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Pretty sure that specific place wouldn't have care how eastern she had been, if she had had 'Harvard' written somewhere. They most likely had someone else in mi

• rayiner 9y ago
  Sure, you can overcome insularity with credentials, but that doesn't mean that insularity doesn't exist. This particular firm has twice as many Seattle U. grads as Harvard grads, so clearly being a local carries substantial weight.
  • rifung 9y ago
    > This particular firm has twice as many Seattle U. grads as Harvard grads, so clearly being a local carries substantial weight. You can't come to that conclusion unless they have an equal number of Seattle U applicants as Harvard applicants AND that they are somehow measured as being equally qualified. A company located in Seattle having more graduates from a Seattle schools than outside schools seems pretty normal? I think you could replace Seattle with practically any city with a decent university and it would still be true except maybe super prestigious companies who only hire from top N colleges.
    • rayiner 9y ago
      > A company located in Seattle having more graduates from a Seattle schools than outside schools seems pretty normal? Law firms are extremely pedigree conscious. For comparison, a top LA firm has five times as many Harvard graduates as from the local non top tier school.