Undergrad for PE after IB analyst

Do MFs or other large PE firms really care about where you went to undergrad even if you are at a top bank (GS,MS,EVR,PJT,JPM,etc)? I couldn’t imagine it mattering but after looking through this forum people seem to say that it does and that going to a target undergrad is necessary to go to a large PE after an analyst stint.

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