<p>Because you seem to envy them. I doubt you will when they have crappy jobs and no money.</p>
<p>How are you supposed to research this?</p>
<p>Is there a Princeton review ranking of the top 10 networking colleges?</p>
<p>And also, what if you want to become a teacher pr something like that and not enter the business world, would a lack of networking really hurt you that much?</p>
<p>There isn’t any ranking of it because it honestly depends on the specific college. Research as in I mean actually research, not find a list, as in scan it’s history, understand its location and setting, understand the nature of the people who go there, consult alumni lists, etc. It can be as deep as you want to, but it also depends if you honestly care as much about the advantage of networking at a college. Remember you can just as easily network in a city too, and so being in a place like NYC almost completely overrides college networking. However, if it’s a college in the middle of nowhere, then it should be looked into more closely for networking. Big cities usually are automatic networks in their own right.</p>
<p>Your thread title was about whether not going to a good college for undergrad will affect ones goals. Like we already said, in general it will, but the extent varies for professions and for people.</p>
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<p>How does this relate to your question at all? Rice is also a “good college!” No one told you Harvard was the only “good college.”</p>
<p>I was responding to someone who was claiming that Harvard was the greatest school, for a variety of reasons</p>
<p>It does not matter where you get the knowledge, if you apply it properly and apply yourself, you can do many things.
A community college kid could eventually do millions of times better then a harvard kid with the proper application.</p>
<p>^ Very true, although generally it’s more difficult and requires more agile skill and ability, but nonetheless it’s certainly possible.</p>
<p>jmanco49, you reek of desperate jealousy. I didn’t see where people got that from the other thread, but try to tone down the “but rice* is just as good as Harvard it’s so not fair! /sobs” It’s sad you care so much since it’s just showing YOU are more obsessed with the rankings and prestige factor than anyone else here. I don’t see people making multiple threads oozing Harvard love out of their pants, why must you do so for Harvard resentment?</p>
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<p>Regardless of where you go to school, you won’t get far in life if your reading comprehension doesn’t improve. That’s not what I said at all.</p>
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<p>Dude, Rice is a top-notch school. You wanted to know the advantages of going to a top-notch school. Of course you could get all this at Rice.</p>
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<p><em>rolls eyes</em> I’m not on Wall St either, you know. Connections help in any profession.</p>
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<p>Few would <em>hire</em> someone just because s/he went to Harvard for undergrad, but if there’s 100 resumes submitted for a job, and they pick 10 people to interview, the Harvard alum might get an edge in being selected for an interview, at which point it’s up to them to prove to the company that they’re the best for the job.</p>
<p>You could substitute any highly prestigious school in the relevant field for “Harvard” in that last sentence, by the way. In many fields, Rice would qualify. It’s an excellent school.</p>
<p>HAHAHAHAHA
This is just a ridiculous thread. I work two accountants; one is a graduate of AU and the other a graduate of Grove City College! Both of them are very well networked in the Balto/Washington area. Their phones never stop ringing! Do their clients care what college or university they attended? Not one whit. Also, they have five interns every summer, all undergraduate business students looking for experience. They come in every shape and size, and attend UVA, George Mason, UMd, and other schools. They are treated like the unique individuals they are by my colleagues. These students are being recruited for the future, so why would they be regard them any other way? This idea that certain schools are better situated for successful networking is part of the PR package many use to justify their obscenely high tuition rates and fees, and gullible parents and students swallow it whole. It’s a shame really.</p>
<p>If you research the general tone and the titles of jmanco’s posts, you’ll see that he’s basically a ■■■■■. Outlandish and sweeping generalizations meant to get the pot stirring. We’d all be better served helping with constructive exchange of ideas rather than feeding this guy’s threads. My opinion.</p>
<p>For some fields, It won’t matter. For medicine, as long as you get a residency somewhere there will always be job opportunities for you, whether or not you went to Harvard med school.</p>
<p>wow, I’M the one making sweeping generalizations?</p>
<p>Didn’t you see all those ridiculous posts basically saying that having Harvard undergrad on your diploma will open doors for practically every profession.</p>
<p>It’s just really annoying because everyone is acting like if you don’t go to a top school, you’re a complete failure, and your life is basically over.
Seriously, since so many people are obsessing about whether or not they get in, it makes a lot of people confused about whether or not it really matters whether or not you get into the most prestigious schooll.</p>
<p>brainsprain and az 1698 answered my question. Thanks.</p>
<p>jmanco how about you just wait to head off to college and pipe down? Yes, you are the one making sweeping generalizations. You also go to Rice so it makes no sense that you’re attacking people for electing to go hard after a “top school.” My god, I’d heard of Cornell envy (resenting the label of “easiest ivy”), but this is something new altogether.</p>