Why do people who intend to go into engineering care about getting into a top school?

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<p>Of course it depends on the engineering area and probably geographic area. ChemE’s, MechE’s and BioMedE’s are not as sought after as computer scientists. Don’t get me wrong, if there was a big crunch in software engineering to the point that one needed a top school and a high GPA, I probably would have gave more effort in college and probably high-school too.</p>