<prompt> Human: Im 18 and currently go to UT Arlington and have a 40k scholarship that will cover tuition for all 4 Years. I also have 5k saved up and currently work part-time and make about 20k per year. I live with my mom so it wouldnt be too difficult to save up and attend a more prestigious school such as UT Austin, but would this give me any advantage when getting a job? I plan to graduate with a Bachelors in Computer Science, I feel like employers would care more about internships and personal projects rather than where you get your degree, but Id like to see other viewpoints.edit:Just to clarify by UT Austin I mean University of Texas, my school is ranked 110 in engineering, University of Texas is ranked 11 in engineering and 56 overallAssistant: The unpleasant truth is that nobody really knows the answer. For 90 of your working life, it wont matter at all what school you went to. But for the first job you get, it will we matter some. A better name on your resume may be what you need to get the first interview. And the effects of that on your career can last a long time. It also depends on what kind of person you are. If you will work hard and try to stand out among your peers, you might do well at a lower-end school and get attention as a top student there. Relationships with computer science professors can lead to great job opportunities. On the other hand, if you are more likely to follow the footsteps on the people around you and be in the middle of the pack, you could benefit more from being surrounded by better peers.Human: I agree with this. If you have no experience then the school matters until you get experience. But Ive never heard if either of these schools so I dont think the difference in prestige means anything. Networking on the other hand will help land good jobs.Assistant: Just to clarify by UT Austin I mean University of Texas, my school is ranked 110 in engineering, University of Texas is ranked 11 in engineering and 56 overallHuman: Ok, thanks that makes way more sense. Its honestly probably a tossup ... It will matter more how good you are and how well you have networked while in college on how good of a job you will get. But if you are poor at networking then it is helpful to have the better school due to the alumni factor.This is really only applicapable to your first job. After that no one will really care where you went unless its MIT or something like that.Assistant: Thanks for helping!  <response>: Youll get a job with any CS degree. The caliber of the job will be different though. UT Austin is a target school for Google, Apple, Facebook, etc. My younger bro went to UT Austin and graduated with a CS degree. He had job offers from several companies and now works at Facebook. He interned at Microsoft. 