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I am not talking about my kids specifically, or getting in to college.  They are legacies at excellent universities and very smart, engaging people in their own right.  They also have a family background of which to be quite proud.  This is about the network from their schools down the road.  It does matter and it does make a difference, only not in the way some people on here seem to think.  I see it all the time in Washington and, if you don't okay, that is fine for you and your children.  My children will have every opportunity and option available to them.

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Nobody here has contested the importance of connections for getting jobs, or even getting into the right country club. But one PP did claim that Big 3 connections will get your kid into a *top college* and several of us are disputing that specific point.

I guess the logical next step would be to debate where the best career connections could be made. If you want a STEM career, TJ would be the place to make contacts, not a top private. But as others have said, your college connections - your profs and your classmates in your major - are much more important for career success than the one kid from your private school who entered the same field as you. If you want a scary read about the role of college buddies in Wall Street connections, read the Rolling Stone article about Dartmouth - it's all about frat bonding but no mention of family lineages.

There also seems to be some confusion about the value of school credentials per se vs belonging to some defunct white shoe banking club.  Yes, a Princeton degree will open doors. But that's mostly because managers assume Princeton grads are smart, it's rarely because managers assume the Princeton grad shares their boarding school and values. [/quote]

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