<p>That link apparently doesn't work because it references a competing site. It was an article in the NYT magazine two weeks ago about a Wesleyan grad who raised serious venture capital for his Web site idea simply by cold-emailing a list of alums.</p>
<p>BROWN! Dear God, once you're a part of Brown, you're a part of it for life.</p>
<p>Duke, Holy Cross, Dartmouth, Williams, Amherst, Notre Dame, Princeton.</p>
<p>The Ivies don't have the best network simply because they are the Ivies. Ivy networks are not strong everywhere (they're probably the strongest in the Northeast and on the East Coast in general, but in the Midwest and West Coasts, not so much) and also who is connected to the Ivy network differs strongly based on other factors besides just attending the same Ivy League as another alumna/us.</p>
<p>I have to agree with the people who are saying Michigan -- I have met Michiganders EVERYWHERE and they don't care whether you went there grad or undergrad, where you were from, what you majored in, any other demographic information -- you went to Michigan. Period. Penn State has a pretty good alumni network too.</p>
<p>any correlation with pay and alumni network?
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<p>PrepParent - the entire Patriot League is on the LAC list, except for Lehigh - go figure!</p>
<p>As for a smaller LAC, I was very impressed with the internships, job assistance, summer research opportunities and endowed scholarships provided by alumni at a small school like Juniata, no wonder their med school placement rates are so great.</p>
<p>Juniata has an awesome med school acceptance rate that few rival. Interestingly many of the Patriot League schools do a great job placing their students in med schools as well. Holy Cross, Lafayette and colgate to name a few.</p>
<p>is that starting salary website accurate?</p>
<p>What's the situation with fraternity members? Will, let's say a fraternity alum from Yale, hire the same fraternity alum member from an non-Ivy school, than someone who is not in that fraternity from Cornell?</p>
<p>Jenny,</p>
<p>Your post made me laugh. Those Aggies are something else.</p>
<p>My husband went to Texas A & M for one year and had to leave after a major medical problem that prevented him from completing the program there.</p>
<p>Years later, we went to an A & M football game in another state and in the year he should have graduated from A & M. I have never seen so many Aggies in my life. Some of the most generous people, devoted to their school, friendly to a fault, and what a sense of school spirit. </p>
<p>I still think he identifies himself much more as an Aggie than as an alum of the school he ended up graduating from!</p>
<p>"What's the situation with fraternity members? Will, let's say a fraternity alum from Yale, hire the same fraternity alum member from an non-Ivy school, than someone who is not in that fraternity from Cornell?"</p>
<p>Yes, even if they are supremely unqualified. @@</p>
<p>How can you make such a blanket statement either way? At most, it gets the person noticed as an icebreaker during an interview.</p>
<p>texas a&m has a massive alumni network in texas</p>
<p>Notre Dame takes the cake. us domers really know how to take care of one another.</p>
<p>It's more likely that whatever school you go to has an alumni network that will at least expand to its area. Bigger state schools will probably expand to their states, while big-name schools (such as those in the Ivy League and other top schools such as Stanford) would expand even farther. If you're aiming for the Ivy League or similar schools, don't forget that just having gone there (making it through their rigorous selection process) and graduated with a degree from there will count a lot when you are applying for a job.</p>
<p>UT Austin is the biggest and best</p>
<p>Notre Dame of course has to be up there: 4th per U.S. news in alumni giving.</p>
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<p>In the city of Austin... sure I'd give you that.</p>
<p>ROFL! Yeah, Texans really don't realize how little the rest of the country is impressed by all things Texan.</p>
<p>I don't know about all of the US, but UT has a very strong reputation and a pretty well developped alumni network in the Midwest and the Northeast...as well as In Western Europe and in the Middle East.</p>
<p>Sure. It's a very reputable school (and indeed I have a relative who went there). But it's not the "biggest and best." It's just a good, reputable state school.</p>