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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Prestigious colleges generally graduate more successful people, and [b]some industries are only accessible to people who attend a select few elite universities.[/b] [b]Resources, opportunities, and faculty relationships can be cultivated more easily at some schools[/b] as well. [/quote]

Yes, agree, plus top med, phd, and MD/phD are far more likely if you attend a T25 uni/T10 LAC, even better if you come from an ivy or T10 uni. 
All three of mine are stem kids. They dream of being researchers in stem at top unis or hospitals, or top labs across the country. 
Having top tech consulting as a fall back /transitional career is another benefit of target schools. 
For many subfields in medicine, science, and engineering, the path to actually working in these top careers starts with undergrad. 
Top grad programs have a significant overrepresentation of students from T25 or better. 
The vast majority of american students at T10 med and T10 phd stem programs who are from below T50ish undergrad are hooked students (underrepresented backgrounds or FGLI).
Mine are unhooked. 
T10/ivy send students to T10 grad/professional schools on a regular basis, large numbers, and one does not have to be a top kid there, they merely need 3.85+ and the correct research and recs. T11-25 or T10 LAC is the next best group and the backup for ivies for us.

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