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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What about the branding power of Harvard or MIT? Even if you were at the bottom of your class. Wouldn’t you still typically get a job easily with higher salary compared to a top engineering student at UMD? 
Also, isn’t everyone at Harvard or MIT really smart to begin with? [/quote] The college name can get you an interview, but if you're not good enough to pass the interviews, you're not getting the job no matter if you're at Harvard or Wyoming State[/quote]

What a bunch of BS. I was on the bottom 10% of my class at an undisclosed Ivy. Just didnt studied as much despite a 1580 SAT. I truly enjoyed my experience in college. All my friends had internships in their first Summer after Freshman year. My first internship was in the end of my Junior year….And yet, I got all the interviews in my Senior year despite my below avg grades due to the branding. I’m now 7 years out and run circles around financially on the vast majority of my classmates all of whom had much better grades than me….so please, stop believing all these absurd stories….[/quote]

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