Does where you go to college actually matter?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe harvard or yale make a difference but does any other school? I’m pretty underemployed and I went to a top 25 university. Would have been much cheaper to have gone to Maryland or Towson

I know someone who has a bachelor's in communications from Yale, a master's in International Affairs from Georgetown, a PhD in Psychology from Harvard, and is underemployed and still paying student loans at the age of 47. I myself only have a bachelors from Coppin State in Information Systems and make way more than her without any debt. It is really about what you get your degree in.

This post is a proof it’s always the small peckers who claim that size doesn’t matter.

[Anonymous]

If you know you’re going to pursue a low-paying field, like social work or teaching, paying for a fancy college isn’t worth it. A high-end college - besides a great education - provides access to high-paying, glamorous careers that also require a lot of energy, persistence, and motivation. If you don’t have those personal characteristics, attending such a college may not have much material advantage.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you know you’re going to pursue a low-paying field, like social work or teaching, paying for a fancy college isn’t worth it. A high-end college - besides a great education - provides access to high-paying, glamorous careers that also require a lot of energy, persistence, and motivation. If you don’t have those personal characteristics, attending such a college may not have much material advantage.

Clearly you’re not a teacher if you think they don’t have these characteristics.

[Anonymous]

For most people, it is a necessary but not a sufficient condition for success. (Yes, I know about famous college dropouts who became billionaires so I don't need to have that pointed out).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maybe harvard or yale make a difference but does any other school? I’m pretty underemployed and I went to a top 25 university. Would have been much cheaper to have gone to Maryland or Towson

I know someone who has a bachelor's in communications from Yale, a master's in International Affairs from Georgetown, a PhD in Psychology from Harvard, and is underemployed and still paying student loans at the age of 47. I myself only have a bachelors from Coppin State in Information Systems and make way more than her without any debt. It is really about what you get your degree in.

This post is a proof it’s always the small peckers who claim that size doesn’t matter.

As small peckers always claim the size doesn’t matter, it’s always the small-minded Podunk graduates who claim that prestige doesn’t matter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maybe harvard or yale make a difference but does any other school? I’m pretty underemployed and I went to a top 25 university. Would have been much cheaper to have gone to Maryland or Towson

I know someone who has a bachelor's in communications from Yale, a master's in International Affairs from Georgetown, a PhD in Psychology from Harvard, and is underemployed and still paying student loans at the age of 47. I myself only have a bachelors from Coppin State in Information Systems and make way more than her without any debt. It is really about what you get your degree in.

You realize Yale doesn’t have a communications major right?

next time she'll do a little more research before writing fiction.

[Anonymous]

My husband transferred from Fordham to Wharton and he has been wildly, amazingly successful. Unbelievably successful. His father did give him a small loan, however.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My husband transferred from Fordham to Wharton and he has been wildly, amazingly successful. Unbelievably successful. His father did give him a small loan, however.

But not everybody is a very stable genius.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My husband transferred from Fordham to Wharton and he has been wildly, amazingly successful. Unbelievably successful. His father did give him a small loan, however.

But not everybody is a very stable genius.

I was a nobody at Andover school and again nobody at UVA. I married a wealthy wife because of my good look. I have more money than I know what to do with it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maybe harvard or yale make a difference but does any other school? I’m pretty underemployed and I went to a top 25 university. Would have been much cheaper to have gone to Maryland or Towson

I know someone who has a bachelor's in communications from Yale, a master's in International Affairs from Georgetown, a PhD in Psychology from Harvard, and is underemployed and still paying student loans at the age of 47. I myself only have a bachelors from Coppin State in Information Systems and make way more than her without any debt. It is really about what you get your degree in.

Coppin is a diamond in the rough and punches way above its weight as far as how high-quality the education there really is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Personally, I think graduate school matters more than undergrad. Go to a solid state school, save $, do well and go to a great grad school.

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