<p>Everyone conversation with pizzagirl disintegrates into prestige doesn’t matter, no it doesn’t, yes it does and so on…Can we all just admit that attending an elite school gives you an immediate advantage in that it demonstrate you are intelligent. What you do from there is up to you and anyone from any school can make a great impression. Its just the immediate “smart brand” or whatever you want to call it goes to those people who are from elite schools. I just met a few kids at a party the other day, one girl went to Vanderbilt very pretty and cool, one guy want to Emory very chill and one guy went to Yale and he was exceptionally smart. If you were admitted to a school like Yale, people will think your smart on first impression and then its up to you to demonstrate it, but in many cases an initial impression is all you really get.</p>