My daughter applied to Pomona. Straight-A student, church group leader, blah blah blah. Denied.
I don’t know what these diploma factories are looking for but I’ll guarantee that if I were college-aged, I’d tell them to stuff it. A prestigious degree might open a few more doors at the beginning of your career, but it dwindles in importance as times goes on.
Do you have any idea what colleges your workmates attended? Do you care?
It depends on what career you want. Law, politics, investment banking-—it’s darn near impossible to get with the top firms or to make the necessary connections to run for a major office without that Ivy League degree. Charles Murray has done an exceptional job of showing that the “superzips” that surround Washington and NYC are almost EXCLUSIVELY dominated by Ivy League degrees!