Quote:LOL, are you kidding?   The bank I work at goes after certain kids from certain schools. 

 

Does work ethic come in after the fact, sure.....but if you dont think kids from more prestigious schools are more sought after I have to question you.  I cant believe someone would even question this...lol.  I found this, "Job recruiters ranked UF ninth on the list of places where corporations prefer to recruit new employees (2010) and No. 2 on SmartMoney magazine’s list of universities whose graduates get the highest salary return for their tuition dollars (2012)."  To say that job recruiters dont worry about schools is laughable.

 

By the way, I went to UCF.....UF is a better school than UCF.  I would even go as far to say that FSU is marginally better than UCF as well .

 

In a ranking based on provost/presidents of schools, it looks like UF is 49 and FSU is 91 and UCF is 170.  Looking at acceptance rates, FSU is the highest of the 3 and surprisingly the acceptance rate at UF is marginally lower than UCF.  The average GPA of kids that go to UF is 4.3, of UCF it is 3.8, and FSU it is 3.9.

 

Universities/Colleges have Career development/placement programs in place with certain Fortune 500 companies to help those prospective graduating students have a job upon graduating, so what you are saying is nothing new.

 

Again, UF's (or any University) acceptance/average GPA per student rate does not determine if every student decides to apply there, its merely a "selling point" for the school just like other universities trying to sell their school to applicants.

 

With the way the Job market is trending, aside from the career placement programs, Employers are looking for people who have the proper degree(s)/experience related to the job they are applying for. It dosent matter what school/university/college that person comes from. 

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