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[quote=Anonymous][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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Hiring guy speaks the truth but nuance is needed - adjustments to the 'approved' school list are also geographically and industry dependent.

For example pomona, USC aren't considered top 15 privates but in socal no employer (even the most elite of elite) are throwing out resumes from there because they didn't go to UCLA.

Carnegie Mellon isn't a top 15 private but it has excellent recruiting and employers aren't throwing out resumes from CMU.

Hell, there are hiring managers/recruiters even more picky than Hiring Guy PP:

http://www.businessinsider.com/harvard-princeton-and-yale-2011-1

MIT and Columbia are considered '2nd tier'.

HYPSW - that's what counts.

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