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Re:American society is so focused on race that it is blind t... by bushbaba on Thursday November 03, 2022 @01:09AM (#33447265)
For engineering degrees for working within industry, the IVYs don’t get you much. There’s lots of highly ranked STEM universities that’ll open the same number of doors.

Where IVY undergrad matters is if they plan to pursue a PHD. And even that is debatable.

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Re:American society is so focused on race that it is blind t... by willhslade on Friday November 04, 2022 @09:50PM (#33476886)
You might find this previous discussion informative. The Ivies matter but not as much as you'd think.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30448083

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05222-x

Most relevant: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05222-x/tables/3

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