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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No one is saying you can't be successful if you do not get an Ivy League education. Many many people are. However [b]statistically speaking Ivy League and other elite school grads tend to proportionally occupy more top positions in business and government, rich lists etc. [/b]Also the connections you make at the ivies both while there and through the alumni network are far reaching and very valuable.  Also there are some industries that that really favor elite schools. If you work at elite consulting firms, big law, high finance for example the preference for brand name schools is blatant.

I work at consulting and 80% of the people in our firm are Ivy League, Stanford, MIT, Duke grads either undergrad or masters/PhD.   Most of the remaining 20% went to elite LACs. [/quote]

The bolded is not really relevant.  Ivy's have a greater concentration of really bright accomplished kids than state flagships for example.

But what is relevant to OP's point is whether the school itself improves career outcomes for really bright and accomplished individuals.  In other words, would those those same individuals achieve the same career success (top positions in business and government) having gone to say a Notre Dame or UVA as they would going to a Dartmouth.  I'd like to see the study that proves the school itself makes the difference in that regard for kids of objectively equal attributes.  [/quote]

Also ... I have 3 Ivy degrees so I'm not asking this out of some insecurity.  I'd really like to know if someone can point to a study that proves attending an Ivy versus a Notre Dame or Michigan makes a difference in career outcomes for otherwise identically qualified students. [/quote]

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