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[quote=Anonymous]I don't know where to start, but I will try.  Just as graduating from top private schools does not guarantee admission to top 25 schools, attending a top 25 school does not guarantee a top internship or a job with a prestigious company.

In person interviews (in front of a panel of Partners) gives your kid the opportunity to intern or get their first job opportunity.  One of the issues we come upon when hiring young adults, either for internships or first year jobs, is what may be their people skills/communication skills and commitment to the job.

We have found that kids from State schools (with marginal grades) are the hardest working people in the company/firm.  These new employees are in the office by 6 am and don't leave until 11 pm or later.  It is true commitment from these new inters/hires to learn and understand how our firm operates. We appreciate their hard work.  They also have incredible interpersonal skills that they obviously learned at big state schools.  We often find young adults from prestigious universities arrive at work by 9am and are out the door by 5:30. 
 Obviously COVID changed many things, but in a post COVID environment there has been a distinct change in who actually shows up to the office.

To quote you, "is deeply upsetting when kid had to work SO hard to get into a top school and then see kids who have worked less hard, coming from schools with 80%+ acceptance rates, end up with opportunities that we have been told are easier to get as top school grads".

I think you may need to step back and evaluate what and where you (and your kid are coming from).

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