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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP there's a lot of talk about prestige and bragging rights but it goes beyond that. You're aware of Oxford, Cambridge, The Sorbonne, university of Bologna etc?

What do you think comes of attending those? You are surrounded by the "best minds" and you make connections with those people, you form a creative or business network that you carry with you out into the world.

[b]I have a friend who attended Harvard and never mentions it, avoids it if possible. Yet her network of friends and colleagues who she met there still exist and they are all doing extraordinarily well and can occasionally help each other out. [/b][/quote]

Is this unique to Harvard though? You get that at a lot of schools. I mean Penn State is supposed to have an amazing alumni network. [/quote]

Well if you'd read what I wrote I mentioned other colleges, Oxford, The Sorbonne etc. I only site Harvard because that's where my particular friend attended. You really need to pay more attention. I'm sure Penn State does have an amazing network of car salesmen and pharmaceutical reps. [/quote]

You're taking pot shots but let's analyze it a little deeper.

Penn State actually claims it is the #2 producer of CEOs.

https://invent.psu.edu/stories/penn-state-is-the-no-2-school-for-graduating-ceos/#:~:text=The%20only%20school%20rated%20higher,on%20the%20list%20was%20Berkeley.

According to DCUM, NYC firms now recruit at Penn State's business school.  I do believe the parents here are telling the truth about how it is now. Wasn't always the case.

CEOs have to navigate through relationships with a lot of different types of people to get ahead.  And a lot of people hate snobs, are insecure, or have other issues with elites.  State school people start out with a school brand that doesn't alienate...that can be a positional advantage.

The American impulse is generally anti-intellectual AND tends towards giving non-elites a chance to compete.  I'd bet on the staying power of those trends.  The trends and volume of grads favor state schools.[/quote]

Penn State sends some kids to NYC, but a school like UPenn with 1/4 the students sends 5x that of Penn State if you look at Peak Frameworks that tracks placements for banking, and Penn State doesn’t even rank at all for private equity.

Perhaps it’s a mistake…but if certain schools are sending a fairly large percentage to banking, PE, hedge funds, investment managers, etc…well that means they aren’t going the F500 route (except for tech).

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