Does “prestige” matter for Computer Science majors?

Rivet2000
Fri, 08 Jul 2022 17:53:09 +0000

At Google, some (not all) positions still have educational requirements, and I’m not sure how they go “school blind” since most new grad resumes contain tons of school identifying information: college name, degree, gpa, relevant class list, publications. When S went through the process, he was recruited from his LinkedIn profile that was loaded with college identifying info, and all the reviewers knew where was attending college.

In any case, attending a “prestigious” university is, net-net, probably more beneficial than detrimental. In other words - it couldn’t hurt