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[quote=Anonymous]When I was in college, I met two girls from the same high school - let's call them Lisa and Mary.  Lisa ended up at my 7 sisters school while Mary went to a lesser ranked school nearby.  Both of them had applied to the 7 sisters school.
Lisa, who went to school with me, cheated her way thru school or barely did any work.  After graduation she got a rather low level job and stayed in it until termination due to covid - let's say it was a 3 decade career that went nowhere in the publishing industry,
Mary had more moxie and ended up with a highly mobile and well ranked job at well known publications.  
Unbelievably, they were best friends and Mary helped get Lisa her job.

In college, when Lisa's came up for graduation, it was obvious to them that Lisa was having a friend write her thesis the night before graduation - the chair of Lisa's department had told her she wasn't going to walk unless she received that mandatory thesis (which we all knew was required WAY before graduation). Her parents basically paid for the degree, their daughter learned nothing in her 4 years.  But her parents didn't care, they wanted to see her walk on graduation day.  
Curiously, they sent Lisa's little brother to finish his high school years at a fancy prep school to prepare him for a career in law.  There were higher expectations placed on the boy than the eldest daughter.

Sooooo, my point is that if the kid is instilled with character, grit, determination, that's more than any 4 year college and a hundred thousand dollar sheet of paper could buy. 
A few years out of school, the name of the alma mater doesn't apply.  It's what one has done since college that will be scrutinized on the resume.[/quote]

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