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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The high paying jobs post graduation has a lot to do with who you know.  If you get a good word from someone inside the organization that is a 100 times better than someone with amazing grades.  People want to work with others who can team well.  You would much rather hire someone you know versus taking the risk of hiring someone who may not fit.[/quote]

If someone says I go to Yale and major in art.  I feel sorry.  I personally know someone who graduated Yale art, and he was jobless for years and years, then barely got an art teacher position.
But the fact of the matter is that it's not some random cases you know or I know.  There's data from the department of education.

How about Yale majoring in psychology? Sounds a little more legit?  When I hear that, my first question is what are you going to do with that? Any career plan?
The starting salary is $38K average while you accumulated tons of debt.  https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/school/?130794-Yale-University&fos_code=4201&fos_credential=3
Doesn't sound elite at all.

My definition of eliteness is that you go to a 'good respected' school, study something 'real' and valuable. Then when you graduate, a bunch of great corporations line up and offer you close to a 6 figure salary. [/quote]

That’s nice. Good of you to include your working definition of “eliteness” since doing so acknowledges that there are other definitions— and at least some of those definitions have absolutely nothing to do with “great corporations “.

I’m not disagreeing with your definition— just noting that there are others. [/quote]

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