<p>United States Military Academy....You can't even argue this....</p>
<p>I know other people mentioned University of Wisconsin in the affirmative. However, I would like to qualify this statement. The alumni association is awesome and includes databases full of alums with their job titles and a convenient way to contact them. Also they have social events and groups for individuals that remain in Wisconsin as well as those of us in other areas. However, the school treats their alumni pretty poorly in my experience. My student services eg. student email, access to libraries, university internet resources, advising, student hourly job etc were cut less than a week after graduation. To an unemployed graduate looking to research companies in the more technical fields, this was not only personally hurtful, but also professionally damaging. The school had the gall to begin their incessant fundraising calls before I had even gotten a job out of college. In summary, great alums, great alumni association, lousy university treatment of alums.</p>
<p>Ya, I have noticed UW-Madison is pretty strong.</p>
<p>In terms of a strong alumni network, which schools have a lot of pride in themselves.</p>
<p>The only school that I know has ton of pride and tradition is Notre Dame. </p>
<p>Can we make a list of more schools?</p>
<p>Schools with a ton of Pride and Tradition:</p>
<p>Notre Dame
Texas A&M</p>
<p>Anyone else care to add a school...</p>
<p>Schools with alumni giving rates of 50% plus-Dartmouth, Holy Cross, Williams, Amherst, Princeton.</p>
<p>USC has a strong alumni network</p>
<p>lemon<em>lime</em>rush
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<p>Join Date: Sep 2008
Posts: 35 Does anyone know which UCs have strong alumni networks? I know UC Berkeley has a good one (or at least I think it does). But what about UCLA, UCSD, etc?</p>
<p>"Schools with a ton of Pride and Tradition:</p>
<p>Notre Dame
Texas A&M</p>
<p>Anyone else care to add a school..."</p>
<p>Anyone?</p>
<p>This lines up almost exactly with alumni giving rates and, in my opinion, the alumni loyalty of the Ivies.
Best</a> Ivy League Schools By Salary Potential</p>
<p>Dartmouth
Princeton
Yale
Harvard
Penn
Cornell
Brown
Columbia</p>
<p>I agree with Triforces: Westpoint and the Naval Academy are 2 of the best overall.</p>
<p>i'm gonna type in caps...</p>
<p>WHAT ABOUT UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA'S NETWORK?????? lol</p>
<p>i've always heard good things about NYU and not so good things about columbia, at least in the NE coast</p>
<p>I'm surprised the Carleton hasn't been mentioned. It has the highest alumni donation rate in the country. Last June 54% of the class of '03 returned for their 5th reunion; 49% of the class of '58 for their 50th. There's a strong alumni admissions network, a strong alumni club program and a growing alumni career network. In addition, to department newsletters to alums, there are various other affinity groups: Multicultural Alumni Network (MCAN), Out After Carleton, Carleton Feminist Alumni Network, and Seniors and Young Alumni.</p>
<p>“From this day forward, you are a part of Carleton and Carleton is part of you.” —From Carleton President Laurence M. Gould’s annual greeting to incoming students.</p>
<p>You guys are crazy. Believe it or not, there are a ton of schools out there besides the Ivy League, and Penn State has one of the best alumni connections out there.</p>
<p>^Penn State may have the most alumni, but that's a lot different than the most loyal or where fellow alums go out of their way for each other the most. When you're churning out as many grads in a year as Williams does in 16 years, the uniqueness and distinctiveness of a common bond is not the same.</p>
<p>Please keep in mind, the strength of the alumni network is different from the size of the alumni network.</p>
<p>An important percentage of those in danger of being cut/already cut in the current financial market environment are graduates of the Ivies and other colleges with strong ties to NYC. As I observe the carnage around Wall Street, I think that the alumni networks of the northeastern elites will be sorely tested and many will discover their true strength around the country and outside of the financial sector. It will be interesting to see how/if many relocate or try to switch industries .try to picture rats on a sinking ship. </p>
<p>IMO, the alumni network strength of these colleges will be vindicated, but not uniformly. Differences in geographical and industry presence will, more than ever, be important differentiators of this strength. </p>
<p>As for the blame associated with the financial market mess, Wall Street and Washington are deservedly taking most of it. To the degree that one associates the Ivies and other elites with those scenes, the Ivy brand has been tarnished and this may impact the attractiveness of Ivy undergraduates as they interview in industries outside of investment banking and consulting, particularly in regions distant from the Northeast.</p>
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As for the blame associated with the financial market mess, Wall Street and Washington are deservedly taking most of it. To the degree that one associates the Ivies and other elites with those scenes, the Ivy brand has been tarnished and this may impact the attractiveness of Ivy undergraduates as they interview in industries outside of investment banking and consulting, particularly in regions distant from the Northeast.
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<p>No need to limit it to the Democrats. There is plenty of blame to go around....</p>
<p>George W. Bush-Yale undergrad, Harvard Business School</p>
<p>Henry Paulson-Dartmouth undergrad, Harvard Business School</p>
<p>Ben Bernanke-Harvard undergrad, MIT PhD</p>
<p>Please keep in mind, the strength of the alumni network is different from the size of the alumni network.</p>
<p>And it is. Penn State is, yes, one of the largest, and because of this it is very strong; alumni regularly will tailgate at and attend football games, randomly pop on campus to say hello, have special job fairs, etc. That sort of thing may be pretty common for any alumni association, but Penn State still seems very strong to me. Perhaps not the most tight-knit out there, like Dartmouth or Columbia seem to be, but it definitely deserves mention.</p>