Would a Hillsdale graduate have reduced professional opportunities?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hillsdale will be treated like ones from Liberty or Notre Dame. At certain employers they won't want to hire from these types of schools. Same for Florida, Alabama, etc.

I wouldn’t put any state school in the same bucket as Hillsdale or Liberty. Hillsdale on a resume is the same as writing down “I am a conservative Christian republican” . Some will be into it, some won’t, but it simply isn’t a neutral choice of school.

This is true except Hillsdale has standards and Liberty accepts and gives degrees to anyone with a pulse and a check.

[Anonymous]

Let’s be honest- the school advertised on Rush Limbaugh and other right wing radio for years to recruit their listeners children to Hillsdale. What other top schools even advertised on radio?

[Anonymous]

I’m sure that most Hillsdale grads are reasonably capable but the school has an oddball reputation. As an employer in an investor facing business that’s a big negative. So, “no” I wouldn’t hire a Hillsdale grad. Nothing personal, I’m just trying to run a profitable business. I’m guessing that this is the honest answer for many.

[Anonymous]

As a lawyer, I wouldn’t hire a Hillsdale grad even if they did well at a top law school. Why hire someone with a background that might turn off some clients?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If any rational person would like to study a condensed view of the insulated echo chamber that is the wealthy elitist left, just read through the responses in this thread.

It's just intellectually lazy to classify people into groups based on your own predetermined biases. Saying a kid from Hillsdale is some MAGA nut is the same as saying all black people are criminals. It's staggering that more leftists don't see that...

Back to the topic (which is just political clickbait), each candidate should be judged on the entirety of their profile - not just where they went to school. I'd rather hire someone who comes from Community College with a lesser pedigree but works hard vs. a blue haired, trust fund high performer from NYU who is easily triggered and will need alot of down time to recover from their various emotional traumas.

What's intellectually lazy is equating racial discrimination with political bias. No one can help the color they are born with, and it isn't predictive of values or choices. A purposeful and freely-chosen association with a political entity can be predictive of values and choices, however. You acknowledge this yourself in your rant about 'leftists' and what you think they think. Criticizing others for a thing you are actively doing it yourself is a maneuver only trolls think is clever.

Not the PP, but they are correct. All one has to do is read this thread - or any of the threads on the Political forum - to see what "leftists" think about conservatives. Or really, anyone who isn't 100% on the same page as them. What's intellectually lazy is pretending we can't see what's right in front of our own eyes.

This 100%...even on on this forum. Enter poster who accuses student who turns down Georgetown for BC as being MAGA because they wanted a more Catholic envirnonment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As a lawyer, I wouldn’t hire a Hillsdale grad even if they did well at a top law school. Why hire someone with a background that might turn off some clients?

How would your clients even know? And why would they care about where they went for undergrad? Give me a break, virtue signaler.

[Anonymous]

Conservatism used to be a respectable political/social philosophy, but Trump ruined it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, people may not admit it, but a lot of people making hiring decisions in the DC and other areas along the East Coast will toss a resume with Hillsdale on it in the trash can.

Anecdata.

I'm immediately turned off by Liberty grads. Haven't encountered a Hillsdale grad yet, but on balance I'm sure I'd be biased and assume that you were a right-wing nut.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Conservatism used to be a respectable political/social philosophy, but Trump ruined it.

This. We are a former Republican and independent household. We believe in fiscal conservatism. The Republican Party is a bunch of unserious MAGA RHINOS. Nothing they do aligns with the old Republican Party. I don’t know how any law firms and schools would want MAGA aligned folks, just look at the shambolic DOJ.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If any rational person would like to study a condensed view of the insulated echo chamber that is the wealthy elitist left, just read through the responses in this thread.

It's just intellectually lazy to classify people into groups based on your own predetermined biases. Saying a kid from Hillsdale is some MAGA nut is the same as saying all black people are criminals. It's staggering that more leftists don't see that...

Back to the topic (which is just political clickbait), each candidate should be judged on the entirety of their profile - not just where they went to school. I'd rather hire someone who comes from Community College with a lesser pedigree but works hard vs. a blue haired, trust fund high performer from NYU who is easily triggered and will need alot of down time to recover from their various emotional traumas.

fiction

What's intellectually lazy is equating racial discrimination with political bias. No one can help the color they are born with, and it isn't predictive of values or choices. A purposeful and freely-chosen association with a political entity can be predictive of values and choices, however. You acknowledge this yourself in your rant about 'leftists' and what you think they think. Criticizing others for a thing you are actively doing it yourself is a maneuver only trolls think is clever.

