<p>"Sometimes this perception is a product of past history along with employer prejudices for/against given academic institutions. Just a week ago, I chatted with a couple of CUNY undergrad/grad alums who recounted how much harder it was to get interviews, much less hired compared with friends and acquaintances who attended elite private or public colleges ranging from UPenn to UVA even though they had comparable/higher GPAs and more relevant working experience/internships. "</p>
<p>Prejudice? Boy that’s harsh (and not accurate).</p>
<p>GPA’s are hard to compare across institutions and I’d love hear what recent alums and undergrads consider “more relevant experience”.</p>
<p>Recruiting is not a random process by which a large bank or global chemical company or international consumer products company decides on the spur of the moment, “Hey, let’s stop recruiting at Baruch because when the president is in town or when the UN leaders convene the traffic in midtown is terrible. Let’s add a university in Florida so we can all combine the recruiting trip in December with a golf weekend”.</p>
<p>Believe it or not, there are actual numbers involved and facts on the table. When a school gets dropped it’s usually for very good reasons- the yield has been declining for several years. Or the quality of the kids who want to interview has been declining for several years- a company used to get the strongest kids from the Chemical Engineering department, and is now getting C students from the undergrad business program. Or the last 10 kids who got hired for the management rotation program all quit within the first 6 months claiming the work was burning them out. Or of the 100 kids hired in the last three years, the pass rate for (fill in the blank- the CPA exam, Series 7, CFA, actuarial exams, etc) has been less than 50%. Companies track this stuff. Law firms hire young lawyers who start in August and September, but don’t get their bar results into the winter. Why would a law firm continue to hire lawyers coming out of a law school with an abysmal pass rate? Why would a CPA firm continue to hire young accountants who struggle to pass the CPA exam?</p>
<p>you think they don’t track this stuff over time to refine their recruiting targets? More hires from the schools which better prepare their grads? Fewer hires from the schools with low standards or weak accreditation?</p>
<p>When a school gets added it is similarly for good reasons, and again, with facts on the table.</p>
<p>A bunch of 20-something kids sit around whining that they can’t get interviews because of all those U Penn kids sucking up all the jobs- and you think this is how corporate America operates???</p>