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<p>People in IL don’t find UIUC particularly prestigious unless you’re going to be an engineer. Its just the next step up for NIU. </p>

<p>And I don’t think anybody considers Notre Dame more prestigious then Northwestern. Around here Notre Dame is known as the rich, catholic, white version of Northwestern.</p>

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<p>In the silicon valley area/san jose area, which is more prestigious, Stanford or Notre Dame?</p>

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<p>^ Stanford by far. </p>

<p>Berkeley would even be considered way more prestigious than ND.</p>

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<p>"People in IL don’t find UIUC particularly prestigious unless you’re going to be an engineer. Its just the next step up for NIU. "</p>

<p>I agree UIUC isn’t PRESTIGIOUS even here in Illinois, but I also think that a UIUC diploma will get you quite far in this part of the country.</p>

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<p>LOL. Stanford is way above Notre Dame in prestige in every spot of the globe. Notre Dame is good, but Stanford is equivalent to Harvard in silicon valley area/san jose area. Notre Dame, since you are eager to get others’ opinions, is equivalent to UMich or UVA in terms of prestige. (approximately)</p>

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<p>how’s nd’s prestige in the south?</p>

<p>especially compared with vanderbilt?</p>

<p>Could I get an investment banking/ consulting interview in the south with an N.D. degree? </p>

<p>Is Vandy way more prestigious in the south?</p>

<p>I’m especially talking about Florida, my home state.</p>

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<p>At businessweek.com, a recent grad said how his only complaint about N.D. is that very few companies recruit there from outside of the midwest. Can anyone attest to this?</p>

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<p>Are you saying that NIU is almost on par with UIUC?</p>

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<p>thejoker,
Re your inquiry about ND’s recruiting strength, the school definitely has reach beyond the Midwest and its graduates are pretty dispersed although the strength will vary depending on the region. The largest concentration of alumni and center of influence is unquestionably in the Midwest and then it scales down from there. </p>

<p>There is a strong ND alumni group in NYC and the name is well regarded there, probably about the same level as a Georgetown and a Cornell and a step above BC. IMO, however, this is less so in the South and for Florida where I would not accord ND quite the same level of prestige or recruiting power as Vanderbilt. In the same way that Ivy grads from places like Cornell would have a familiarity advantage in the Northeast, Vandy grads would likely have an advantage over ND with southern employers, including in Florida. In fact, in Florida, U Florida might provide more of a prestige/recruiting advantage than ND. For the west, I would likewise place ND’s prestige and pull at a slight deficit to local powers like UCB, UCLA, USC and an even sharper deficit to Stanford.</p>

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<p>“slight deficit to UCB”? For Silicon Valley engineering firms, ND isn’t even on the radar.</p>

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<p>My comments were for the west, not for Silicon Valley engineering. My understanding of the SV environment is that Stanford and UCB rule the roost by a good margin and a college like ND would be a bit player. The same could be said for a lot of other very good colleges. Still doesn’t mean that ND students wouldn’t get a respectful hearing if they pursued it , but that job market is just typically not in their field of view and they’d have to be more creative in making those opportunities happen.</p>