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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would pass on a resume from Bucknell unless I saw something else compelling-- great experiences, top grades, merit scholarship (to explain why applicant where there and not state u).[/quote]
Why would someone bear the burden to convince you that any well-ranked school is better than state u?  I've received 1000s of resumes so I'm genuinely curious. [/quote]

If you are applying for a job then yeah, the burden lies with you not me.

When I see decent state U, I think practical (particularly if I also see that applicant had to work thru college, got scholarships).

I see someone from a private college like Bucknell? I think rich kid who didn't get into a top school, not particularly exceptional. Unless I also see scholarships or something else interesting on resume. 
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I'm not sure that someone who went to Bucknell would necessarily note whether they'd received financial aid or not on their resume.

I think your post reflects an effort at false sophistication.  I'd be making hiring decisions that were a bit more nuanced and based on fewer assumptions.

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When you have 100s of applications to flip through, you don't have time to carefully read each one.  So yeah, I skim for schools, GPA, and whether the experiences are intersting.

If someone makes the initial cut, then after the interviews, where you went to school isn't as much of a factor as interview and references. [/quote]

So according to you, it really is all about getting that Ivy degree? Because those are the only private schools that count in your book. Unless I put in my cover letter that Bucknell gave me $$$$ but Harvard which also accepted me doesn't give merit aid. OK....[/quote]

I am talking about hiring for positions where the applicant is straight out of school, so they don't have much of a record to go on. We have the luxury of getting 1000 applications for only 1-2 positions.  So yes, I do look to see where the applicant went to school. Are you trying to say that where someone goes to school doesn't matter??  IMHO, if you aren't going to a top 10-15 private university, then you might as well save the money and just go to a good state u that has decent name recognition. Frankly, I think a lot of parents on this board would tell their kids the same thing.

Now, if we are hiring for a senior position, then where someone went to undergrad really doesn't matter. We look at experiences, grad school (maybe not even that if it's been many years).

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