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Kids from elite colleges aren’t much smarter or harder working than those from the next tier, who are cheaper to hire.

If ANYTHING important in business (or evolution) were linear, this would be a great reason to cut out the elitism. But its hard to imagine something more non-linear than business. One firm of 5 bidding takes the whole bid. How much do you need to save on your hiring to justify coming in consistently second in a process like that?

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"And if you are truly an elite student of comparable skill at a non-elite school, please come find us, we’ll gladly hire you."

How would they find you? Big consultants recruit on campus.

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