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Re:Not a humblebrag- why I hide the fact that I went to elit... by mikekchar on Thursday April 18, 2019 @11:05PM (#19696787)
> No one cares you went to Yale

This is not entirely true. People from Yale care (generally speaking). You can actually leverage connections with people who went to the same school and who think that it made a difference to them.

Speaking as someone who came from an obscure school this surprised me when I noticed it.

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Re:Not a humblebrag- why I hide the fact that I went to elit... by matthewaveryusa on Friday April 19, 2019 @11:35AM (#19700407)
absolutely -- that's the 'finding common experiences' part of social skills I was referring to. If two people went to different schools but were both on the fencing team you can leverage that in the same way you can leverage that you went to the same alma mater.
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