Which Colleges Have The Best Career/Placement Service ?

TheWatcher
Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:13:05 +0000

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And the fact is, if you look at the top partners of the top VC’s and PE firms, you’re going to find a lot of grads from places like HYPSM. Private equity, in particular, is dominated by Harvard grads.

If you really looked at the backgrounds of the HYPSM’s who are top partnets of VC firms like Blackstone and others, you will notice something interesting — UNDERGRADUATE TAKEN ARE FROM DIVERSE COLLEGES, including LAC’s many people tend to overlook and state universities as well. Of course if it’s GRADUATE school you’re talking about, then a lot of them go to get their MBA’s at Harvard, Wharton and the rest.

I for instance know several partners in Austin Ventures ( based in Texas and one of the top VC firms in the country ) who graduated from UT Austin, Texas A & M and Baylor. Where did they get their MBA ? Well, one went to Harvard, the other went to Vanderbilt and the other went to Northwestern. But notice that their UNDERGRAD were in different schools ( 2 of them public and one a Baptist affiliated school ).

In fact, one lesson that can be learned is this – if you don’t get sufficient aid and you’re a good student, don’t get into too much debt trying to pay Ivy League money in your UNDERGRAD when you can get just as good an education in cheaper schools. AFTER you graduate and you have the means to make money, THEN consider going to the Ivy grad schools.