Prestige WhOres

Deenz
Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:48:57 +0000

Quite simply put, the people who matter (grad schools, job recruiters) recognize your program over your institution. For example, UT engineering and business are actually regarded much higher than many more “prestigious” colleges’ programs who don’t measure up. You may not get the impressive factor from the average person you talk to, but when it comes down to the important things, a successful UT graduate from certain highly acclaimed departments measures up, if not surpasses, the “prestige whores.”