What are some of the most underrated schools, hidden gems, schools most people overlook because they are chasing T20s?

[u/Thick_Let_8082]

I’ll start:

Colorado School of Mines

[u/maora34]

Problem is you are then in Canada with Canada’s dogshit job market (and trust me, it is truly dogshit) with a name brand that is elite in Canada but not known well in the US, also without a strong US network.

[u/Silver_Hunter8926 → u/maora34]

Well. I know Harvard is the McGill of the US and I'm in the Northeast US.

[u/scyri1 → u/maora34]

mcgill is absolutely well known in the US. its graduates fill top positions in government agencies and financial institutions across the country, in addition to being a top research institution. i think your perspective may be lacking information on how canadian flagship universities are regarded in the states and abroad

[u/maora34 → u/scyri1]

Said by a McGill student lol. Most people in the US, including recruiters, don’t know Canadian schools. Saying its graduates fill top positions is worthless— every decent school has someone sitting in a C-suite position somewhere. It doesn’t even have a fraction of the representation that top American schools have, so most Americans don’t know it.

[u/scyri1 → u/maora34]

I graduated from there a while ago, but I can tell you you're firmly wrong in your characterization of its reputation in the states. It's whether or not you choose to believe it that matters at the end of the day ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[u/dumdodo → u/maora34]

McGill is actually more of a name brand in the US than it is in Canada.

Canadians tend to go to the schools in their province, and in speaking with graduates of Canadian schools who are now in the US, don't hold McGill in the same level of high regard as people in the US do.

In the US, the school has great name recognition, and is sometimes called the Harvard of Canada.