<p>i have a question that has been bugging me for a while and was wondering what your guys opinion on this is.</p>
<p>When it comes to college and eventually getting a job, does the college you attend matter so significantly? Does the prestige mean everything? Would it matter if I went to an average university such as lets just say Arkansas state or an eastern Michigan and did extremely well there and got some sort of job experience as opposed to going to not necessarily an ivy league but something along the lines of Washington, Or texas and being an average student there. Will an employer throw out my application if it's not from a prestigious nationally recognized school?</p>
<p>One, I agree with Catira. Two, I was reading a study about a month ago that analyzed income based on prior college attendance. Believe it or not, there wasn’t a huge difference between the income of people who went to big name, prestigious schools, and those who didn’t. It all boils down to what you do with your education. And of course, people certainly aren’t going to throw out an application from someone who went to, say, University of Indiana-Bloomington and admit the person who went to Notre Dame. My father, who hires people for his law firm, tells me this all the time.</p>
<p>Because society puts way too much value on these things. We think all that matters is looking good on a piece of paper, but life is so much more than that. It’s great to want the best education possible, but we’re overloading ourselves and our kids with test prep, extracurriculars, and college essay writing workshops. I admit, as a high school senior, I’ve put way too much emphasis on being a number and going to the best school, and not enough emphasis on what I will be as a person. :)</p>
<p>Amen DevPatel
Yeah, it always matter WHAT you do with your education. Even if you go to Dartmouth- if you don’t work hard and don’t make connections and don’t do internships or anything, it’s useless. If you go to Rutgers and do do all of the above, your experience and benefits go way higher than the previous situation.</p>
<p>The college itself doesn’t matter too much. When my friends and I were going on interviews, the employers didn’t care too much as to where we went. They cared more about what degree we had and wanted to make sure we completed and had our degree. To an extent the connections and the name matters, but what you do and the connections that you make as an individual matter most. Like in a small nit community like the dental world there is a little fluff added, but not much. Most employers want to make sure that YOU will benefit the company and be a good fit.</p>
<p>I disagree with a lot of the people here. It absolutely does matter. Especially when it comes to comparing people from two very different schools like say a state school and and a prestigious college (ivies, little ivies, etc). My brother went to Amherst College (currently in law school) and he was able to land a paid internship at a job with tons of applicants and few spots because the employer went to Williams and recognized the college he went to. That being said, in my opinion going to a good college only increases your chance at a better job, it doesn’t guarantee it.</p>