It's not the same degree, though. If a person has an opportunity to get into a "name" school--particularly for post-graduate work--and chooses not to go because of money, that person is being foolish. There are a lot of opportunities available to people that graduate from those types of schools that simply aren't there to the person that graduated from the commuter school.
You're absolutely correct. There are professional tiers in America- if you don't go to the "right" schools, there are some doors that will never open for you, no matter how smart or hard-working you might otherwise be.
At base, high-end employers like to play the odds. Not everyone who went to Harvard will make a great employee, but he's more likely to be what your looking for in most situations.
>>It’s not the same degree, though. If a person has an opportunity to get into a “name” school—particularly for post-graduate work—and chooses not to go because of money, that person is being foolish. There are a lot of opportunities available to people that graduate from those types of schools that simply aren’t there to the person that graduated from the commuter school.<<
No. If you do two years at a community college then a local secondary college and your grades are high enough, you get the same opportunities.
You’ve been snowed by the University scam.
I worked on the executive floor of BP American and then an Office Manager for two Psychs and three therapists. On two years of community college and a City University.
You’ve been duped, my friend.