Importance of undergraduate big name?

<p>Is it? Living in New York, I have never heard of it until recently. I can’t seem to find a record of anybody in my school ever applying to the place, and I go to a pretty competitive private school that puts a lot of students in Ivy’s and prestigious places.</p>

<p>The number of applicants is also so low. So you can see how the school is a bit deceiving at an initial view :P</p>

<p>I am looking for a school with small classes and accessible faculty, which has a top notch educational program and hopefully could get me connected with some people in the industry or at least give me an elevated chance of finding my way into a major tech company in Silicon Valley.</p>