<p>felipe is correct on ONE respect. The ONLY two places in the US that are prestige hounds is Washington DC and Wall Street…and I say that with respect having worked and been associated with both. Wall Street recruits from top schools bcos they can, and it makes it easier on their HR department – recruit at top 10, and by definition you get smart kids. DC is similar in thinking, except that since there is no ‘bottom line’ by which to measure personal accomplishments, they go by pedigree.</p>