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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]That kids who attend any school less than a T20 are bound to be jobless.[/b]

My kid attends an OOS flagship that is probably T40-60 and is currently doing a paid internship abroad doing research alongside PhDs and postdocs at a lab.[/quote]

+1 I wonder who these people are who believe this. Do they really think all the professionals they interact with, all their UMC neighbors, coworkers, etc. went to the same small set of schools?

My kid at a non-flagship public U had a great internship last summer that resulted in a good-paying data scientist job for after graduation. My kid at a mid-range LAC has had summer jobs in her field each year and is also building her resume through experience she's getting on campus.

I'm not surprised since DH and I have done well in our careers with our low/mid ranked public university degrees. [/quote]

Totally agree w this. My kid is at an OOS public not in the top 100, but he is doing well both socially and academically. He works hard and will definitely be fine and gainfully employed but more importantly, happy.

I however remember spending my first few semesters at a top/coveted school on this bored wholly miserable, and actually the first few years of my jobs out of school, because I didn’t know what I wanted out of life.

Rank is not everything, and it’s a crutch for some people on this board. It’s an overly simplistic hierarchy. [/quote]

+1 your performance, what you do with the opportunities available matters more than ranking. I went to a solid but not elite public school. That led to a good job at a marketing research firm where I really liked the work. At the time, we were one of McKinsey's preferred vendors for research and I ended up the main project manager for the McKinsey work. I worked regularly with one lead person there who wanted to recruit me to her team, didn't care where I went to college. Ultimately, I decided not to pursue it because I'd worked with enough of the associates to see that I thought it looked miserable. I pursued a different opportunity with a client whose work appealed to me more. I care about finding what makes me happy not what will look impressive to others and encouraged my kids to do the same.[/quote]

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