re: Princeton Review: Acceptance and graduation rates for SEC schools

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The masses is exactly what I was referring to. We can point out rare to occasional exceptions in any region of the country but we all know that all but 1 of the SEC schools are pretty much the same.

And IME those exceptions mostly apply to first time job applications. Work experience and references outweigh your college choice almost every time.

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I can tell you, even in some fields, having a degree from Vanderbilt will get a "that's cool" from a hiring manager and not much else.

I've been a hiring manager in IT for 10 years now, and I can vouch for the fact that nearly every time you see "must have degree" what they're really saying is either:
"We have no idea if a degree is needed or not, because we're HR"
OR
"We want proof you could stick through something for 4-6 years and get a sheet of paper. Plus with student debt, we doubt you'll leave in the immediate future."

Sure, NASA and Microsoft will look at someone from MIT a lot closer than someone from Alabama, but unless the guy hiring you (or the guy who runs the place) is a graduate from the same place as you, the school you get it from is more or less irrelevant - a fact that for profit schools like ITT play up a lot and get people to pay more money to than they would to attend an SEC school.