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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Some of the comments are amusing. People really, greatly, hugely, exaggerate the ability of a mere Ivy degree to get you a great job. An Ivy degree can make recruiters and hiring managers look more closely at your resume but that's it. There are plenty of Ivy grads who get nowhere. There's no quotas set aside for Ivy grads at premier investment firms and IB isn't what it was 20 years ago either. Yes, the bright kids go on to great things but they proactively made it happen rather than waiting for it to happen. [b]The "networking" is nothing like what some people on here might want to believe. It barely exists[/b]. If anything, it's better at UVA than Columbia. [/quote]

Do you have any data to back this up?[/quote]

It’s true. The boost comes from seeing other privileged high achievers and their friends and family at close range and observing their choices and strategies up close so you can make similar ones. Then once you have a perch there’s more insiders helping insiders like a team of field horses. But you have to get and keep your perch, and you have to stay on trajectory or you lose your privileges and access.[/quote]

In other words, you have no clue.[/quote]

Tell me you didn’t go to an elite prep school or an ivy without telling me.[/quote]

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