Alumni network

[smartdegree]

I imagine it would be on a case to case basis. I don't know what you mean by "take care of each other". If you mean I would give them an automatic interview, hell no. If you mean, all things equal, 2 exact candidates are right in front of me and they are exactly the same, I would probably go with the person who went to my undergrad.

Now it gets tricky when the person went to an online masters. If I did my undergrad at UT austin, I would not really feel any connection to the person who did their online MSCS. I would be impressed by the MSCS, but no more than say a Georgia Tech OMSCS. In this case, I don't think this alumni affiliation exists at all. But that's just me.

I would think also that the affiliation is greater if you shared the same experience/program. So back to the UT Austin online MSCS grad, if I took that same online program, then yes, I might feel some sort of kinship with the other online grads. But if I went to Austin for college? Forget it, no kinship exists other than talking football.