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Many have said there's a clear distinction between Harvard and a CC, while there's no clear distinction in quality between an Ivy and a regular state school. If the distinction between Harvard and a CC is "clear" (top 1 or 2 vs. unranked), why is there no general gradation of quality? (the higher the ranking, the general increase in quality) Granted the difference between a 15th ranked school and a 20th ranked school may be blurry, but what if we're comparing a 30th ranked school and an 80th ranked school? Is there a difference there?
Of course, all this discussion is moot. To all those who've argued that it doesn't matter which college you went to and to all those who've argued it does matter which college you went to, I have one question for you. Why should anyone of us care what you think?
Everyone's so caught up in their own narcicisism and making arguments that promote their self-image. Students from top schools want to confirm their decision to go to that top school, while state school students refuse to their self-worth attacked and support the view that it doesn't matter where you go to school. Everyone's so wrapped up in themselves that they make absolutist statements like it matters, or it doesn't matter. They fail to see the most obvious answer: there will be cases where it does matter where you go to school, and there will be cases where it doesn't.
In the bigger scheme of things, all expressed opinions may be irrelevant, because we are all applicants. As applicants, we have no say in whether it matters which school we attended. We are not the ones making the decisions. The only people whose opionion matters are employers and admissions committee members. It is their viewpoint that dictates. Not yours. So instead of endless bickering about why your viewpoint is better, you'd we wiser to try to determine which schools deem the school attended important. There's already confirmation that SUNY at Buffalo weights the undergrad into consideration.
Of course, all this discussion is moot. To all those who've argued that it doesn't matter which college you went to and to all those who've argued it does matter which college you went to, I have one question for you. Why should anyone of us care what you think?
Everyone's so caught up in their own narcicisism and making arguments that promote their self-image. Students from top schools want to confirm their decision to go to that top school, while state school students refuse to their self-worth attacked and support the view that it doesn't matter where you go to school. Everyone's so wrapped up in themselves that they make absolutist statements like it matters, or it doesn't matter. They fail to see the most obvious answer: there will be cases where it does matter where you go to school, and there will be cases where it doesn't.
In the bigger scheme of things, all expressed opinions may be irrelevant, because we are all applicants. As applicants, we have no say in whether it matters which school we attended. We are not the ones making the decisions. The only people whose opionion matters are employers and admissions committee members. It is their viewpoint that dictates. Not yours. So instead of endless bickering about why your viewpoint is better, you'd we wiser to try to determine which schools deem the school attended important. There's already confirmation that SUNY at Buffalo weights the undergrad into consideration.