I worked at two places where people had resumegasms over "brand name" schools. Neither of them hired anyone who was ever any better than completely average (and yes, I include myself).
I don't really care where anyone went to school. It doesn't mean anything. Really, going to school at all doesn't mean much. I need to see what you've done outside of that to make any meaningful evaluation. It doesn't matter if it's a huge project. You can give me a couple 10-line things that do something useful and I'll still get to see how you name things, format code, use built-in libraries, etc. Then we can chit chat about project management and how much you love or hate it.
I don't really care where anyone went to school. It doesn't mean anything. Really, going to school at all doesn't mean much. I need to see what you've done outside of that to make any meaningful evaluation. It doesn't matter if it's a huge project. You can give me a couple 10-line things that do something useful and I'll still get to see how you name things, format code, use built-in libraries, etc. Then we can chit chat about project management and how much you love or hate it.