While this is somewhat true, I think we need to remember that the field is RAPIDLY changing. More and more people are being hired for tenure track positions who did not attend the Ivies/Berkeley//Chicago/Etc. I am currently at a university that is certainly not in the top tier (as in probably not top ten) but I can name a number of our PhD students who have held CASVA, Met, and Getty fellowships. Condivi is right in saying that the competition is fierce, but the age of tenure track positions only being given to the old Harvard alumni is gone.