True to a point. But that's almost beside the point. If you were doing hiring for a tech company, or a bank, or some other concern that needed employees who could work with numbers at a high level, all things being almost equal, would you hire the person with 4.0 in math from MIT or the person with a 2.5 in math from Podunk State College?
You can argue that no two people are exactly the same and it's difficult to compare two separate people in their totality, but I think you'd look more fondly on the person with a 4.0 from MIT.
My son had a business partner who graduated from MIT. Last we knew he was foundering around - all the employees quit after my son bailed. Meanwhile, my son is heavy into his next big thing.
I have a boss who graduated from a podunk school in Portland - and she is probably the smartest, best leader I’ve ever seen. Absolutely brilliant, has a firm but light touch, absorbs high quantities of data that she sorts into logical productive action. On top of that she’s gorgeous and nice - and everyone who works for her loves her....including us women.
So I think your schooling is but one of many factors.
“but I think you’d look more fondly on the person with a 4.0 from MIT. “
I believe that would be David Koch of the Koch brothers.