Why top tier* is important:
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It all depends on your goals and ambitions. Top-tier schools matter more for some avenues than others. It is pointless to make blanket statements about one college being better (taking cost into account also) than another, without knowing someone's aspirations. And sadly, most high school seniors today are not mature enough to answer this authentically. They just parrot back what their parents or peers or society has told them they should want.
As for the argument that going to an elite college expands your options later on, sure it can. But all that comes with an opportunity cost in time and money (and stress during high school), and it may turn out to not matter much, if at all, for some avenues. One solution is to wait to attend college until you know WHY you want to go to a particular college and what you want out of it -- and I bet the candidates who can articulate that come across much better to admissions officers also. Or, there is always the option to go to a less elite undergrad and then an elite grad school instead, which arguably matters much more, and is usually chosen with a more informed view of one's goals in life. |
Anonymous
I'm sure that story is completely BS, but don't be have your head up your ass. There are plenty of white shoe firms in "flyover" and many large Fortune 500 companies. There is a world beyond Wall Street, Silicon Valley and DC. |
Anonymous
What happened to you? Did you get passed over for a promotion by a woman (who was most probably smarter and more talented than you). Because that's right, the only way a woman can be more successful than men is by sleeping her way to the top. It is never about her intelligence and talent - only her looks and what she can give to the man in the big office. Interesting that you didn't even notice that the PP didn't identify the gender of the people who work for the sister. How would your scenario work if everyone at the company was a woman - boss and assistants? I suggest you crawl back into your hole. It's 2016 and your tired schtick is pathetic, not humorous. Maybe your bitterness is because you got |
Anonymous
Why in the world would your reaction be one of insecurity to someone who behaved this way? You're an adult. Act like one. My kids are at a top local private and I've never been asked about my school. Normal functioning adults don't play these games. The ones who do are NOT normal, functioning adults. It's pretty simple. Two of the most incompetent people I have encountered were graduate students from Harvard. Truly unbelievable experience of two people who not only couldn't figure out things as simple as the bus system, but also expected everything to be handed to them. Elite schools do not necessarily breed good, helpful or basic functioning people. They are simply people with degrees from an elite school. |
Anonymous
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When I hire people, I usually look past people with pedigreed undergraduate degrees and beefed-up resumes. In my plentiful experience with such people, they are good at gaming systems and working hard for a while (in a way that is visible and looks good to the most senior people but may not be what's really needed for the organization to meet its goals, and that also leads to letting "lesser" things slide) until they can get ahead, by whatever means necessary. They also tend to be full of themselves. I have known some notable exceptions too -- Ivy grads who I'd love to hire and/or work with, if they were in my field -- but the odds are not favorable.
On the other hand, I have a degree from an elite graduate program myself, and I do recruit from that program. It had its share of a-holes, but the odds there seem much more favorable for getting the type of person I want. |
Anonymous
| you sound very defensive pp |
Anonymous
Which pp? There are seven pages of them. |
Anonymous
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Elite colleges only help elite kids. It's a waste to a kid who isn't savvy-smart-clever-outgoing enough to take advantage of all the connections and resources.
I have family who sort of conned their daughter into a great college and she's just...normal...with a very regular job and the same friends she grew up with. |
Anonymous
Actually the research shows just the opposite. Elite kids who got INTO a HYP caliber school but went to their state flagship instead ended up with the exact same outcome as those who graduated from HYP. |
Anonymous
No ...you funny..hahah |
Anonymous
True dat. |