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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"His take, while fully supporting our D’s choice, was that the lifetime of doors that spring open once you have that ivy on your resume is a perk that’s well worth a less-than-ideal undergrad experience. He didn’t love his four years of undergrad, but says he would do it again in a heartbeat knowing the advantages his choice has since conferred."
Like what? Not being facetious. Does where you go for undergrad matter when so many kids go to grad school? 
And what are these amazing perks? I have a nephew graduating from [b]Brown[/b] who is in a pretty similar boat to my William & Mary senior. (Both have jobs. They're in different fields but basically the same salary and both are in a good position to later go on to grad or law school). Maybe there are advantages later, though...?[/quote]

Brown is a brand name mostly among parents of kids applying to college. In other demographic groups, even among professionals in NYC/LA/Miami/Houston/Chicago, you’re not going to find anyone stopping to take note that a colleague went to Brown. No one assumes you must be a genius if you’re a Brown or Cornell alum. People are more likely to think you must be smart if you went to HYP, Stanford, MIT, Caltech, even Hopkins and Berkeley; and then there are people in the business world who assume (rightly or wrongly) that you must be fun or have great people skills if you went to Duke, UT Austin, UCLA…no one bats an eyelash over Brown. [/quote]

lol dude you are so funny.  Thanks for letting us know what schools to attend to be considered smart. Are you for real?[/quote]

I literally did not say “attend these schools to be considered smart.” I said “people are more likely to think you must be smart if you went to HYP, stanford, MIT, Caltech…(rightly or wrongly)…” How is that not a common perception? People make assumptions; I didn’t say those alums are in fact smarter. People make assumptions that if you are tall, you’re likely a better basketball player than someone who is short. Are you going to give them an “are you for real?” too? [/quote]

You literally implied that people wouldn’t assume you were a genius if you went to Brown or Cornell but they would if you went to another set of schools, mostly engineering oriented.

Your thinking and choice of schools are both woefully inadequate. All of the schools that you mentioned are great schools but most don’t about Caltech, nobody from CA is going to think that you are a genius for going to UCB outside of the Asian engineering community and Princeton is less well known across the country that you seem to believe. Stick to your swim lane.[/quote]

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