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Anyone in HR with brains knows that there are a lot of factors that go into what school someone chooses. A majority of my dd's friends have GPAs over 4.0, full IB diplomas, and top SAT scores, and they're only looking at in-state schools because that's all their parents are willing to pay for. The top student that chooses to go over $200k in debt for undergrad is not necessarily someone I would view as "smart."[/quote]

You don't understand how HR works. For premier gigs, software screens you [out] before human eyes even read your resume (or linkedin).

Top firms want aggressive competitive ambitious people. Going to podunk college because it saved some cash teases out you may be smart, but most likely a provincial sheltered bumpkin fearful of top competition, who will likely crumble around assertive super sharp peers.[/quote]

Notice the use of "firms".  I think this is true for lawyers.  It isn't true for anything else.[/quote]

No this is true amongst consultancies as well.  The firm I was with only recruited off six of the top B-school campuses because recruiting is a big investment of time by the professionals in the firm.  It i also true for the bulge bracket investment banks.[/quote]

Yes the end all be all is Big Law/ Big 3 Consulting and I-Banking  :roll:   You sound like most of my B-school classmates

5 years out 2/3 of my class is no longer in any of these roles.  The ones that are left privately vent about the insane hours/travel/lack of any social relationships/not seeing their spouse/kids etc

To each their own.  There are multiple paths to happiness and I still say sales/entrepreneurship is the easier way to go if you are obsessed with chasing $$$$$$.

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