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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ohio State
U of Miami in OH
U of Texas
Berkeley
UNC
UVA
Wm + Mary
U of Cincy (top architecture program and top music program)
UCLA
UC system of CA (sev'l of the schools such as UC -San Diego)[/quote]

good list.
I'd add Penn State (i know i know shit press, etc) is decent as well and has extremely good recruiting for its reputation. Ridiculous amount of PSU grads in the Bos-Wash area in a lot of industries and On-Campus Recruiting is comparable if not better than many on your list. [/quote]
I wondered what the current crop of kids thought about PSU. I think we'll skip it. There are too many other good choices and I think PSU has a ways to fall before it makes its climb back up the ranks. [/quote]

I was up at PSU last fall to speak at an alum event, and while there is a general perception problem in terms of public optics, I'm not sure if it has affected large hiring companies.

OCI is still quite strong and tied with J&J, P&G, Big4 accounting, Defense contractor engineering are still quite deep.

I do not think the scandal has affected top students getting offers from companies that come and recruit on campus.

A lot of it has to do with the fact that PSU is the largest public in the mid atlantic/northeast that's rated as highly as it is so your 'middle class' 'upper-middle class' corporate employers from the north east, mid-atlantic, and midwest love going there to recruit.

P.S. Not a shill of the school. I wouldn't go there if i had to do it again, but that's because I would never go to any public college in this country. Public high school is one thing, but public universities i feel are meat markets. I'd take the 6 figure debt and go to carnegie mellon, Hopkins, Georgetown, tufts  (I was not ivy caliber, got into schools a tier below but didn't think it was worth the price). [/quote]
Curious to hear that you think a non-Ivy private college is worth the debt load.  Lots of people swinging the other way on that opinion.  
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