re: My Ole Miss trip this weekend

There are Ivy quality students who choose to go to southern public schools. Graduate programs and employers recognize this, but it takes a lot of effort to overcome an underwhelming undergraduate degree. I'm at a "top 5" MBA program and though there aren't many (12 out of ~550), several of the SEC schools are represented: 7 from Vandy, 2 from Auburn, and 1 each from Bama, Florida and LSU. That said, I'm even surprised to see that not 1 of them mentions an undergrad Honors College on their resume.