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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The answer is “no,” but 99 percent of posters want it to be “yes.” [/quote]

As a hiring manager, I didn’t look much at schools. I didn’t even pay attention to the “elite 20” or know what all of them were. The upper management wanted to hire people with MBAs from Ivies. Really nuts bc the people we served were not the upper crust and having the MBA would be marginally useful in 2-5 jobs there.

I looked for results on resumes more than whatever school was attended. As an employee, I focused on results. I always was able to get good jobs without a top 10 school. [/quote]

Did the upper management cared about the name of  undergrad college if you have an MBA from brand name college?[/quote]

I don’t think so. The President wanted the “brand” on the resume. She seemed out of touch to me on that and other topics. It was a nonprofit, which often has to serve “the people” and also sort of serve the donors. Two very different audiences. In her defense, maybe she thought bragging about Ivy-MBAs would appeal to donors.

In political campaigns, people dressed a certain way to talk with “the people” and another way to talk with the wealthy. No surprise there. Jeans one day. Fancy suit the next. No surprise at all, I suppose. [/quote]

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