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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is no way to make life "fair" as much as I would like to. It's just not how it works in a large society.

Small group, tribal society is the only way to make things more fair.[/quote]

I actually think we have this in the real world here. Most people in our country actually do not move far from home for college or their careers. Most students don't even apply to the handful of schools people on here have angst about and most don't want the handful of jobs some people on here deem "worthy" (e.g. pipeline to The Street is something to run form, not toward).

Most people who go the college route do well in high school, go to a good college they like, do well there, and choose a path forward: grad school, military or other public service, or a job with the help of the career center or family connections. Every college has a career community, and their students can and do get jobs in that community, whether it is through local corporations or nonprofits wanting students from your college, entities that have relationships with your school, or an alumni network (note: bigger isn't always better here -- a small community is powerful in the alumni connection world: e.g., a grad is CEO of a big company and takes 2 of your department majors per year; when you only have 8 kids in that major -- that's huge).

Having visited a wide variety of colleges over the years and looked closely at their "first landing" stats, all of which is available publicly, you see it over and over. Even the small regional colleges have strong landing rates, often within their own tribal community (as you put it), and that community very often extends to large international corporations, local and national government, and every variety of start up, non-profit, regional or national company. It's a big country and an even bigger world, but the communities within it tend to be smaller than you may appreciate if it isn't on your personal radar. College grads are not randomly tossing their resumes out on fishing rods into a vast ocean without direction (or they shouldn't be; use the resources at your disposal). The same is true for law schools and medical schools. Local firms and medical practices often hire locally, and not everyone wants to work at the "Top" NY or global firms. That is a tiny fraction of the world of law.

Success means different things to different people.[/quote]

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