Does where you go to college actually matter?

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Anonymous wrote:Here’s an example. I have several friends who were smart and went to W&M or UVA but majored in education and became teachers. Had they gone to Longwood instead that wouldn’t have changed a thing for their job. But UVA majorly changed their selection of spouse. And all three of them married high earners and none of the wives work any longer.

This is the ticket. Those of you with daughters, read up.

Absolutely the truth. I am a real estate agent in a close in area and laugh when all the progressives worry about school teachers not being able to afford to live in the area. Every other home buyer I meet is a teacher, or a former teacher, who married a high earner and lives comfortably in the area. I had another client who strategically got a project management certification from a prestigious school after her divorce so that she would be hired on the name of the school. She parlayed into a job at an association where she married a wealthy member. She no longer works but manages their multiple homes.

It is funny, I hear that too. I’m a teacher and DH has his own business. We don’t need my salary to live in our neighborhood. I went to an Ivy and he went to a community college then state school. I became a teacher later and often think about resigning to be a SAHM. We want our children to pick a good college or trade school, whatever is best for them when the time comes. The last thing we want is to spend a fortune on a school for its name and reputation. I did not need to go to mine to ultimately become a teacher and I can’t say I really enjoyed it there either. I choose based on name and reputation only.

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I think if someone graduated from UC Berkeley it would look better on their resume than graduating from “The University of Arizona” or “College of Massage Therapists.”

Awhile back my friend graduated from a Nursing College like Coleman w/a Bachelor’s but it didn’t get her close to where her Sister got with her State University degree.

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Or “College of Interior Design.”

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I think where it really matters is in opening up doors for jobs soon after graduation. But once you are through those doors performance counts. I got an MBA from a good school and then got a good job but most of the company MBA’s were Ivy and plenty of them flamed out and I did very well.

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Only really matters in certain fields. Where you went does not predict success in life.

I don't know what college the people I work with went to. I care about 1. if I can get along well with them and 2. they do their job well.

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I seem to know a lot of double teacher families, so they aren't the ones buying homes in mclean

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Anonymous wrote:Here’s an example. I have several friends who were smart and went to W&M or UVA but majored in education and became teachers. Had they gone to Longwood instead that wouldn’t have changed a thing for their job. But UVA majorly changed their selection of spouse. And all three of them married high earners and none of the wives work any longer.

This is disgusting. This is everything I don’t want for my daughter.

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People on here can find endless examples of "person X went to University of Who Gives a Crap and is a millionaire while person y went to an Ivy and wound up a pot smoking burnout". OK, we get it. But in the great bell shaped curve of life, I would want the best school possible.

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe harvard or yale make a difference but does any other school? I’m pretty underemployed and I went to a top 25 university. Would have been much cheaper to have gone to Maryland or Towson

No it doesn't - esp after you have years of experience.

We had to do a bios for client meetings and my manager at the time was putting them together. I'll never forget - he casually asked me - did you go to university(to add to the bio)? I said yes (and I was thinking don't you know that?!). I guess it didn't matter. I didn't have many years experience back then either.

My best friend skipped university and progressed quickly through the ranks. It never mattered. She makes a whole lot more than me to this day (same industry).

To top it off she did many of the professional exams but didn't finish the qualification. Got too busy with the job. Never mattered, employers knew what she was capable of and promoted her accordingly. I did do my professional qualification (and yes she still make a lot more than me - she is better).

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If you’re someone who barely jumps through hoops, it matters. I know myself as I was as a 19 year old. My grades would have been mediocre wherever I went. Going to an Ivy equivalent kept a lot of doors open to me, because people though I was smart for graduating from my school. Mediocre grades from a mediocre college would not have been good. I did also find a high earning spouse. I strongly feel that someone who works hard in college can succeed anywhere but the lowest quality schools where the quality of education is bad.

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Look at J.D. Vance. He went to Yale Law and now he’s out there telling the good people of Ohio that parents should have their vote multiplied by the number of children they have. Shameful, moronic pandering.

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Anonymous wrote:Look at J.D. Vance. He went to Yale Law and now he’s out there telling the good people of Ohio that parents should have their vote multiplied by the number of children they have. Shameful, moronic pandering.

Agreed. I don’t know what happened to him—marine, graduated college in 23 months with a GPA high enough for Yale Law, etc.

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Anonymous wrote:I used to think so. Then the internet and sites like coursera and edx were invented, allowing anyone on this planet with an internet connection to access the course content offered by elite institutions.

Quirky question-

If someone graduates from Harvard/Yale/Princeton but marries someone from a state school, which one of you loses? State school spouse gains a lifetime of discussions with an Ivy-educated spouse while the Ivy-educated spouse gets a lifetime of discussions with someone who went to (gasp) a state school.

Is this satire?

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Matter? No. Help? Yes.

Some of the top schools alumni associations are amazing at helping grads find their first jobs. It also does give you the edge if applying to medical, dental, law or graduate school.

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Anonymous wrote:Look at J.D. Vance. He went to Yale Law and now he’s out there telling the good people of Ohio that parents should have their vote multiplied by the number of children they have. Shameful, moronic pandering.

Agreed. I don’t know what happened to him—marine, graduated college in 23 months with a GPA high enough for Yale Law, etc.

I don’t know either. But clearly Yale Law School does a pretty poor job of instilling honor, intelligence, honesty and shame in its graduates.