So-Called "No Name" Colleges

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Fri, 10 Feb 2017 21:40:10 +0000

I see a lot of articles like this all the time saying to look into “no name schools” I think one of the many reasons kids like myself have trouble doing that is pretty obvious.

Top companies, law firms and organizations do not recruit from these schools. You will also have a hard time getting internships at places like United Nations, Goldman Sachs or Skadden Arps.

A teacher of mine used to work at Abercrombie & Fitch who had graduated from a state university. she told me that when she interviewed they asked her “Why should we take you over a Ivy League graduate?”. The only reason she was accepted was because of the skills she gained from working at a modeling agency in NYC.

But she was socially isolated from many of her colleagues. Many felt that she was less intelligent than others & would give her 'the easier workload." Many simply did not talk to her. She was not quick to gain promotions either.

She also recounted that for every senior manager or leader she had to work much harder to catch their eyes for special assignments.

She decided to become a business teacher at my school, and has been doing it for 10 years.

However she did state that she was working for them in the 70s and 80s. Maybe things are completely different.