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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Believe what you want.  If it helps you sleep at night too think you're JMU great can work his way up from loan officer at capital one to equity trader at Jane Street, don't let me stop you.  But you are lying to yourself if you think these organizations ain't care about your academic performance when they hire you.

This is true at every elite employer from law firms to investment banks to consulting companies to tech.  If you're not smart in the traditional ways, you will have a hard time getting opportunities to show that you are smart in traditional ways.[/quote]

1) Equity trader at Jane Street is not a position to aspire to. Congratulations - you’re going to make a ton of money helping other people make a ton of money. At best, you will complete your life with minimal impact and set your kids up to be trust fund babies.

2) JMU grads can absolutely work their way up into meaningful positions of impact - but I appreciate your acknowledgment that access to elite educational opportunities can make an impact on how seriously one is taken in some fields due to backwards thinking. As long as this type of thinking persists in legacy industries, there is a need for programs that allow qualified students from non traditional backgrounds to have access.[/quote]

And yet it is one of the most desired employers for the most competitive college grads... because you can make over 200K fresh out of college.
Pretty much every selective employer uses the same rubric.
They hire smart people.

JMU grads can have fine lives but they will normally not find themselves in a position to make a large impact outside their household.

Hiring smart people is not backward thinking, it is how we built civilizations that don't collapse under the weight of their own virtue signalling[/quote]

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