<p>wontgetin (optimist)
I have to disagree with some of the posters. My daughter went to school in upstate NY and had a hard time proving and convincing employers that her engineering degree was just as good/valid as the UC degrees out here in California. During interviews they would question why she didn’t go to school in California. After 6 months of interviews, sequestration holds, and other issues she finally got a job and they are very happy with her work.</p>
<p>One company, Qualcomm, has a recruiting office on the campus of UCSD and that’s where they wanted to hire from, so you couldn’t really get into their online job apps unless you went through that office.</p>
<p>My advice would be to try to get into a UC school or a well-known Cal State (SDSU) and then recruit out of that school for the Bay area position.</p>