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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The above poster doesn't have the whole picture. At some big companies hiring for lucrative positions, firms have guideposts about taking the top 50% of students at the top 10 schools, top 25 at the top 50, and take only the top of the class from the rest.  [/quote]

My VT CS grad has multiple offers and his first job was a result of an internship with a starting salary at a cyber security company of 110k. He’s one year in and his first stock options have just vested.

I’m very glad he was sensible and went to a state school. [b]Can’t imagine MIT would have yielded better results.[/b] Absolutely no ROI in paying 200k more for an undergrad.[/quote]
Just FYI, my recent MIT graduate got a first year package of $650k fresh out of college. Not saying, it applies to every MIT graduates but there were a handful of them who got a similar package the same year.[/quote]

Yea this happens. Some is my sons friends got offers at HRT, similar comp structure. My sons passion is in cyber security and forensics, definitely not quantitative trading.

FYI it’s not only MIT grads that get these jobs in quant trade.[/quote]

What about other mid-tier CS colleges outside of quant trade? Do they have decent ROI after graduation, that justifies the extra tuition cost?[/quote]

CS is one of those degrees where where you get your undergrad is pretty irrelevant. Out CS hires all have to go in front of our hiring boards and show their skills in real time. You can very quickly see who is talented and who went into CS thinking they are going to strike it rich and become a tech bro.

Our best hire this cycle? An excellent George Mason grad who interned with us last summer .[/quote]

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