Employers will still want to hire Harvard students. Networking means employers won’t even get a chance to consider other candidates, and when they do, the halo of status means other candidates won’t be considered fairly.
Students already treat college as a “you are now employable” stamp machine. Yes, a few don’t. They might stop going to Harvard, news which I’m sure the other [95.5% of applicants](https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2019/3/29/2023-admit-numbers/#:~:text=A record-low 4.50 percent,securing places in the class.) will receive with joy. Employers won’t care if Harvard is the top 4.5% or the top 9%; I bet the average person couldn’t even tell you if Harvard skims off the top .1% or 10%. They just feel that Harvard is “prestigious”.
Ah. Then I don’t think it matters.
Employers will still want to hire Harvard students. Networking means employers won’t even get a chance to consider other candidates, and when they do, the halo of status means other candidates won’t be considered fairly.
Students already treat college as a “you are now employable” stamp machine. Yes, a few don’t. They might stop going to Harvard, news which I’m sure the other [95.5% of applicants](https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2019/3/29/2023-admit-numbers/#:~:text=A record-low 4.50 percent,securing places in the class.) will receive with joy. Employers won’t care if Harvard is the top 4.5% or the top 9%; I bet the average person couldn’t even tell you if Harvard skims off the top .1% or 10%. They just feel that Harvard is “prestigious”.