<p>Actually, @TopTier, medical and (especially) law school admissions are among the least sensitive to where you went to undergrad. In fact, for pre-meds, I would discourage UMich as they curve harshly in science classes there and there are an absolute ton of pre-meds at UMich killing the curve. And yes, alums from UMich, etc. would be disproportionately represented on the JHU faculty or top law firms compared to Ferris St., but that is due to the quality of the entering student body at UMich being in aggregate much more impressive that that entering Ferris St. That tells you nothing about your own future chances, however.</p>
<p>Now if you were talking about top companies in banking or consulting (or some other industries), then I agree with you more. A lot of those companies would come to recruit from a school like UMich but would not bother to recruit at Ferris St.</p>