We all know that some companies do care about prestige at whatever level they hire. Going to a good high school helps, but it’s not absolutely necessary to get into a prestigious college. It’s easier to get internships from a college people have heard of. Many internships have a minimum GPA so you better also be successful at your college.
But you know most people don’t want to work at Bain, or whatever other places Blossom mentioned. (I’ve already forgotten the names!) Architects hire mostly from the local architecture school - my Columbia degree was worth squat when I went out to California to join my boyfriend now husband. Lots of companies are happy to take the local talent.
Med schools take kids from all over, but the GPAs will get scrutinized more if the admissions committees don’t know your college.
I think my son’s Tufts background helped him with IR internships, though both internships were most interested in what he’d done with Excel on a summer job, and what he’d done organizing some sort of database at an internship in Jordan.