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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it makes a difference if you go to a tippy top school. Other than that, the next T50 don’t matter as much. The difference between a school like Tufts or Vanderbilt, say, is negligible even though Vandy is higher ranked. They are both great schools.

I there is another difference once you start past the T100 school. You may have more opportunities graduating from Emory than Appalachian, for instance.

But if you are talking T15-T50, it makes no difference.[/quote]

You didn't understand my post at all.  How old are your kids?[/quote]

What are you talking about? The pp is spot on. [/quote]

Sigh.  I give up.  Clearly you're still in the midst of all of this.  Y'all can just go ahead and split hairs between schools and tiers like you always do.  As I said, I should have known I was preaching to the wrong crowd.

I'm out.  [/quote]

Just look at the salary outcomes from the school and it obvious that IN GENERAL, higher ranked schools produce better outcomes.[/quote]

Not really if you look at mid career salaries the highest ones outside Ivies are generally STEM schools not the highest ranked ones either[/quote]

Such a weasly argument. Again IN GENERAL across all majors. Obviously you have a STEM degree because you lack basic critical thinking and reading comprehension skills.[/quote]

People usually resort to name-calling when they can't debate any more on the facts. 
No one is arguing that a kid from MIT will do better financially and have more opportunities generally speaking  than a kid that is a VT if they both have the same major.  [b]My argument is that MAJOR, GPA and marketable knowledge is generally so much more important than where you go.[/b]   Ask me how I know.[/quote]

+1 and I will add work ethic
in fact, drive and work ethic is the biggest predictor of success and one can not be taught or trained to have it[/quote]

And what do unhooked kids at top schools disproportionately have over kids from other schools?[/quote]

There is an ocean of difference between the student who is naturally brilliant but a bit spoiled by their talents (even lazy or over confident) and the scrappy kid who may not be of genius level but works his or her butt off. I will hire the applicant who has true work ethic every time regardless of what college their degree is from. In fact I do   :D [/quote]

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