And yet companies pay significant amounts to have access to elite schools resume databases.
While less important, many of the larger employers still host on-campus events where students can take code tests and, if successful, have first round interviews all in the same day. Easier on the students and they employers alike. However, I agree that itās easier than ever to complete the process end-to-end online. That said, there are many other ways to get keyed into employers via lab connections, profs, and during poster sessions where employers (large and startup alike) as well as investment-types attend in surprising numbers.
@roycroftmom, while I agree that students can apply for and get jobs with companies that donāt visit campus, there is some real value in seeing students and the students seeing said companies in person. My son had a tech interview wit Apple the same day that he met them at the career fair. Heās also able to speak with people in person regarding not only which openings heād be best suited to from THEIR prospective, but to learn first hand what they like and donāt like (if they are being honest) about where they work. Most recruiting tends to be regional even at the top schools, but my son was able to spend some real quality time with an engineer from Tait Towers. Heās at a CA school and theyāre a smallish company (300 employees) from PA. They are world class at what they do though, as no one else really does what they do. Had he tried to vet them and their interest in him via a cold app, it would have been challenging. All that said, heās an engineer, and that might be different.
@hello_you curious what your sonās decision is. Mine chose the no scholarship option- Amherst over St Olaf, MAC over Conn/Earlham.
All - OP here. The decision isā¦ Wake Forest. He decided that Wake would give him similar opportunities and itād be a huge advantage to have a large portion of grad school paid for.
Iād be lying if I say that I donāt revisit the decision in my mind still, but he is at peace with it and thatās all that matters.
Kudos to Wake for sincerely recruiting my son. The fact that Stanford has sent 0 emails and only one call (to ask - somewhat incredulously - why he hadnāt signed up for the admit weekend) didnāt go unnoticed. Meanwhile, Wake was sending emails highlighting what current scholarship students are researching and where theyāre traveling.
Iām just glad itās over. Good luck to all that are still deciding. And a huge thanks those like @privatebanker and others that made well thought out arguments on both sides of this debate. We read them all and many gave us serious food for thought. We really appreciate it.
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Thanks for the update, and all the best to your son for a great four years!
congratulations and the very best wishes to your son.
@hello_you congratulations! In addition to being a great school, Wake is in Winston- Salem, a very nice southern city.
Thanks for the post as it helped us think through as we made our decisions as well.
Congrats to your son, OP! I hope @HoustonKen will also come back with a final decision once itās made.
Thatās such great news that you have a happy and excited undergrad on your hands!
And enjoy graduation season and some summer rest- the work and stress comes fast and furious in the fall!
Congratulations to your son on all of his accomplishments! It sounds like he made the right choice!
Your son came out on top in the college admissions process, and now you have watched him start to chart his own course. Win-Win really 
Congrats to you both!
@hello_you Congrats on your decision. We met another Stamps WFU Scholar at the Stanford reception in Houston. They were from Shreveport, LA. The dad texted me last week and said his son had picked WFU too. Congrats !!! @HogGirl My daughter is in Palo Alto right now at the admitted students weekend. I suspect we will decide Sunday or Monday ā¦ hopefully not at 11:59 pm.
Quick update on our end. My daughter decided to go to Ole Miss and turn down Stanford. Not gonna lie ā¦ i5 was wired watching her hit decline in the Stanford portal. She is happy with her decision and excited for graduation and the next phase of her life
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