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This is not true in my experience. My H works in finance and does a small amount of hiring into the group he manages. He is looking for particular qualities (genuine interest in picking stocks, a certain amount of hunger, etc.) and has passed over more than a few ivy grads in the process.[/quote]

Ummm...okay, but I'm certain those ivy grads are getting interviews and end up doing just fine.

You have your 2nd hand experience based on what your husband may have told you and I have mine based on what I've actually seen time and time again.

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NP here. I went to a top Ivy business school. For getting that first job on Wall Street, an Ivy degree is pretty much golden. This is a fact. However, I agree with the posters who say that 10 years out, all that matters is whether you can pick the stocks or close the deal.

Your husband may be looking at Ivy grads who are 10 years out of school with so-so track records. Or at Ivy grads with literature degrees who suddenly realized they need to do something practical. Then again, your husbands' group may be very different from a typical Wall Street operation in terms of the personnel it needs (not that that's a bad thing).[/quote]

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