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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Elite universities provide opportunities that non-elite universities don't. That's a simply fact. If the students cannot take advantage of those opportunities during or after college, then it is on the student.

Elite universities meaning HYPSM. Not Northwestern, Hopkins, Duke, Cornell, Vanderbilt, etc.

[b]A history major from Harvard can easily get interviews to the cream of the crop investment and consulting firms - McKinsey, Lazard, etc. GPA and extracurricular is not even taken into account[/b].

That same student at UVa would need to be a finance major in McIntire with a 3.7 GPA and multiple industry-focused extracurriculars with leadership positions. Probably leadership positions in certain well-connected frats as well. For an interview.

That same student at Virginia Tech would not even get an interview, regardless of whether they have a 4.0 GPA and president of every industry-focused club. Top investment banking and consulting firms simply do not recruit at Virginia Tech.

The interview may itself be more meritocratic given both students perform similarly, but interviewers are biased towards elite universities and having employees from elite universities is a selling point for the firm to the clients.

Beyond the first job - which itself can be very important as it snowballs into better future opportunities and networks - having an elite university helps in both climbing the career ladder as higher positions are occupied by those from elite universities - regardless of whether it's due to nepotism, inherent drive or most likely both - and graduate school.[/quote]

yeah, no. nobody wants harvard bottom dwellers.[/quote]

It's not even that...the History major is behind all the Economics, Math, CS and other STEM kids in any pecking order...basically any kid at Harvard that shows quantitative acumen.

Also, for the record, Goldman and McKinsey hire more kids from Michigan (not an alum...I just know how to use Google) then they do Harvard.[/quote]

Ok.  Michigan is a fine school.  Enjoy.  Different strokes for different folks.[/quote]

Even when posters give evidence to the contrary, most of you will dismiss it because you are desperate to be biased. You want HYPSM to maintain its stranglehold and it's clear that they don't. Yales career outcomes might surprise you. [/quote]

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