Anonymous wrote:Undergrad: no
Grad: yes

Case in point: The current CEO of General Electric went to Washington College in Chestertown for his undergrad, then went straight to Harvard Business School.

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Anonymous wrote:Some version of this thread seems to be posted like once a week...not sure who or why.

It doesn't really matter if you want to live a nice life, though some majors clearly have better outcomes than others.

However, this does not dispute the fact that the top schools produce an inordinate number of successful entrepreneurs and attract an inordinate amount of venture capital (https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/pitchbook-university-rankings).

In fact, an inordinate number of Top 10 school graduates dominate the ranks of venture capital firms (https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/16/these-12-schools-produce-the-most-venture-capitalists.html).

If you want to break into Hollywood...it's not rocket science that yes it helps / matters that you attend USC (also, USC is actually the #1 school where SpaceX recruits, so maybe it is rocket science).

One can go on-and-on.

EY, Accenture, Capital One, etc. are hiring hundreds of kids each year and absolutely cast a wide net.

There just seems like some weird, reflexive group on DCUM that goes to great lengths to justify maybe a kid's rejection, or didn't even apply because could not afford it, etc.

All those inordinate numbers are due to the colleges you're talking about getting an inordinate number of the hs students most likely to be a successful entrepreneur or venture capitalist. That's who they're admitting. But comparable students at less elite colleges have the exact same chances of finding success in any field.

Show me something...anything to support your comment.

I guarantee you that due to location and reputation, there are quite literally 100x+ more VCs attending a Stanford business plan competition vs. South Dakota State.

I don't dispute your comment about Stanford vs. SD State. But a student who is capable of being admitted to Stanford and CHOOSES to go to SD State instead will have the same success. Sure, they might have to be more proactive about getting the attention of those making the decisions, but that's about the only difference. Here's a link to Dale and Kruger, in case you haven't read it.

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1871566

Also, it's worth looking at the lists that were linked to earlier. The only list South Dakota State is on according to a search of the site is that for US Senators' colleges, but there are plenty of comparable colleges on all of the lists. Here's the one for CEOs of major US companies, which includes loads of colleges that admit pretty much anyone who applies. Success is due to who the person is, not the college they attend.

https://lesshighschoolstress.com/business/

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Anonymous wrote:Some version of this thread seems to be posted like once a week...not sure who or why.

It doesn't really matter if you want to live a nice life, though some majors clearly have better outcomes than others.

However, this does not dispute the fact that the top schools produce an inordinate number of successful entrepreneurs and attract an inordinate amount of venture capital (https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/pitchbook-university-rankings).

In fact, an inordinate number of Top 10 school graduates dominate the ranks of venture capital firms (https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/16/these-12-schools-produce-the-most-venture-capitalists.html).

If you want to break into Hollywood...it's not rocket science that yes it helps / matters that you attend USC (also, USC is actually the #1 school where SpaceX recruits, so maybe it is rocket science).

One can go on-and-on.

EY, Accenture, Capital One, etc. are hiring hundreds of kids each year and absolutely cast a wide net.

There just seems like some weird, reflexive group on DCUM that goes to great lengths to justify maybe a kid's rejection, or didn't even apply because could not afford it, etc.

All those inordinate numbers are due to the colleges you're talking about getting an inordinate number of the hs students most likely to be a successful entrepreneur or venture capitalist. That's who they're admitting. But comparable students at less elite colleges have the exact same chances of finding success in any field.

Show me something...anything to support your comment.

I guarantee you that due to location and reputation, there are quite literally 100x+ more VCs attending a Stanford business plan competition vs. South Dakota State.

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Anonymous wrote:Some version of this thread seems to be posted like once a week...not sure who or why.

It doesn't really matter if you want to live a nice life, though some majors clearly have better outcomes than others.

However, this does not dispute the fact that the top schools produce an inordinate number of successful entrepreneurs and attract an inordinate amount of venture capital (https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/pitchbook-university-rankings).

In fact, an inordinate number of Top 10 school graduates dominate the ranks of venture capital firms (https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/16/these-12-schools-produce-the-most-venture-capitalists.html).

If you want to break into Hollywood...it's not rocket science that yes it helps / matters that you attend USC (also, USC is actually the #1 school where SpaceX recruits, so maybe it is rocket science).

One can go on-and-on.

EY, Accenture, Capital One, etc. are hiring hundreds of kids each year and absolutely cast a wide net.

There just seems like some weird, reflexive group on DCUM that goes to great lengths to justify maybe a kid's rejection, or didn't even apply because could not afford it, etc.

All those inordinate numbers are due to the colleges you're talking about getting an inordinate number of the hs students most likely to be a successful entrepreneur or venture capitalist. That's who they're admitting. But comparable students at less elite colleges have the exact same chances of finding success in any field.

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Anonymous wrote:What a misleading title. Those are all T60 schools.

Btw Deloitte/KPMG/PWC/EY consulting won’t even look at your app beyond ~T100 schools.

WTF? These are not prestigious places. They will probably hire more consultants from schools like Michigan State than an Ivy. They hire armies of consultants, mostly for tech projects, grind them down with billable hours, and then 1/3 will quit each year to go work for companies.

The people at Ivies that work for the Big 4 accounting firm's consulting units are basically international students because a lot of the more prestigious or desirable employers won't go through the immigration and visa hoops beyond 1 year for the student visa, but these mega firms will. They stick around until their work status stabilizes and then bolt.

They do not recruit at places like JMU, UMBC, Towson or GMU for consulting.

Anonymous wrote:Some version of this thread seems to be posted like once a week...not sure who or why.

It doesn't really matter if you want to live a nice life, though some majors clearly have better outcomes than others.

However, this does not dispute the fact that the top schools produce an inordinate number of successful entrepreneurs and attract an inordinate amount of venture capital (https://pitchbook.com/news/articles/pitchbook-university-rankings).

In fact, an inordinate number of Top 10 school graduates dominate the ranks of venture capital firms (https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/16/these-12-schools-produce-the-most-venture-capitalists.html).

If you want to break into Hollywood...it's not rocket science that yes it helps / matters that you attend USC (also, USC is actually the #1 school where SpaceX recruits, so maybe it is rocket science).

One can go on-and-on.

EY, Accenture, Capital One, etc. are hiring hundreds of kids each year and absolutely cast a wide net.

There just seems like some weird, reflexive group on DCUM that goes to great lengths to justify maybe a kid's rejection, or didn't even apply because could not afford it, etc.

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Anonymous wrote:What a misleading title. Those are all T60 schools.

Btw Deloitte/KPMG/PWC/EY consulting won’t even look at your app beyond ~T100 schools.

WTF? These are not prestigious places. They will probably hire more consultants from schools like Michigan State than an Ivy. They hire armies of consultants, mostly for tech projects, grind them down with billable hours, and then 1/3 will quit each year to go work for companies.

The people at Ivies that work for the Big 4 accounting firm's consulting units are basically international students because a lot of the more prestigious or desirable employers won't go through the immigration and visa hoops beyond 1 year for the student visa, but these mega firms will. They stick around until their work status stabilizes and then bolt.

They do not recruit at places like JMU, UMBC, Towson or GMU for consulting.

Anonymous wrote:Malcolm Gladwell did the research and said hire the top third from any school. So, no, the school you select doesn’t matter.

Anonymous wrote:It matters in some fields (law & finance), but for most jobs it does it.

Connections matter the most!

Anonymous wrote:To be a well educated person, yes. To make money, no

Anonymous wrote:To be a well educated person, yes. To make money, no