Does anyone in the NYC/Boston/Chicago/California care about Vanderbilt?

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Anonymous wrote:Chicagoan here. We don't care about Vanderbilt. It's kind of meh when you've got so many Chicago and Northwestern grads flooding the halls.

Not to mention University of Illinois grads. Oh wait...

[Anonymous]

^ UIUC is home to one of the best computer science dept in the nation. Google the 'paypal mafia'

One of biggest accounting programs in the nation, too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Chicagoan here. We don't care about Vanderbilt. It's kind of meh when you've got so many Chicago and Northwestern grads flooding the halls.

Not to mention University of Illinois grads. Oh wait...

Yeah, not sure what that comment is intended to mean, but in Chicago, it's well known if you need an accountant, engineer, or computer scientist, you hire from Illinois. They've had top 5 programs for decades.

[Anonymous]

No Also too expensive for what you get.

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I grew up in Chicago and DC and have lived in the Pacific Northwest, California, and Texas. Vanderbilt is considered a good school with a national recognition all over. Of course there are regional biases and Northwestern and UIUC tend to dominate Chicago, UT and Rice tend to dominate Texas, the UC schools (especially Berkeley and UCLA) tend to dominate in California, etc. in terms of what is considered a "good school," but overall I think one would be fine in any large metro area with a degree from Vanderbilt.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I grew up in Chicago and DC and have lived in the Pacific Northwest, California, and Texas. Vanderbilt is considered a good school with a national recognition all over. Of course there are regional biases and Northwestern and UIUC tend to dominate Chicago, UT and Rice tend to dominate Texas, the UC schools (especially Berkeley and UCLA) tend to dominate in California, etc. in terms of what is considered a "good school," but overall I think one would be fine in any large metro area with a degree from Vanderbilt.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Chicagoan here. We don't care about Vanderbilt. It's kind of meh when you've got so many Chicago and Northwestern grads flooding the halls.

Not to mention University of Illinois grads. Oh wait...

Yeah, not sure what that comment is intended to mean, but in Chicago, it's well known if you need an accountant, engineer, or computer scientist, you hire from Illinois. They've had top 5 programs for decades.

Yeah, whatever.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Chicagoan here. We don't care about Vanderbilt. It's kind of meh when you've got so many Chicago and Northwestern grads flooding the halls.

Not to mention University of Illinois grads. Oh wait...

Yeah, not sure what that comment is intended to mean, but in Chicago, it's well known if you need an accountant, engineer, or computer scientist, you hire from Illinois. They've had top 5 programs for decades.

Yeah, whatever.

I have no dog in this fight, just stating facts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:^ UIUC is home to one of the best computer science dept in the nation. Google the 'paypal mafia'

One of biggest accounting programs in the nation, too.

What is UIUC?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No. No one really cares.

Outside of a very few schools in the country, no one outside of a region really cares.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I grew up in Chicago and DC and have lived in the Pacific Northwest, California, and Texas. Vanderbilt is considered a good school with a national recognition all over. Of course there are regional biases and Northwestern and UIUC tend to dominate Chicago, UT and Rice tend to dominate Texas, the UC schools (especially Berkeley and UCLA) tend to dominate in California, etc. in terms of what is considered a "good school," but overall I think one would be fine in any large metro area with a degree from Vanderbilt.

In CA or the Midwest, no one's going to look down on you for having a degree from Vanderbilt, but it's not going to be a plus either (not a big network, or a pipeline/well-known track record wrt hires in a particular field, or sufficiently prestigious to make you an impressive candidate if you aren't otherwise).

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^ UIUC is home to one of the best computer science dept in the nation. Google the 'paypal mafia'

One of biggest accounting programs in the nation, too.

What is UIUC?

NP. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the flagship state U. They make the distinction in Chicago because some go to UIC, University of Illinois at Chicago.

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Anonymous wrote:No not really. It's known as a rich kids school for students who can't break into the top tier (say top 20 universities and SLACs).

I'd say GW and USC (in LA) are more-so known for that.

True but Vandy for southerners. Wake Forest falls into this category as well.

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Anonymous wrote:No not really. It's known as a rich kids school for students who can't break into the top tier (say top 20 universities and SLACs).

Uh, Vanderbilt IS a top 20 university. Ranked the same as WUSTL and Cornell.

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and Northwestern