You're looking at Less Wrong's discussion board. This includes all posts, including those that haven't been promoted to the front page yet. For more information, see About Less Wrong.

Huluk comments on Open thread, Jul. 18 - Jul. 24, 2016 - Less Wrong Discussion

3 Post author: MrMind 18 July 2016 07:17AM

You are viewing a comment permalink. View the original post to see all comments and the full post content.

Comments (123)

You are viewing a single comment's thread. Show more comments above.

Comment author: Lumifer 18 July 2016 05:12:01PM 0 points [-]

you'll be totally fine and get a reasonable job

Sure, but the question wasn't what would get you a reasonable job. The question was whether graduates from top schools have "better prospects" than graduates from no-name schools and yes, they do.

Comment author: Huluk 18 July 2016 05:25:07PM 0 points [-]

The question was also if the effort is wasted. I agree that the prospects are better at a top school, but that's not the same as "don't bother".