[matt]

Great post. Would also be interested in seeing a breakdown of school strength across the referrals. And did you count Stanford as Ivy League? :)

[lukas]

Yeah, because I went there :). It was super subjective, but I'm sure that changing the details wouldn't change the conclusion.

[webmaven]

Aha. 'Because I went there'. If your initial hires (presumably from your personal network) were from similarly highly ranked schools, then you have a strong correlation between social networks and school strength. Note that when no one knows the hire, school strength turns out to be irrelevant.