Professor Elam

Tuesday August 26, 2014

This Columbia Harvard Professor says avoid the Ivy League.

HIs criticism focuses on the diffidulty of getting in to those schools. 

My take is that the Ivy League is really not so much a group of schools but a fraternity. Get in, you are pretty much guaranteed to graduate. And you will likely be hired by another Ivy League graduate. 

Here in Texas that sort of thing exists on a different scale. An Aggie will likely hire another Aggie over a Tea sip. And a UT grad will likely hire another UT grad. 

My recommendation is that as an accounting major, you should focus on an accounting certification and plan now to accomplish that goal. Passing a certified exam is the best ticket to job security.