
(Ep 209) - Book Review - Pedigree: How Elite Students Get Elite Jobs
Scott H Young Podcast
Why Should I Attend Business School?
Recruiters ignored grades because students hadal crossed an extremely high bar to get into the schools they recruited from. Further scholastic achievement had diminishing returns once you're already in the top of your class. Elite professional service firms seem to operate according to the same principles as luxury handbags. Clients pay exorbitant fees for first year law associates, not because they're brilliant legal theorists, but because they lend prestige by their elite schooling and upper class socialization. But it would be a mistake to conclude that material properties never matter to apparel companies or that skills are unimportant to all employers. How do skills matter? So despite these qualifications, ravera makes some key points about