<p>Some jobs (i-banking, for example) recruit almost exclusively at Ivies. Some engineering/computer-science oriented employers recruit almost exclusively from tech schools. etc. So it depends in part on what you want to do.</p>
<p>For the average job, you may have a leg up if you attended a higher ranked school, but this is your first job. For others after, your previous work performance will matter more. </p>
<p>I’ve also found that in every region, there are certain schools that have prominance to employers in that region even if the school’s not well-known/regarded nationally. In the South, USC, Clemson, UNC (even the non-Chapel Hills), Appalachain, VT, UVa, Georgia Tech, etc are all well-regarded by employers, even if CC-ers would turn up their noses.</p>
<p>" All my life I have been indoctrinated into thinking that my life won’t worth a penny if I don’t go to a good college like the UC’s, Hardvard, MIT etc…</p>
<p>Are you saying that you have believed that everyone around you who DIDN’T go to one of these schools has a worthless life?</p>
<p>Didn’t common sense tell you that was false whenever you met some awesome person who didn’t go to one of those schools?</p>
<p>Do you think America’s astronauts’ lives aren’t worth a penny? Here’s their bios. Many went to good schools, but not elite schools. [url=<a href=“Johnson Space Center - NASA”>Johnson Space Center - NASA]Astronauts[/url</a>]</p>
<p>Also, if you visited a large doctors’ building, you would find many very successful physicians who did not go to elite undergrads (or med schools).
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<p>Honestly yes. All I hear in my high school is about people who got accepted into UCSD, Berkeley, etc… Never once have I saw someone cheered because they got into San Diego State University.</p>
<p>I actually talked to a Jewish girl in my class today who has 4.2+ GPA and 32 on the ACT on why she try so hard at school. She said to get into good college. Then I asked her why she wanted to get into a good college and she was like “… so I can have a good life”.</p>
<p>Hard work + good school = good life</p>
<p>No work + good school = better life</p>