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Worked out pretty well for him! :wink:

Back to the OP
I’m not pushing Wash U at all, but defending the fact that attending the institution won’t limit opportunities. As evidence, the top 10 employers of Wash U alumni on LinkedIn who list engineering as “what they do,” in order:

  1. Boeing
  2. Google
  3. Microsoft
  4. Amazon
  5. Amazon Web Services
  6. Facebook
  7. Northrop Grumman
  8. MasterCard
  9. Apple
  10. AT&T

Don’t discount Wash U if it feels right because of some squishy at best data that says it’s a “step down.”

Want an interesting exercise? Look up ANY school on LinkedIn. Select alumni, engineering as what they do, and then look at the top ten for where they work. You’ll find there’s a strong regionality. Beyond that, you’ll find most top ten in the same region to be quite similar. Caltech and San Jose State have quite similar top 10s.

In this process, gut feeling is almost always right. Good luck!

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