Not the PP, but they are correct. All one has to do is read this thread - or any of the threads on the Political forum - to see what "leftists" think about conservatives. Or really, anyone who isn't 100% on the same page as them. What's intellectually lazy is pretending we can't see what's right in front of our own eyes.

This 100%...even on on this forum. Enter poster who accuses student who turns down Georgetown for BC as being MAGA because they wanted a more Catholic envirnonment.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If any rational person would like to study a condensed view of the insulated echo chamber that is the wealthy elitist left, just read through the responses in this thread.

It's just intellectually lazy to classify people into groups based on your own predetermined biases. Saying a kid from Hillsdale is some MAGA nut is the same as saying all black people are criminals. It's staggering that more leftists don't see that...

Back to the topic (which is just political clickbait), each candidate should be judged on the entirety of their profile - not just where they went to school. I'd rather hire someone who comes from Community College with a lesser pedigree but works hard vs. a blue haired, trust fund high performer from NYU who is easily triggered and will need alot of down time to recover from their various emotional traumas.

What's intellectually lazy is equating racial discrimination with political bias. No one can help the color they are born with, and it isn't predictive of values or choices. A purposeful and freely-chosen association with a political entity can be predictive of values and choices, however. You acknowledge this yourself in your rant about 'leftists' and what you think they think. Criticizing others for a thing you are actively doing it yourself is a maneuver only trolls think is clever.

Not the PP, but they are correct. All one has to do is read this thread - or any of the threads on the Political forum - to see what "leftists" think about conservatives. Or really, anyone who isn't 100% on the same page as them. What's intellectually lazy is pretending we can't see what's right in front of our own eyes.

This 100%...even on on this forum. Enter poster who accuses student who turns down Georgetown for BC as being MAGA because they wanted a more Catholic envirnonment.

Fiction

[Anonymous]

My sibling went to Hillsdale in the 90s and says the school is unrecognizable now. It went from classic LAC with conservative foundation to a maga indoctrination center.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:To those saying they would never hire a Hillsdale grad, I feel exactly the same way about grads of Oberlin, Wesleyan, Reed, and several Ivy League schools. As do plenty of other people.

Maybe. But Hillsdale is on another level from any of those schools when it comes to raising eyebrows among employers. If you can't see that, you're blind.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If any rational person would like to study a condensed view of the insulated echo chamber that is the wealthy elitist left, just read through the responses in this thread.

It's just intellectually lazy to classify people into groups based on your own predetermined biases. Saying a kid from Hillsdale is some MAGA nut is the same as saying all black people are criminals. It's staggering that more leftists don't see that...

Back to the topic (which is just political clickbait), each candidate should be judged on the entirety of their profile - not just where they went to school. I'd rather hire someone who comes from Community College with a lesser pedigree but works hard vs. a blue haired, trust fund high performer from NYU who is easily triggered and will need alot of down time to recover from their various emotional traumas.

What's intellectually lazy is equating racial discrimination with political bias. No one can help the color they are born with, and it isn't predictive of values or choices. A purposeful and freely-chosen association with a political entity can be predictive of values and choices, however. You acknowledge this yourself in your rant about 'leftists' and what you think they think. Criticizing others for a thing you are actively doing it yourself is a maneuver only trolls think is clever.

Not the PP, but they are correct. All one has to do is read this thread - or any of the threads on the Political forum - to see what "leftists" think about conservatives. Or really, anyone who isn't 100% on the same page as them. What's intellectually lazy is pretending we can't see what's right in front of our own eyes.

This 100%...even on on this forum. Enter poster who accuses student who turns down Georgetown for BC as being MAGA because they wanted a more Catholic envirnonment.

Fiction

Absolutely fact. Use the search function.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a lawyer, I wouldn’t hire a Hillsdale grad even if they did well at a top law school. Why hire someone with a background that might turn off some clients?

How would your clients even know? And why would they care about where they went for undergrad? Give me a break, virtue signaler.

Especially in more sophisticated practice areas clients are aware of where lawyers went to school. It’s not political and is purely business. I probably would also avoid a Hampshire grad.