<p>The ranking on the school itself does not speak for itself. But the ranking and name of the school correlate to who the person is. It is just four years of their life, yes, but it is the summation of the first 22. Your college is who you are. People don’t run around saying “Oh, typical Harvard student” or “Typical NYU student” without implying that there is a stereotype there. </p>
<p>Granted, there are some people who beat out the name of their crappy state school, but those are a dime a dozen. </p>
<p>(PS, Malcolm Gladwell is a silly citation. He’s the king of pop-psychology. Take everything with a grain of salt.)</p>