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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As some PP mentioned, GPAs should be near the bottom of the priority list, unless you go to law or med school.  Connections and networking should be the number one priority on the list, because they will get you jobs after graduation.  My Ivy kids learned that too late.[/quote]

And also a school with a [b]STRONG [/b]alumni association, or go to a [b]LOCAL [/b]school and network.   Especially for a field like CS, the networking and internships trumps ranking, and your ROI is much higher.[/quote]
[b]And that the alumni power has to deal with the school, not the size. [/b]DC's LAC is undoubtedly tiny, but the alum network is very very powerful, and alum even reach out sometimes. Meanwhile at DS's big state school known for its connections, he's really struggled to connect with alum and have the same type of experience as DC, and he's the more social child! You have to tap into that alumni pool to get the unique positions that people want after an elite college[/quote]

It can also be very dependent on major. DD goes to a small, relatively unknown school but a very strong program for her major. She had an internship this summer after freshman year, in part because her boss's wife (same field) went to that school. She's getting confirmation of what the school had promoted when she chose it -- a lot of people in her field in the mid-Atlantic went there and it is well known in the field for being a great school. It doesn't matter that my neighbors don't know it.

It also really helps (especially if you aren't going to a big brand name school) to go to a school in the region you ultimately want to be in, if you have any sense of what that is. DD wants to stay in the mid-Atlantic (Virginia up to NY state) so this school made sense. If she was dying to live in on the west coast we'd have sent her to college in that region.[/quote]

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