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People looking for work, especially young people with minimal experience, quickly find out that who you know may be more important than what you know. The value offered by elite universities, is not in education but in the contacts. Your fellow students have friends and relatives who are successful business people and that can open doors. Here is what Google AI has to say: The most valuable aspect of an education at an elite university—often considered more significant than the classroom curriculum—is the acceleration of professional and personal opportunities through an unparalleled network and high-status signaling. If you have the right friends, you can just skip the schooling. Prior to WW 2 if a young person wanted to go into business they went to work for a businessman and learned on the job. In time they had enough experience to strike out on their own. This can be done today and save the time and cost of college. Many small business owners are on the lookout for the go getter who is willing to do more. Any young person who exhibits ambition will usually catch the eye of the boss.