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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There's definately cache.  Like a pp, I still get comments about my Cornell degree, 25 years after I graduated.  I doubt I'd the same reaction if I had gone to SUNY Binghamton, though truthfully the kids from my high school who went there were as smart as I was. [/quote]

I always thought Cornell was just SUNY Ithaca by another name. Kind of IINO, really.[/quote]

As a Cornell grad, I sometimes joke that it is SUNY-Ithaca myself, but I never mean anything negative about it. I appreciate that Cornell has land-grant colleges - they add to the overall diversity of the campus and really fit in nicely with the motto (any person, any study). Definitely more my speed than universities that didn't even start to admit women until after my birth.

But, the Cornell name does go a little further than SUNY Binghamton.  Certainly not as much as HYP, but it is recognized by many as a strong school and a few even foam up over the "Ivy" association.

In my own STEM field we were recruited by some top companies that only visited a handful of campuses. Definitely some amazing opportunities that would have been tougher to find at a school that didn't have the same connections. But ultimately your own professional success comes from your achievements, not your diploma(s). 
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