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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]But the point is that to most people if you throw out the name Davidson or one of the “silly” CTCL schools they won’t know the difference. [/quote]

The employers who previous posters said are “prestigious” sure would.  They get it.  [/quote]

Huh. I worked at McKinsey and Google as a hiring manager for both. I probably hired about a dozen employees at those companies, and more than that at other companies. Until my kid reached high school and I started visiting these boards i honestly didn’t know anything about Davidson. Had heard of it, but that’s about it.[/quote]

Both of those companies know Davidson well.  Your anecdote proves nothing other than that you personally don’t know very much about colleges and aren’t very sophisticated. [/quote]

I think you overestimate the average university knowledge of the median Google manager. I worked at Facebook until last year, we were mostly nerds really into tech but likely not super knowledgeable about colleges outside of big names. I’m a fan of Steph Curry, so know the name but also didn’t realize it was a top school until the college search process began for my kids. Maybe I’m not sophisticated either, but most Facebook tech people are not, maybe the finance group is?[/quote]

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