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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've recommended this book before -- The Years That Matter Most: How College Makes or Breaks Us, by Paul Tough. He explains how this is actually what the top colleges are: social incubators that require a certain amount of exclusivity.

The students who attend an Ivy ready to work really hard and get top grades don't get it when the rich kids who did none of the work get the plum internships upon recommendation of the professor after hanging out in office hours. Top colleges are about networking, they aren't a community college career training program. With that being the case, well, you don't let everyone into skull and bones. [/quote]

Professors hate rich kids and don't have any motivation or incentive to recommend dumb rich kids for internships. 
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Def not true at some schools where the profs are in business/industry and know your CEO dad.
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I can’t think of a single prof where this would even be applicable. Even the business profs are independent consultants, not working for two jobs. Maybe an adjunct but who the hell cares about an adjunct?[/quote]

You must be living under the rock.  It does happen on a regular basis.  My DS is an athlete at an Ivy, and he provided free private tennis lessons for one of the professors.  The professor recommended DS to one of his SVP buddies at an investment company for several internship opportunities.  According to the professor, there were at least seven candidates who were more qualified for those internships, but DS got the nod because the professor appreciated DS took the time to train his kid.  DS ended up with internships in his sophomore and junior year.  He received a full-time offer to work there after graduation in May 2024.

"Top colleges are about networking, they aren't a community college career training program." is absolutely correct.[/quote]

That is not networking that is quid pro quo.[/quote]

Whatever you call it, it was a very smart move.  It is going on everyday in the real world.  [/quote]

The irony is all the yelling at each other in the other threads abut Merit! Meritocracy! Tests! for these schools.  Yet, indeed, this is how the real world works.[/quote]

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