Went to a nescac school and moved to west coast. No one has heard of any of them out here.
Went to a nescac school and moved to west coast. No one has heard of any of them out here.
I got into both the upper NESCAC schools (Amherst/Williams) and lower Ivies (Brown/Cornell/Non-W Penn) and chose to attend one of the lower Ivies. It worked out fine for me as I did end up at one of the top 3 management consulting firms post-UG, got a good MBA on my employers dime, and have since gone on to have a rewarding career in the start-up world. That said, if I had to do it again (and assuming I would still have met my wife) I would have chosen Amherst/Williams. The Ivies, with the exception of Princeton and maybe Dartmouth & Brown, are rather cold, impersonal places for undergrad. Amazing resources available, but you have to be very proactive, and constantly advocate for your own interests to avoid being lost in the crowd. All of the NESCAC alumni I've come across in my career conversely seemed to be extremely satisfied with their UG experience and reported receiving tons of personal attention from professors and administrators.
Looking at the running dimension, running in D1 is very different than running in D3. The Ivies aren't national powerhouses, but are still very strong. If you're like I was ability wise in HS (4 teens 1600, 9 twenties 3200), then you'll be treated as pretty much disposable by the coaching staff at an Ivy. You'll either break through and become a 3:40s / 14:30's guy who can potentially score some points at Heps, or get injured and fade away. I started with 6-7 guys of similar ability and only 3 of us were still on the team as seniors. The classes after mine were similar. Similar ability on a NESCAC team makes you a potential team captain.
Hope this is helpful.
Thgfdxch wrote:
DadFan wrote:Send in a resume with Harvard or Cornell/Penn listed under "Education" to any business See which one goes to the top of the list. I think we have someone commenting here who has not been in corporate America for a while.
Harvard bashers are numerous but they are rarely decision makers of note.
In the world of high finance, many people would rather hire someone with Wharton on their resume than Harvard.
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