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<p>Probably recruiting for investment banking and consulting jobs, which tend to strongly favor those from schools with the highest overall prestige and admission selectivity.</p>
<p>For engineering jobs, Columbia may have an local/regional recruiting advantage in New York (particularly with smaller employers), but Berkeley is generally better known for engineering. This is probably true for most Ivy League schools versus many of the state flagships with well-regarded engineering majors. Princeton and Cornell are often considered the stronger Ivy League schools for engineering, but if you want a top reputation in engineering and investment banking and consulting recruiting, look at MIT.</p>