The OP mentioned UCF (a school I know absolutely nothing about.). And 4 scenarios were presented with both students C and D not attending grad school.
I only followed the LM rabbit trail bc TopTier said they wouldn’t recruit from there. Cptofthehouse stated they actually had a recrutiing stop there. TopTier then said that would only be for non-tech jobs like finance or accting, “not engineers or scientists.” UCF’s link describing the LM work experience features a mechanical engineering student. Obviously, they don’t disregard the engineers from UCF.
Which all does go back to the original question. There isn’t a single declarative answer. There are multiple correct choices, not the least of which is twoinanddone’s point…what does the student think and want.