Elite high school worth mentioning?

Hi all, I’m in a bit of a conundrum. I am afraid that this is a topic I may get some unfavorable comments on, but pls bear with me. When I was 13, i enrolled in one of the most prestigious boarding schools in the world (Eton / Andover / Rosey etc). I was quite home sick and didn’t get along with my head-master. As a result, I had dropped Out of school After a year, and enrolled at another top Boarding school in Asia / Middle East - where I had more success in terms of social assimilation. My first school though was way more prestigious than the one I had subsequently ended up attending. Now I’m graduating from uni (a non-target according to WSO but with supportive alumni network) I wonder if I can mention to people that I had once attended the school which I eventually left? As I mentioned, it is way more prestigious than my eventual Alma Mater and is something that may force people to see me in a different light. What are your thoughts? If I don’t, should I at least mention it on my LinkedIn? I know I may come across as a troll but I’m dead serious and have no ill intentions to stoke a class-war.

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My high school was better than yours. I graduated last in class, and am running a few billion in assets.

The only difference between Asset Management and Investment Research is assets. I generally see somebody I know on TV on Bloomberg/CNBC etc. once or twice a week. This sounds cool, until I remind myself that I see somebody I know on ESPN five days a week.
 

I would totally keep it in my resume and LinkedIn, there are a lot of people in Banking from top pep/private/boarding-schools. I gave me a leg up

I graduated from one of the most prestigious/expensive (100k ish a year) boarding schools in the world (swiss big 4) and to be honest me and my friends only cared about traveling on weekends, going out, and clubbing trips to Geneve/Paris/Barcelona.

Of course, some kids are at HYPS, LSE, and such. But many are at american non-targets (think UMIAMI,Northeastern, ASU, UF, UC's, even some LAC's), schools like Regents in London, and some even in hospitality schools. In my SA interview, the VP had gone to the same school as me and we spent probably 30 minutes talking about stupid stuff we did at our respective times. 

 
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pls bear with me. When I was 13

You're graduating university and you're still talking about when you were 13?

Haven't you interned 1-2 times by now? What is your feedback and experience from your internships? You haven't mentioned your major or desired direction.

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

You're right, this is going to get some unfavorable comments. No one gives a shit about where you went to high school.

Quant (ˈkwänt) n: An expert, someone who knows more and more about less and less until they know everything about nothing.
 

lmao this is so ridiculous, literally nobody cares where you went to high school, I know people who went to HYP, and then transferred to top 20 schools and even they dont mention that they went to HYP on resume, linkedin, or anything because they didnt graduate there and it looks pathetic to put it on/talk about it like some poser

 

You Americans may laugh, but in my country investment banks require HS grade transcripts - sometimes as far as 5 years into your career.

With that said, what HS you went to seems to be more prevalent in UK than anywhere else, more so if you went to Eton / Harrow / etc.

 

If he dropped out, I don't think it'd help him at all - probably hurt him, if anything. The inevitable question would be "Why did you drop out? (from one of the best schools in the world)"

Sure, if you have some amazing story ready at hand, probably no harm...but I don't really see any upsides. Bette to just scratch it off, especially if he went to another good school afterwards.

 

Your greatest asset in this equation will likely be your relationships with your peers at this school and possibly working with them later in life in business. Touting that you went to this school is not going to be a clear strength as you only attended.

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

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The only difference between Asset Management and Investment Research is assets. I generally see somebody I know on TV on Bloomberg/CNBC etc. once or twice a week. This sounds cool, until I remind myself that I see somebody I know on ESPN five days a week.
 

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