Check schools placement center (Score 1)

Having recruited for my company (large telecom equipment company) for a couple years and having seen my company drastically reduce the number of new hires I can give a little advice. My company decided to only hire from what they called Tier 1 schools. I don't remember the exact definition of a Tier 1 school but it ended up being schools that were either top ranked in any location or schools located very close to a work site. Now that hiring is increasing I still haven't seen that rule change. So my advice is to look at what companies recruit at the school by calling the school placement center. My guess is some schools don't have many recruiters show up. If the schools in question have the same recruiters or a similar number of companies you would be willing to work for then it probably doesn't matter much.