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[quote=Anonymous]^ I’d argue the opposite.  Hyperselectivity actually dilutes the need to attend these colleges.

When the elite colleges were accepting 1/4 to 1/3 of applicants, I think the employers generally assumed there was legitimate, critical discernment going on in admissions, so they used the elite college admission as a lazy proxy for capabilities.

Now, everyone knows there are huge number of qualified applicants who get shut out, and who gets in to elite colleges is largely influenced by visceral feelings of the AOs and even more by chance.  Therefore, it must be that the same kind of student who used to go to an elite college now goes elsewhere.  Thus, they’ve broadened their searches.  Is it still easier to get a job in consulting or banking from Penn or Princeton? Yes, if you’re already in college, sure.  But if you’re still in HS or younger and that kind of career is your goal, given the exceptionally low probability of actually getting into Penn or Princeton, the better, safer bet is to try to get into a good but not hyper selective college and to do well there.[/quote]

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