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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To append a previous/similar post:

The Ivies do attract the absolute best.  I've done both - midwest state flagship (undergrad) to Ivy (grad). There is no comparison. Trust me, the Ivy is a different league altogether and it allows you to truly peel away from the ordinary. However, do NOT obsess too much about the undergrad level.  I personally was not overly impressed with the caliber of undergrads at the Ivy school I attended, and I know because I was a TA. The students in the grad or professional programs are worlds apart and represent the most talented group on campus. Get your degree anywhere and excel. I've met people who started at a community college, transferred to a four-year college and admitted to medical school at my Ivy.

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I agree with this approach for people seeking knowledge for its own sake or true expertise-based careers, but I disagree with this approach for networking-based careers.

For U.S. networking-based, wealth-oriented careers, the earliest known connections after the Battle of Hastings matter more than the more recent sources of connections

As long you’re reasonably bright and have a reasonably good level of family wealth, anyone who’s a prince, princess or a member of the hereditary nobility ought to be able to get into a T10 business school, but, really, the royal or noble title is more powerful for networking than what you learn.

Who was at your parents’ wedding, golf or yacht club and 25th wedding anniversary party matters more than where you went to school, as long as you have a respectable MBA or law degree.

What preschool you went to matters more for networking than your grade school, your grade school matters more than your high school, your high school matters more than your undergrad school, and, for networking purposes, your undergrad school matters a lot more than your grad school.

A Harvard College degree is much more intrinsically powerful than a Harvard University MBA or law degree.

The raw of intelligence of the students is not the relevant factor. The factor that drives the networking power is the total wealth of the people invited to a student’s bar mitzvah, bat mitzvah, sweet 16 party or cultural equivalent.

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