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Sure,   tell that to the fortune 500, wall street, and silicon valley companies whose hiring mgrs have the same mindset as the parents you're criticizing. It's not all parental affirmation, sometimes it's a means to an entry level end at the firms with the most resources to give the kid a shot at a financially independent life.  Some parents have real-life experience with this.
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That simply is not true.  There are lots of folks getting hired in the F500 companies, WS and Silicon Valley who come from plain old colleges.  Stories about snobby hiring managers are great click-bait or anecdata for cocktail parties but they are not anywhere near representative of what is happening in the real world.  My kid chose to attend a school many DCUM parents would be ashamed of.  And they are having an incredible academic experience, getting lots of support from faculty and school resources.  That particular school has a very robust placement rate on Wall Street and in other segments of the finance industry.  The school also has pipelines (through faculty resources and alums) to broadcast and print journalism and several other fields.    I am sorry that it didn't work out for your kid or for the kid in your anecdote.  But nowhere does it say on any diploma that you are guaranteed anything at the end.  Things don't always work out the way we want, that's a fact.  But rather than nurse grudges or blame others one must retrench and regroup.  Spreading misinformation and fear doesn't help[/quote]

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