Going to a top ranked but not "target" school?

jackpot
Sun, 20 Dec 2009 19:07:23 +0000

I was recently accepted ED to Brown University, which I am truly ecstatic about don’t get me wrong. I am curious though, I’ve heard that Brown graduates are not as highly sought after as students from some of its peer institutions like Columbia, Dartmouth, Penn (non-Wharton), Duke, etc which are traditionally known as “target” schools. I think this might be slightly because Brown graduates on the whole are generally more interested in Law/Med/Grad school than I-banking, but I’m just wondering, what are the prospects for somebody who went to a top school, but not necessarily a “target” school? Are we negatively disadvantaged against people who went to similar quality/prestige but IB targeted schools? The question stands for similar cases like Yale grads seemingly being in much lower demand than Harvard/Wharton/Princeton grads, or any other likewise example.