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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's interesting how much weight and heft people are giving the so-called Ivy and "elite" institutions given that they educate such a small number of the U.S. student population.  In fact, the weight given seems outsize to their actual impact.

Since people in these fora tend to equate "success" with wealth and power" let's take a look at where the leaders of the top 10 Fortune 500 companies went to school.

Doug McMillon (Wal-Mart Stores) — University of Arkansas (BS), University of Tulsa (MBA)
Rex Tillerson (Exxon Mobil) — University of Texas at Austin (BS)
John S. Watson (Chevron) — University of California, Davis (BA), University of Chicago (MBA)
Warren E. Buffett (Berkshire Hathaway) — University of Nebraska (BS), Columbia University (MS)
Tim Cook (Apple) — Auburn University (BS), Duke University (MBA)
Greg C. Garland (Phillips 66) — Texas A&M University (BS)
Mary Barra (General Motors) — General Motors Institute/Kettering University (BS), Stanford University (MBA)
Mark Fields (Ford Motor) — Rutgers University (BA), Harvard University (MBA)
Jeff Immelt (General Electric) — Dartmouth College (BA), Harvard University (MBA)
Joe Gorder (Valero Energy) — University of Missouri-St. Louis (BA), Our Lady of the Lake University (MBA)

Additionally, Forbes list of 30 Under 30 listing the most influential people in their fields under 30 has a wide majority of people who did not attend Stanford, Yale Harvard and any other of these storied schools.

http://www.businessinsider.com/where-fortune-500-ceos-went-to-college-2015-3[/quote]

Medicine is very different than business.  You are not comparing it properly.  [/quote]

Science is very different... it is what you know not who you know. Which makes a college with connections less necessary. [/quote]

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