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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]In 20 years that degree still says Mary Washington and your child has to explain what Mary Washington is - hope those extra two years in Fredricksburg were worth it.[/quote]

This board is ridiculous.  Where you go to college kind of matters...for getting your foot in the door, for having the right peer group, for connections...but it definitely rarely matters 20+ years after you are out of college.  I look around me and I see people who went to all different colleges and are successful.  I think the most critical time for college name recognition is the first 5 years after you graduate...anyone who is still hung up about colleges 20 years after college is a tool.  It's like putting your SAT scores on your resume a decade after you graduated from college...stupid.[/quote]

I am over 40 now so have been in the professional world for a while. 1yr, 5yr, 10yrs, 20yrs + out - the Ivy's and very big name schools (meaning schools with names people from coast to coast instantly recognize) are still impressive.  All other schools are lumped together and it's just enough that you got a degree. 
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