<p>My conclusions on this matter (Prestige, Rankings, Brand Name Schools) is that…</p>
<p>1.People think differently on this matter (and there are objective arguments for both sides). Also people’s opinions are largely influenced on their alma matter </p>
<p>2.The bulk percentage of engineers in industry are not from a brand name school, I point this out to encourage people that aren’t from ‘Dartmouth’ to not fret over it</p>
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<li>On CC your seeing a distorted balance of this matter weighted towards elitist schools</li>
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<p>I believe these conclusions above to be true and objective, but I’d like to share my personal ‘opinion’ also, and this might change 180 in a year or two…</p>
<p>I think brand names matter…But the reason I say I might change my mind and am stating this strictly as an opinion, is that before I wanted bad to go to a fancy school on the east coast for college but I listened to my family telling me I was being irrational and went to ISU…but now, and I emphasize this, the thought of having gone to an expensive private for 5yrs of undergrad seems like the most ridiculous and dumbest idea…And I’m 100% happy here and now. But also now, and this is funny, going to a ‘top tier’ grad school is my aspiration without a doubt but perhaps that will change too u know? I wouldn’t be surprised because I’ll admit for me there’s a psychological component, like why people gotta have on nike’s…just the name of ‘stanford’ or ‘cornell’ is like music to my ears and it’s part of the reason I strive to work so hard towards excellence right now with the idea of going a school like that.</p>