Where did your most impressive young colleague (graduated within the past 10 yrs) go to college?

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Anonymous wrote:Not recent, but when I did my internship at the White House in the late 90s, the people in the office where I worked told me they had been wary of any students from T25-ish schools. I was attending one of those and the employees were nervous about putting me in that office because a lot of students from elite schools felt the grunt work in that office was beneath them (this was based on their prior experiences). They were pleased that they decided to "take the chance" with me because I was happy to do whatever tasks were asked of me.

I know this isn't completely on topic, but just throwing it out there as food for thought....

Corny and fake trope. Kids from elite schools are rich, lazy and entitled; state school proles are so charming and disciplined, with great work ethic. Not afraid to get their hands dirty and put on the extra hours! Womp, womp.

I assure you that I am not making this up. I was surprised that they shared this info with me. The office I worked in mostly processed letters and answered phones. I don't think lazy was the issue, although probably entitled? Anyway, you can think I am a troll or making this up all you want. I have no reason to lie.

Sounds about right. Had one from Harvard who thought timesheets were beneath him. Couldn’t understand how the government required us to do it and everyday.

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Anonymous wrote:I find this interesting to think about. My own kids are in early high school.

Those of you who work closely with people approx. age 30 and under (i.e. college graduates within the past 10 years):

Where did your most impressive young colleague go to college?

For me it's Oberlin.
She is new to my team and I recently just looked up her Linkedin because I was so curious as to where she went to school.
She was a biochemistry major but is working in consulting.

Sorry, this is a question not directly to your question. But could you let me know how can a biochemistry major work in consulting? What kind of consulting? Does she also have a graduate degree. DS is a biochemistry major and would like to do consulting.

There are all kinds of Life Sciences Consulting firms.

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Indiana

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Smartest and most-driven kid I ever worked with was from Princeton. But that's why he got into Princeton, I'm sure.

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Brown
Purdue

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not recent, but when I did my internship at the White House in the late 90s, the people in the office where I worked told me they had been wary of any students from T25-ish schools. I was attending one of those and the employees were nervous about putting me in that office because a lot of students from elite schools felt the grunt work in that office was beneath them (this was based on their prior experiences). They were pleased that they decided to "take the chance" with me because I was happy to do whatever tasks were asked of me.

I know this isn't completely on topic, but just throwing it out there as food for thought....

Corny and fake trope. Kids from elite schools are rich, lazy and entitled; state school proles are so charming and disciplined, with great work ethic. Not afraid to get their hands dirty and put on the extra hours! Womp, womp.

I assure you that I am not making this up. I was surprised that they shared this info with me. The office I worked in mostly processed letters and answered phones. I don't think lazy was the issue, although probably entitled? Anyway, you can think I am a troll or making this up all you want. I have no reason to lie.

I have worked with great Ivy grads but had one direct report early in my career who flat out told me she should have to fax things for me (a big part of an assistant's job back then) because she went to Penn. She didn't last long and I learned to probe carefully for attitude when interviewing grads from highly selective schools. In recent years my best performers have been from state flagships and some mid-range private schools.

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Western Washington University. Now a major figure in administration at a T-10 research university.

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Oxford

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not recent, but when I did my internship at the White House in the late 90s, the people in the office where I worked told me they had been wary of any students from T25-ish schools. I was attending one of those and the employees were nervous about putting me in that office because a lot of students from elite schools felt the grunt work in that office was beneath them (this was based on their prior experiences). They were pleased that they decided to "take the chance" with me because I was happy to do whatever tasks were asked of me.

I know this isn't completely on topic, but just throwing it out there as food for thought....

Corny and fake trope. Kids from elite schools are rich, lazy and entitled; state school proles are so charming and disciplined, with great work ethic. Not afraid to get their hands dirty and put on the extra hours! Womp, womp.

I assure you that I am not making this up. I was surprised that they shared this info with me. The office I worked in mostly processed letters and answered phones. I don't think lazy was the issue, although probably entitled? Anyway, you can think I am a troll or making this up all you want. I have no reason to lie.

Based on my experience, I have found this to be an untrue and unfair assessment. Most impressive grads, I have worked with have come from Yale (1st gen) and Indiana State. Most entitled and difficult grads I've had the "pleasure" of working with came from Harvard, Penn State and Northeastern. Why I think such stereotypes are simply not true and do a disservice to hard-working, brilliant kids who can come from both elite and state schools. That's why when I hire I try to assess the whole person, their attitude etc. and not make assumptions based on where they went to school.

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CU Boulder