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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know a girl who graduated from Elon within the last 5 years and she became.....a professional nanny/photographer. Yes after years of tuition that was her calling. So, obviously it's a VERY competitive school.[/quote]

My DD graduated from Elon in 2008 and she was gainfully employed through the recession and continues to be.  She has Elon friends who were hired at a myriad of Fortune 500's, Bain Capital, VP's in top-3 commercial real estate firms, Booz Allen/Boeing/ and other consulting firms, Deloitte/E&Y/PWC/KPMG, big banking in NY and Boston, accepted at top laws and now work BigLaw and/or federal, accepted at top medical schools, work for federal government/foreign service/non-profits--the whole gambit.  And these are just one's that moved to DC and the Northeast. Certainly there are positions and recruiting cycles that favor Ivy league schools, but their Elon degrees have not been a detriment at all, and their colleagues come from plenty of well known, well regarded institutions.  At some point, it comes down to the person, not only the name on their degree.  I've worked with plenty of Harvard/Yale/Princeton grads who don't last because they cannot work with others and assimilate into the culture of a business.

But yes, it makes a lot of sense to paint a school and their graduates with a broad brush stroke based on the personal choices of one person.

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