<p>Interesting quote, sakky… but to be fair, I’d like to add that its not impossible to get a job at Google, or similar, without a degree from such prestigious institutions. Though it may be much much harder.
Google holds info sessions at my school, which is well-ranked but its definitely not “a top engineering school,” and just last year they hired a CS major. He was easily one of the best, however.
I think that the prestige of these schools really shines in the business/banking sector as sakky has mentioned in countless other posts.</p>