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Erm, college kids do network. That's partially the purpose of business fraternities, engineering fraternities, regular fraternities and other social and academic organizations.

And in environments where there are multiple colleges nearby, similar college organizations from various schools will set up events together (beyond parties).

PP I don't think you realize the ambitiousness of college students these days. Mediocre college students perhaps don't network and perhaps spend the entirety of college smoking weed in their dorms.

Ambitious, go-getter types do. And college networking does not consist of going to happy hour (even networking in the job market does not consist of going to happy hour lmao).[/quote]

I had no clue how to network in college. I was hardworking and pretty smart but not ivy level. Did go to ivy for grad school but didn’t pick up any networking skills there either. I think it is very hard for kids who don’t come from wealthy connected families.[/quote]
You're correct, students who come from a poor, working-class or middle-class background and go to one of the elite private colleges do feel out of place and have a harder time networking (and anything social) in college. Thats the benefit of colleges in urban environments, the working-class student is not entirely stuck within the culture of their college, they can go out and take advantage of opportunities in the city and get to know students from other colleges in proximity to network.

Meanwhile a working-class student at an isolated rural/suburban elite private will feel isolated. Sure, there might be others similar to them, but its a limited number of people compared to at elite privates in urban metros who can take advantage of city and students at the other colleges in the city.[/quote]

My family was middle-class and I had no problem thriving at Princeton.  Never once did I think my opportunities were circumscribed because I wasn't attending school in Boston, NY or DC.  There's a lot more to schools like HYP than getting into Porcellian, Skull and Bones or Ivy.

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