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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I love bottom rung morons who repeat that “college only matters for your first job” nonsense. Your college remains on your resume for 40 to 50 years. Yale is going to pop off your resume when you’re job hopping in your 30s and 40s and the selection committee internally refers to you as the “Yale guy.” Only folks who went to bottom rung colleges think credential prestige doesn’t matter past age 22 — and you all don’t really even believe it, you just wish it was true.[/quote]

It's certanly a plus in general, but there are many other important factors as well. 
It can also negatively impact if your performance is not at the level.
That guy went to 'mit'? scoff

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It also sets a high bar. I'm always concerned when I see a "drop" between undergrad and graduate school in terms of prestige. It someone did undergrad at Yale but some podunk graduate program, I tend to assume they were coached into the undergraduate program with parental support but weren't actually able to perform once they arrived. [/quote]

Sometimes they get scholarships at less prestigious colleges for graduate schools.
I personally know this.[/quote]

Bullsh*t. This is spin and you know it. Prestige whores don't value shop graduate school.[/quote]

The student I knew went to Ivy League for undergrad because he got a big financial aid and  majored in history.
He couldn’t find a good job he wanted then went to state university with full scholarship for his MBA.
Now he is in a job he likes.

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Couldn't get a job yet somehow got a "full scholarship for his MBA"?  Okay.[/quote]

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