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Fine, if you’re really that obsessed with turning that (admittedly poorly phrased) statement into a gotcha, then you got me. But there’s a difference between cold calling students because they have magic words in their resume and actually visiting the campus. In case you’re wondering, that’s what Apple does. Like you said, it doesn’t matter to the elite student who can get into companies either way, but not everyone is an elite student.</p>
<p>However, if you saw my post in the Engineering thread, you would see that I posted a laundry list of companies that do recruit at UCLA (and UIUC and GT). None of my posts was intended to put down any particular school. Given that this is the third time I’ve said it in this thread, I hope that’s clear.</p>
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I’ve never sent that message and if you had read my other posts, that would be quite clear. Obviously, the elite students of any university can get anywhere. So why bring up things like company recruitment and reputation? You can’t disagree that it doesn’t hurt. However, the only message I have been trying to send is that the other schools, like UCLA, provide plenty of opportunities to their students and are worth a look.</p>
<p>Will you please stop trying to bash me just because my enthusiasm for UCLA is slightly more tempered than yours is? I’ve been here almost 4 years now and I <em>like</em> it here.</p>