@happy1: Interesting post regarding top NYC law firms.
Hard to accept the idea that one’s undergraduate school is much of a factor as the top NYC law firms are known to recruit from a limited number of law schools and apply law school GPA cut-offs in the interview process.
In short, law school attended further refined by law school GPA & class rank really limit the effect of other factors in the NYC biglaw hiring process–although clients have been calling for increased diversity.