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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am not from this area and I heard of William and Mary well before I heard of VT. (Actually I think the first time I heard of it was probably after the shooting.)[/quote]

Same. Definitely had never heard of VT before moving to VA.

Although I will add, most people don't know schools outside their own state unless the schools are Harvard-level famous. I went to U of M which was highly ranked in my field, tried to get a job in CA, [b]and got a ton of questions about why I couldn't get into the local Cal State.[/b][/quote]

No you didn't.[/quote]

I definitely believe this.[/quote]

I'm the U of M alum.  Why would I lie about this?  I was interviewing in the Bay Area (where I'm from) and was was asked by multiple interviewers why I didn't go to SF State or UC Santa Cruz or similar.  They had no idea what U of M was, other than the obvious point that it was a public school in Michigan.  People who are not in school or applying to school don't keep up with rankings.[/quote]

Unfortunately, this is very common.  I grew up in semi-rural Louisiana, and when I told folks I was going to apply to Northwestern, everyone thought I was talking about Northwestern State University in Louisiana (the school colors are identical).  No one had heard of any Ivy school beyond HYP.  However, they had heard of BYU, Michigan, USC, and the like because of football.  [/quote]

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