| actually it's not. most employers care more about your skills, how well you interview, your recommendations, etc, and those are not dictated entirely by which school you went to.
And once you start focusing solely about prestige, you start to freak out if you go to #20 instead of #2, when, in real world, a good school is a good school no matter what US News thinks.
Sure, Harvard (and a a SLEW of other schools) may impress a lot of people. But so will solid abilities and a good GPA from anywhere. For me, it's more about the experience than the result. College is NOT just means to an end. |