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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To be devil’s advocate here, I went to one of the colleges a previous poster mentioned that are very highly ranked but relatively unknown to the general population, and at times it has been less than helpful with local employment. I have gotten jobs and admission to a graduate program partly on the strength of managers’ knowledge of this college, but local and less “big time” employers would definitely have been more impressed if they had seen University of Maryland on my resume.

As long as the student is planning on going to a large and well regarded grad school, this probably isn’t an issue.[/quote]

Just curious, not attacking, but how do you know it’s been less than helpful?[/quote]

Fair question. I have seen in my industry how strong the UMD alumni networks are in my area. Workplaces will be full of UMD graduates and people will know many colleagues in common from school. Coupled with the curious looks I get from colleagues when they ask where I went to college (“is that in Massschusetts?  Is it a women’s college?” I have come to assume that a high status college may not help you outside of high status professions (law, medicine, academia).[/quote]

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