[macobo]

You can always reach out to companies yourself.

I graduated from a second-tier university in a small eastern-european university and did find internship opportunities in SV so I can assert with confidence: your options are what you make of them with your own skills, aptitude and attitude.

[akhilcacharya]

I accepted an offer for the summer from a company that doesn't recruit at my school anymore.

But my options still pale in comparison to what people at top tier schools have. Sad to say my overall salary trajectory is probably going to suffer because of it when I look fulltime.

[daveFNbuck]

If you're doing an internship, you already have a leg up on a lot of the people at top tier schools.

[akhilcacharya]

I mean, I'd wager most of them intern at top tier places multiple years, whereas I'm only going to intern in a big company for one summer. I'd be surprised if they didn't at all, honestly.