. And of course, once you are in the door no one gives a crap where you went to university.

+1000

There are only a very few areas where it matters (VC/PE and for this it's where you got your MBA not undergrad that matters, high level investment banking) beyond that it simply does not matter. FAANG hires from hundreds of schools and you start with similar pay. And once you have the first job nobody gives a shit where you went to school---they care what you did at your last job.

[Anonymous]

Is this a troll post?

[Anonymous]

Of course it matters, but it only matters substantially if you are comparing two very different schools. It's certainly going to be easier to get a job out of Princeton rather than Montana State. But most students aren't choosing between a #5 school and a #895 school, but a #5 and #25, or #100 and #150. And what's really important is what you do and learn at those schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is this a troll post?

Seems likely.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Of course it matters, but it only matters substantially if you are comparing two very different schools. It's certainly going to be easier to get a job out of Princeton rather than Montana State. But most students aren't choosing between a #5 school and a #895 school, but a #5 and #25, or #100 and #150. And what's really important is what you do and learn at those schools.

Cite?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Of course it matters, but it only matters substantially if you are comparing two very different schools. It's certainly going to be easier to get a job out of Princeton rather than Montana State. But most students aren't choosing between a #5 school and a #895 school, but a #5 and #25, or #100 and #150. And what's really important is what you do and learn at those schools.

Cite?

dp.. really?