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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Tech / CS hiring manager here - don't discriminate at all among the top 100 schools.  don't care at all.  Decent GPA?  fine, lets move on and talk shop.  The higher ranked placement records is just a matter of the quality of the average student.  If you expect the school to bring you along, then sure, you should focus on that.  The reality is the best CS candidates are passionate about the industry and do a lot on their own time as a hobby.  Personal experiences, internships/professional experience, and how competent you are during the interview matters 1000x more than which school you went to[/quote]
This is commonly known but doesn't invalidate the points made in this thread. 
No one is claiming graduating from a top school would automatically guarantee you a job or certain salary. It's more like the graduates from top schools are relatively of higher quality and motivation (college admission is a screening process to some extent).
In addition, as many have said, certain top firms recruit mainly from selected top schools (due to the same reasons mentioned above).
On average, there is a significant difference in going to a top school or not in terms of starting your career, even for fields such as CS. Your observation as a hiring manager from a relatively obscure firm doesn't necessarily proof anything.[/quote]
Real Moms of D.C.: Prestige Hunters[/quote]

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