I think it’s possible that some women screen potential dates based partly on criteria important to them. If what is important to them includes being a highly intelligent person, they may look for indications that this might be the case. Probably few would draw a line as narrowly as graduates of one of eight particular universities. But on the other hand being one of those graduates might help “qualify”. Along with lots of other things.
I’m talking about initial meeting, eg the stage of deciding whether to give someone her number at a party. Once you actually go out, your chemistry as people is what matters. But if there isn’t a first date, it won’t get to that stage.
There are lots of other ways people meet that completely bypass this superficial screening stage. And people probably vary quite a bit in what most matters to them, and how much they can or do screen.