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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I doubt a CS major at Harvard is learning more useful engineering skills than a CS major at a decent state university (if you believe reports surrounding rampant grade inflation, its possible they're learning less haha).

However, and this is a big however, the Harvard name will open doors everywhere in a way that most other college names can't. Also, the CS major from Harvard will have spent 4 years networking with other ambitious overachievers who will likely be in a position to help them professionally later in life. [/quote]

As a hiring manager, I agree with the quoted text just above.  I do not give Harvard CS grads any hiring or interviewing preference over VT or UMd or UVA or UMBC. Those Harvard grads really are not better qualified for any entry-level job I might have.

That said, the Harvard grad might well have a better professional network that lets them know about some startup with good potential and the personal connection needed to get an interview at said startup.  IMHO, the Stanford CS grad likely has the best “startup” network and the UCB CS grad or SJSU CS grad the next best “startup” networks (since SillyValley still has more startups than anywhere else).  Mind, it plays out this way mainly because STEM fields are very much about skills and capabilities, and much less about branding or marketing (“prestige”).  With other (i.e., non-STEM) fields the particular university attended might factor quite differently at hiring time; I would not know about that either way.[/quote]

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