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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a lawyer who administers a fellowship program for law students and hires college grads for project assistants, I assure you that only a tippy top private is worth the tuition in terms of any sort of clout in the hiring process. We had literally a thousand applicants for a recent entry level project assistant (fresh out of college job), and the handful of applicants we interviewed we're from umcp (2 of them), William & Mary, northwestern, Harvard, suny and u conn. My kids are going to umcp unless they get full rides elsewhere. [/quote]

Everyone knows that prospects in law are grim these days. The hot employment opportunities for liberal arts grads are at places like Google and the other tech giants and of course some of the financial services firms (including Wall Street firms). The alumni network is still a pretty good tool for kids from the Ivies, the NESCAC schools and other highly ranked colleges.

There will always be people with money. Those who send their kids to private high schools pretty much won't send their kids to state colleges unless it's some place like UVA, William and Mary, Michigan or the California state system.[/quote]

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