<p>You received very good advice above, and I agree with it. I just wanted to respond to this:</p>
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<p>Many doors do open bc of the name and connections through a school. Prestige matters, but it does not matter everywhere. My brother in law is a SUNY graduate. He worked as a cashier for 6 months after he graduated as a business major. He was offered a job 30 years ago for 35k to sell medical equipment. He set up a table at conference in NY (Javits Center). My BIL is a worker, and someone from another company noticed his working ability. At the end of the day, that person approached my BIL and said that whatever the company was paying him, he would pay more. My BIL went to work for that man and has stayed and grown with him over the last 29 years, and is he very successful and happy. He works hard to be where he is (basically married to this company, and could do that bc for many years he was not married and does not have children. Work was his life for many years). He has been in a position that graduates from top schools hope to get, but my BIL got the job through hard work, and being at the right place at the right time. BTW, my BIL only has a BS degree. He did not continue to go to graduate school, and he earns just as much as many doctors, and lawyers.</p>