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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I see a lot of people on this board myopically insist that undergrad prestige doesn't matter and that their kid can go to an Ivy for grad school. This seems misguided. The top firms only recruit from Ivies and other T20 schools. Going to an HYPSM for undergrad will increase your odds of landing at one of them.

If you go to an elite school and do everything right, you don't even need to go to grad school. The people on here saying that their kids at a state school or some no-name SLAC can "always go to an Ivy for grad school" seem misguided. Not all grad schools pay off. I had a woman in my neighborhood say the same thing -- her daughter went to a selective but not elite SLAC, and her mom insisted that her college education paid off since she's at Columbia for her PhD in History. Ummm.... hello?!!!! A PhD in the humanities is the LAST thing I would want my kid to do. [/quote]

It's a cope. Many (most?) Ivy grad schools are just degree mill scams. Nobody is going to think your kid has "pedigree" because they have a bachelor's from Tailgate State and an MPA from Penn or a random master's from Columbia. :roll: [/quote]

Let's face it: Columbia undergrad degree idoesn"t confer "pedigree" either.  Neither does Penn, Northwestern and their ilk.

HYPSM undergrad, on the other hand, are prestigious enough that they're worth paying for. 
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This. Columbia is a no-name school whose reputation has been tarnished in the news scandal. Northwestern and Penn are better, but not that prestigious. [/quote]

+1000[/quote]

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