I don’t know where my neighbors went to college either, but many seem to believe that unless a student is interested in becoming a doctor, lawyer, accountant, or teacher, or has a robust family network or family business to fall back on, college networking opportunities can give a boost to new grads.I also can’t find a single entrepreneur on the block - my neighbors are mostly doctors, lawyers, engineers, teachers, accountants, and professors.
Also, it is possible that at least some of the parents work for companies that hire only from a select list of schools at the entry level, with occasional exceptions made for the well-connected. This is true for H’s company,which has a steady need for engineers, and he was actually surprised to learn this after discussions with both HR and the Career Center at S’s school.