<p>I would agree that networking is very important! My oldest D went to an Ivy. We joked she was one of the best and the brightest but so was everyone else there…it was her networking at the school that helped her land her “dream” job right out of college. She one of the most successful and youngest women in her industry. Grades played no part in this what so ever…it was all “who you know” that landed her the first job and subsequent ones after.
D number 2 went to a state school, graduated on the Dean’s List with honor and it was her exec officer positions she held in her sorority and networking with sorority sisters that landed her her first job exactly 1 month after graduation. Amazingly, when she went to look for a different job (she’s in marketing in DC) it was again the sorority connection that helped seal the deal.
Finally D number 3 who is at Bama never would have had the massive amounts of recs she had for each house if it hadn’t been for big sis’s sorority connections…
Yup…networking is important.</p>