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I think you overestimate the average university knowledge of the median Google manager. I worked at Facebook until last year, we were mostly nerds really into tech but likely not super knowledgeable about colleges outside of big names. I’m a fan of Steph Curry, so know the name but also didn’t realize it was a top school until the college search process began for my kids. Maybe I’m not sophisticated either, but most Facebook tech people are not, maybe the finance group is?[/quote]

That kind of misses the point. DS is a senior studying physics & cs at a slac. He doesn't expect managers to know his school but when he contacts alumni at those companies, they are really great about talking with him, referring him, and helping out as much as possible. They probably only get one or two calls a year from current students at most so it is easy to help. [/quote]

Agreed that this is the main benefit of a SLAC. What they lack in name recognition, they can make up in alumni involvement. If you have the type of student that reaches out to alumni this can be a big plus. If you are just job searching through recruiters and job boards, then big state U may get more doors opened.[/quote]

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