Ivy outcomes are often just, well, average

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Anonymous wrote:It doesn’t really matter much — it’s kind of out of fashion anyway. The goal post has moved

That’s not true. Hiring is primarily being done out of T1-20s with the horrific job market. The “we don’t like the elites and only want publics, sec” was so 2024.

This is a provocative thing to say but where is your evidence of this?

From a recent WSJ article from January:

The hiring trend for new graduates resembles recruiting practices before the pandemic and the tight labor market of 2018 and 2019, researchers who have focused on entry-level hiring say. Most now recruit only at up to 30 American colleges out of about 4,000, starting with top-ranked schools and then looking at local universities, said William Chichester III, who has spent years directing entry-level recruiting at companies including Target and Peloton.

If you fall outside of those two categories? “God help you,” he added. Outside of divine intervention, he suggests referrals, LinkedIn and networking.

Several years ago, GE Appliances’ tech, sales and supply-chain divisions would pick their own schools when recruiting. Now they all draw from the same 15 campuses, selected for their proximity to headquarters, majors offered and academic rankings, Nguyen said. School alumni who work at GE Appliances help with recruiting and students can get a next-day interview in person.

Bolded statements are key...local employers are focusing on kids that are already there. Especially if a company like say Pella is based in Iowa which isn't a top destination for grads...they aren't wasting time trying to recruit someone from Harvard, but will focus a ton on Iowa and Iowa State kids.

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If want very good career outcomes go to Notre Dame, Holy Cross or Colgate. Three of the best alumni networks in the country.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It doesn’t really matter much — it’s kind of out of fashion anyway. The goal post has moved

That’s not true. Hiring is primarily being done out of T1-20s with the horrific job market. The “we don’t like the elites and only want publics, sec” was so 2024.

It was never a thing

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I'm an Ivy graduate. I had a good experience. I graduated ad


























Ivy grad here who had no idea how obsessed people were with Ivies until DCUM.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It doesn’t really matter much — it’s kind of out of fashion anyway. The goal post has moved

That’s not true. Hiring is primarily being done out of T1-20s with the horrific job market. The “we don’t like the elites and only want publics, sec” was so 2024.

And who knows where we’ll all be in 2030. It seems entirely possible that AI will shut down all hiring, at all companies, from every school, and no young person will ever be employed again. And if that result is averted, it’s very hard to see why anyone should feel confident that kids from Columbia will all be employed while kids from NYU will all be jobless.