Submitted by IndicationOver t3_ybjqmq in Connecticut
IndicationOver OP t1_ithuiun wrote
Reply to comment by fatherfatpants in CT got 3rd best school system after NJ, MA coming in first. by IndicationOver
>Very often connections give people huge boosts in life.
100% true, I don't know why people downplay where one goes to University for this very reason.
WhittlingDan t1_itiytnm wrote
Because people want to believe its a meritocracy.
Time_Yam301 t1_itjq484 wrote
Because it really only applies to a few select schools. For high school, there are only a few in CT - but probably more than any other state. At the college level, also perhaps a few nationally. Maybe 20 at best.
If you go to Choate and Yale, great. But that's rare.
76before84 t1_itm4wh9 wrote
That's the whole premise of ivy league schools and why I support a degree of legacy acceptance.
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