A good attitude, Brent, and one that is the right perspective as you enter business school. To piggyback on your last post though, it is uncommon for recruiters to know your class standing as schools will not provide that information to them. Some companies have been known to ask students, and then it is up to them on whether or not to answer, but many business schools do not even rank their students. The GPA would be a telling sign, but remember this is graduate school where in most schools you need to maintain a 3.0 to stay, so everyone is typcially clustered on a smaller bell curve, so to speak. I guess what I'm trying to say is recruiters might be initially attracted to the students noting the 4.0 on the resume or the 780 GMAT, but that student still must interview well--maybe perform well in an internship--to get the job.
So, that is where you, as an individual, have some control over the job search process. You can network your way into a company--you do not and should not rely on campus recruiting to get you the job you want. Often, the students that end up on the campus interview schedule are actually the ones that also made networking contacts in the company prior to interview selections to ensure their names would be known by the campus recruiters when the time came.
While I don't disagree with you--you should absolutely go to the school where you feel most comfortable on many levels. I don't want you to think that if you aren't at HBS you can't get the same job as someone from HBS because you absolutely can.
two cents poorer,
Lisa
