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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]09:21 here.  That was not my DC's experience at all.[/quote]
09:21, can you describe your DC's recruiting experience?  Just wondering.  I hear both sides, the school doesn't matter vs does matter.  I have a high school junior considering CS.[/quote]

The PP above who commented that it's about skills is correct.  My DC's LAC has a very strong career center and alumni network.  It's true that the Big Four (Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple) recruit at her LAC campus, but it's also true that she made good use of the career center by connecting with alumni, friends of professors, etc.  She got help with her resume, with practice interviews, etc.  She also had two great (well-paid) internships during her college years.

She spent a lot of time during the summers and breaks practicing her technical skills, because she wanted to do software development - and all of those positions require pre-screening coding and development interviews.  By the time recruitment season rolled around, she was very prepared, and did very well.  She passed all of her technical screenings, and had a number of on-site interviews (maybe 8?  9?  don't recall) and ultimately had several excellent job offers to choose from.

She does some technical writing for her job and is told that relative to her peers (who had a more technical education), she excels at that.

She's very happy that she took the LAC route.  [/quote]

Will you tell us which LAC your daughter attended? Thank you![/quote]

I would rather not "out" her, but it's one of the Ohio LACs.

Ohio Wesleyan, Oberlin, and Denison both have good computer science departments.

Swarthmore does as well.[/quote]

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