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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I passed through Madison recently and was quite impressed with the campus.  I was not shopping for a college at the time.  I just wanted to see it.

Flyover country (where I also live) is not considered cool right now.  That's a prejudice based on some tough economic realities.  Most of the Midwest flagships get some discounting because of location.

Of all of this, the thing I think OP most needs to challenge is the presumption that the American Dream is tied to working at a place like Goldman Sachs or McKinsey.  Based on my experience as an MBA from a top school, I think that's quite rebuttable.  I started writing up some examples from my experience but it seemed a bit petty, so I think that's best left for OP to discover.

I bet there are Wisconsin undergrads with MBAs from other schools at these elite firms.  The first step would be to try reaching out to them for advice.[/quote]

Where exactly is “flyover” country? Is it east of the Appalachian mountains? It certainly is not used when talking about Ann Arbor, which is on eastern time. Does it start west of Detroit? But then there’s Chicago which is the greatest metropolitan area of the Midwest.

Was just listening to someone who thought Bloomington had an advantage over Madison due to its “proximity to Chicago”?? Even though Madison is significantly closer. The point is I don’t think anyone from DC knows anything about midwestern population dynamics or geography. The crappiest places of the Midwest are all on eastern time ( Indianapolis/Detroit/Cleveland/Gary). [/quote]

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