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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]<<My DC is in business.  The difference is night and day between good brand name schools vs mediocre no name schools.

You get excellent initial opportunities into great consulting firms, finance, investment banking etc. that will soon lead to 6 figure income by attending good schools(so called target schools).

If you go to a mediocre no name school, then good luck. You won't even get an interview.
Main purpose of this forum should be for good information, not for a feelgood Disney World fantasy.>>

But you are aware of one path. Some people want to be scientists, or social workers or artists or engineers or doctors.

Many fields are not as status driven and superficial as business. They care about other, deeper things.

That is not Disney World. Disney World is fake and built for appearances. Much more like the business world than any career path that I would hope my child aspires to.

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Many majors in college are actually worthless and superficial only accumulating huge debt.
This is one of the huge problems in the US, maybe because a lot of people still listen to feelgood fairy tales like yours.

One exepction these days is computer science/engineeing. The deman dis so high so if you major in computer science/engineering at pretty much any school maybe under T100 and get good grades, you might find a good career.  I gave business as an example, but you would be delusional if it's different for other majors/fields. 
'Other deeper things' yea right.

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