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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Connections. [/quote]
Will someone please explain these "connections". Are there really employers where everyone went to the same school and they only hire people from that school? [/quote]

I know a Federal judge who only hires law clerks who went to law school at Harvard or Yale. She uses it to weed out candidates. She went to Yale and Harvard Law. These are the "connections" pps are talking about. [/quote]

You're talking about the "credentialing" or "signaling" effect of an Ivy degree. Basically, it says to readers of your resume that you worked hard enough and were smart enough to beat 5-10% admissions odds to get into the Ivy. This speaks to your work ethic or art/sports/other talent, if not necessarily to your ability to think creatively or lead others. Some hiring managers will stop there and hire you (maybe they want the degree on their staff to impress clients?) The smart ones will interview you to look for the creativity/leadership pieces. Either way, you'll be one of the lucky few to get an interview.

FWIW, connections =/= the sort of name recognition that opens doors. The first involves a person helping you directly. The second involves a person being awed by your degree. Any way, EVERY college has alumns in the real world who look out for each other. That's why I think that name recognition is more important than connections.

Signed, Ivy parent of Ivy DC who has gotten some amazing interviews and internships via name recognition (more so than connections) and hasn't even graduated from the Ivy yet.[/quote]

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