<p>Which universities (and majors I guess) for undergrad education will impress early employers and top B-School admissions officers? I know you can't go wrong with HYPS, but what about the other Ivies? And other top schools? How do the top liberal arts colleges rank?</p>
<p>UPenn Wharton
MIT
Duke
Columbia
Northwestern
UChicago
NYU Stern
UMich Ross</p>
<p>Not necessarily in any order, but those schools are also pretty good.</p>
<p>How does Dartmouth stand? And what about Swarthmore and other LACs?</p>
<p>Dartmouth is pretty strong too. I don’t know how the LAC’s stand so I can’t give you an informed answer</p>
<p>It is not the school but who you are that counts. If you work hard, try your best and be very serious in learning, you will do well with future employers and MBA admission staff as well. There are many very successful students, may that be in career or admissions to professional and graduate schools, from all kinds of universities.</p>
<p>^that is definitely true, but a hardworking student at Wharton will have a ridiculous advantage over an equally hardworking student at a state school</p>
<p>^The statement you referenced might be true. Its definitely very misleading. The school counts a lot for employers in certain fields and MBA admissions.</p>
<p>I do not believe where you go to school as an undergraduate has a lot to do with your success in future MBA admissions. You are who you are. If you can get into Wharton and do well, you can do very well in another lesser known or prestigious school. You shall be able to find good employment after graduation. With a high GPA, good GMAT score and excellent work experience, you can get into the top MBA programs just as well as one graduated from Wharton. </p>
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<p>It’s all very relative.
People from the midwest or the south will find jobs paying $100K to $150K as being very successful because the cost of living is relatively much lower there. However, people in NYC or the Bay Area would find jobs in that salary range as the minimum for basic living because housing and taxes are high.</p>
<p>I doubt people who want admissions to Harvard, Stanford or Wharton business school are satisfied with jobs paying <$150K a few years after graduation. </p>
<p>In addition, I wish to add that ‘top firms’ based in the midwest or south don’t see the need to recruit at Harvard, Stanford or Wharton.</p>