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<p>I already listed and covered your errors. I see no need to repeat myself. As for that “alma maters” business, your anecdotes are meaningless. The data doesn’t lie. It is a fact that some schools perform better than others. They do so generally in accordance with rank. Either partners follow roughly the same proportion, in which case your advice boils down into nothing more than “go to the best school you can,” or partners do not actually follow your advice. Either way, OP was entirely proper in trying to go to a top 10 school. Hardly “ridiculous.”</p>
<p>@niceday: It’s easy to go along to get along. I take my responsibilities more seriously.</p>