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<p>“All” profs do not hail from those 4, but on a per capita basis, grads from those 4 place much better into academia. As to why, it has something to to with self-selection and prestige. (Academics are prestige hounds through and through.) </p>
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<p>No turning back now, so it doesn’t matter. But for someone who really wanted SoCal, then UCLA and 'SC can make sense. Penn has aweseom employment numbers, for example, but unless he wants to live/work in NYC…However, with admittances to T10, he should’ve been able to finagle a better $ deal from from UCLA. Full tuition would not have been out of the realm of possibility.</p>