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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]HYP alum here - attending one of these schools can put a target on your back.

At one of the places I worked, if I ever made a mistake one of my co-workers would make comments such as "How come you didn't know that, you went to HYP!" or "You guys are not so smart after all, are you?!" He'd take any opportunity he could get to take me down a notch.

It was a very irritating, unhelpful work dynamic at the time. [/quote]

I didn’t go for undergrad, but did go to med school at a HY (not P - no med school there!), and then did residency and fellowship at Hopkins.

I work in a well-known but not tip-top hospital now. Every single time I make a mistake - or even just misspeak - one of the guys (who are mostly international medical grads and it’s only the men) makes a snide comment about my “pedigree.” It’s exhausting. I wish I’d gone to a state med school, but then again the training I got at the “fancy” places was really top-notch. But I don’t put my diplomas up in my office because I just don’t want to feed the snark.[/quote]

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