Re:Ask HN: Does University Choice Matter?
by HDMI_Cable on Thursday May 27, 2021 @11:04PM
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> The prestige racket is real but it's not everything, it just wants you to think it is. Hope you can get away from the grueling college app process and let the wind blow those clouds off your sunrise a little. There's gonna come a day when you look over at your work colleague or close personal friend and realize you don't know where they went to school and you don't care enough to ask.
I've just finished, thanks. The more I think about it, the more I feel like you're right. All of this worrying about College applications and "presitgious" universities seems like a ploy to make kids more stressed. Ultimately, I'm simply happy at getting in, so worrying about the 5% edge case where the degree matters is pretty futile.
You have a good attitude. Prestige colleges are a lot of things, including brands, and it's in their interest to have everyone develop a tender-age psychological sore spot over whether they're worthy of the brand. Not the other way around, they don't want us wondering whether the prestige college system is worthy of us. We only win when enough of us decide not to play.
You can probably call up some department at your school and get actual stats for what schools the pre-meds go to.
The prestige racket is real but it's not everything, it just wants you to think it is. Hope you can get away from the grueling college app process and let the wind blow those clouds off your sunrise a little. There's gonna come a day when you look over at your work colleague or close personal friend and realize you don't know where they went to school and you don't care enough to ask.