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[quote=Anonymous]Leaving aside the Ivy Envy stuff.... One thing top colleges do is provide a "credential" or "signal" to prospective employers. Th degree tells prospective employers that this is a kid who worked hard enough, and had the smarts, to get into a college that takes 6-10% of applicants. Also, that this kid worked hard enough, and had the smarts, to succeed among a highly competitive peer group at the college. At least within the first 5 years of graduation, this "credentialling" or "signalling" is useful to employers. This in no way suggests that similarly hard-working and smart kids don't exist in 2nd or 3rd-tier colleges, just that the pool of such kids is probably larger at the top colleges, which reduces the employer's risk. [/quote]
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