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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is only an obsession for a small slice of the UMC, who are concerned that their kids won't be able to maintain the same SES as them, if they can't get onto one of these top schools. The truly rich don't care too much, since they can either donate enough to their school of choice to get their kids admitted, or they're so rich that it doesn't really matter where their kids go to school (or even if they attend at all). The middle class and working class know these schools are out of reach, except for truly exceptional circumstances, so they don't even bother trying.

My wife and I have 3 Ivy league degrees between us, and it;s certainly helped our careers. But, unless something really exceptional happens in the next few years, our kids are likely going to end up at one of the second tier Virginia public universities. In some ways, it's a relief that we don't have to stress too much about it.  [/quote]

My spouse has an undergrad ivy degree and I have two undergrad degrees from a T10 school (non-Ivy), we both have masters from T20 (in T5 for CS/EE/STEM).  Besides getting our first jobs out of undergrad because the company hired at our schools, we have neither ever used where we attended to get ahead, we have not needed to.  What we have done on the job and the connections we built at the jobs is what got us to where we are.  Also, at that first job, we worked alongside new hires earning the same as us who went to big state schools, small not well known privates, and other "elite schools".  
Once you land your first job, the connections you make on the job typically go way farther than any connections from college.  [/quote]
this is true, but your Ivy degree initially opened the door wider and faster than for those who went to lesser schools.

I say this as someone who went to no name u and did end up next to Ivy type colleagues, but it took me a lot longer to get there.[/quote]

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