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Re:Do Elite Colleges Lead to Higher Salaries? Only for Some ... by silverlake on Monday February 01, 2016 @03:21PM (#11015086)
I went to a top 10 non-Ivy school still bruised from my rejection from MIT. It seems MIT would go a bit further and deeper in CS subjects than my school. They could work on cooler projects because their CS faculty is huge. And every company recruits from MIT.
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Re:Do Elite Colleges Lead to Higher Salaries? Only for Some ... by arcanus on Monday February 01, 2016 @03:29PM (#11015139)
I'm surprised to hear that. It never hurts to be the best, but in my experience all the top-10 (or even top-25) programs are quite competitive. My research and summer internship opportunities were just as 'cool' as at any other program, at least in my opinion.

I've always found that my degree got my foot in the door, after that it was my research experience, internships and performance in interviews/code tests.

I went to a top-25 non-ivy.

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