<p>My personal experience is in disagreement with the “whatever school doesn’t matter once you’re out” theory. As HYP grad here in a major midwest city for past 25 years, I’ve been frequently introduced by my bosses as “and here’s our HYP grad, very smart…” It hasn’t significantly “helped” me careerwise (I’m not in law or finance) but it has opened doors, established credibility, and early in my career, caused some coworkers’ reactive competitive anxiety. No one cares about my BS w/highest honors from reputable midwest university. But everyone seems to think I’m “smart” because of that HYP degree.</p>