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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I thought it was good and covered all bases, except one, that I continue to rant about.

Part of the reason there is so much competition for the top schools is because so-called elite employers only recruit from them. We need companies to see that there are tons of bright students everywhere. Just look at the girl profiled in the article who is clearly smart and likely has a ton of grit. She's going to Hunter College where no investment bank or MBB would ever look to hire from. Until that mindset is broken, things will not change. [/quote]

I feel your post is misguided and idealistic. Maybe you have never been on the recruiting side for a major corporation. There are only so many colleges that a recruiting team can visit. When they go to the school, they want to see dozens, maybe hundreds of potential applicants who are the combination of highly intelligent, socially adept, analytical, communicative and sustained high-performance. They don't want to see just 1 or 2 bc that would be a waste of time and money. Hunter College may have a handful of these kids, but Cornell and NYU have hundreds. Half of Williams' entering class is this profile. The recruitment engine is what it is for elite roles and it won't change for at least another generation.[/quote]

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