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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is no "instant credibility for life" as stated by another poster for most Ivy league schools.

Princeton and U Penn-Wharton along with Harvard arguably provide the most assumed credibility.

But when one shares that he/she is a graduate of Brown, Penn (non-Wharton grads), Cornell, Dartmouth, Columbia, or Yale, thoughts other than credibility come to mind.

Broadly speaking, an Ivy League degree suggests that one is smart, hard-working,and ambitious--but, this is true for graduates of northwestern, Chicago, MIT, Stanford, JHU, Duke, WashUStL, Emory, Berkeley, Amherst, Swarthmore, Wellesley, the 3 main service academies, Georgia Tech, CS and engineering majors from many state flagships and many other schools. My assumption is that these non-Ivy grads are just as qualified as any Ivy grad except regarding U Penn-Wharton. I also assume that these non-Ivy grads choose not to pursue any Ivy League education.[/quote]

PP here.

I sort of agree, but don't think that state school grads get the same presumption of being "smart, hard-working and ambitious" absent other tangible evidence of accomplishment (grades, career accomplishments, etc.).

I don't AGREE with this, but it holds true in my experience.

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It depends on the major.

It's safe to assume that anyone graduating with a degree in CS or Engineering from[b] Georgia Tech, UIUC, Purdue, Berkeley, UMD, Texas, Washington, or Michigan[/b] is smarter and more accomplished than their counterparts in the same majors at Yale or Brown. [/quote]

Nope, it’s definitely not safe to assume. I’ve met plenty of middling, unimpressive grads from the schools you mentioned. 
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