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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Of course people care. Almost everyone cares and is impressed by names of smart-kid schools. The reaction was the same everywhere when I graduated my T10 years ago. The name causes people to assume you are smart. It is a very predictable reaction and happened at every level of job seeking and meeting fellow parents at the preschool and up. The name should not matter as much but it does. In my job more than half of the leaders went to ivy/elite names so no one cares anymore because everyone treats each other the same at this level. When we hire we try not to care but it comes up sometimes. [/quote]

Yeah, this surprised me. I went in-state because it's all my parents could afford.  My kid is at an Ivy and my kid didn't post on Instagram and we didn't broadcast it--but when I'm with him and people ask where is attending school--there is a lot of 'oh wow', 'holy cow' type stuff.  One grandpa (asian) of my kid's friends started poking his finger and shouting 'ivy, ivy' in a grocery store which highly embarrassed us. lol
I will say, after having a kid at a non-Ivy it really is a much different reaction from people, more than the usual 'that's great', etc.[/quote]

Same. I went to UNCCH. Kid is at an ivy and people make a huge deal. One offered her a job for the summer on the spot. Just a random neighbor at a party who works in pharmaceutical R&D. Didn’t offer to any other college students[/quote]

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