Anybody else super annoyed when people on LinkedIn…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:…list Harvard or Wharton as their alma mater and when you scroll down, you realize they’ve just taken one of those online classes but claim to have gone to that school.

It has happened more often than not. Recently, we had a new hire who is telling people he went to Wharton when he only did a Coursera course!

It really irritates me because it is simply misleading and not reality!! I can’t even imagine how people who have gone to one of those schools and gotten an actual degree feel when they see that.

I posted a nearly identical thread about this earlier this year. It’s maddening and misleading. LinkedIn is pretty psycho overall so no surprise.

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That might be your network. I’ve had a positive LinkedIn experience—better than Facebook. I’ve made new friends and grown my business there.

If you hate LinkedIn, then you probably won’t use it in a way that benefits you. Sort of a self-fulfilling prophecy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Or brag about their MBA, but find out they went to online Strayer school?

Yesssss!!!

Different view on this. This was an approved school for certain Federal jobs. It is not like a lot of the online diploma mills. It is more legit and offered school to people whose lives didn’t even allow a part time program. Like my friend who needed to complete her MBA while holding down a full time job after her husband walked out on her with a 2 week old. Strayer offered her incredible flexibility. But she still had to go.

[Anonymous]

I think it just automatically lists the last school in your info as your alma mater. Mine shows my law school and not my undergrad. I don’t consider my law school my alma mater but that is what linked in seems to show.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:…list Harvard or Wharton as their alma mater and when you scroll down, you realize they’ve just taken one of those online classes but claim to have gone to that school.

It has happened more often than not. Recently, we had a new hire who is telling people he went to Wharton when he only did a Coursera course!

It really irritates me because it is simply misleading and not reality!! I can’t even imagine how people who have gone to one of those schools and gotten an actual degree feel when they see that.

You really need to get a life. seriously

No, OP has a point. If this was Facebook, sure. But the entire point of LinkedIn is to share your professional history. This is incredibly misleading, and people who do it are intending to mislead others.

Whatever. LinkedIn is social media and no more “real” than instagram or Facebook. People need to stop taking what they read on social media so seriously.

[Anonymous]

I work with a woman who got an online PhD in general studies, she’s a veteran and the school prices the tuition at exactly the GI benefit $ amount. She insists we all call her doctor.

[Anonymous]

I think people need to realize there is more legitimacy in on line degrees now...not all of them but some.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think people need to realize there is more legitimacy in on line degrees now...not all of them but some.

But there is almost always a very low bar for online degree admissions. Can you pay the bill, even with a maxed out student loan or GI bill? Congratulations on your admission to onlineU!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:…list Harvard or Wharton as their alma mater and when you scroll down, you realize they’ve just taken one of those online classes but claim to have gone to that school.

It has happened more often than not. Recently, we had a new hire who is telling people he went to Wharton when he only did a Coursera course!

It really irritates me because it is simply misleading and not reality!! I can’t even imagine how people who have gone to one of those schools and gotten an actual degree feel when they see that.

I don't feel annoyed, but when I see this sh!t on a resume, it goes straight into trash.
Harvard Extension School is my favorite.

Why are you so trashy? Harvard Extension School classes are taught by the same professors as the campus degree classes.

I got a degree from Harvard and worked at the Extension school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I work with a woman who got an online PhD in general studies, she’s a veteran and the school prices the tuition at exactly the GI benefit $ amount. She insists we all call her doctor.

I hope you show her all your lesions and rashes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think people need to realize there is more legitimacy in on line degrees now...not all of them but some.

I don’t have an issue with online degrees in general; I have an issue with online degrees from for-profit colleges.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:…list Harvard or Wharton as their alma mater and when you scroll down, you realize they’ve just taken one of those online classes but claim to have gone to that school.

It has happened more often than not. Recently, we had a new hire who is telling people he went to Wharton when he only did a Coursera course!

It really irritates me because it is simply misleading and not reality!! I can’t even imagine how people who have gone to one of those schools and gotten an actual degree feel when they see that.

I don't feel annoyed, but when I see this sh!t on a resume, it goes straight into trash.
Harvard Extension School is my favorite.

Why are you so trashy? Harvard Extension School classes are taught by the same professors as the campus degree classes.

I got a degree from Harvard and worked at the Extension school.

No problem, we all need to eat. And we all want to get quality training when we sign up for classes.
But Harvard Extension school is not as selective or rigorous as a "regular" Harvard degree. Another case of "pay for your A".

[Anonymous]

One of my doctors did that.

It is pathetic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I work with a woman who got an online PhD in general studies, she’s a veteran and the school prices the tuition at exactly the GI benefit $ amount. She insists we all call her doctor.

People are laughing behind her back

(But our taxes paid for her degree! 😩)

[Anonymous]

There is a woman in my office who took a course at Georgetown and suddenly has an MBA from Georgetown. What BS.

She also self-published a book by crowdsourcing for funds to do so. But every other post is "I cannot believe I am a published author!" You only are because you paid for it, sweety. Again, what BS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:…list Harvard or Wharton as their alma mater and when you scroll down, you realize they’ve just taken one of those online classes but claim to have gone to that school.

It has happened more often than not. Recently, we had a new hire who is telling people he went to Wharton when he only did a Coursera course!

It really irritates me because it is simply misleading and not reality!! I can’t even imagine how people who have gone to one of those schools and gotten an actual degree feel when they see that.

I don't feel annoyed, but when I see this sh!t on a resume, it goes straight into trash.
Harvard Extension School is my favorite.

Why are you so trashy? Harvard Extension School classes are taught by the same professors as the campus degree classes.

I got a degree from Harvard and worked at the Extension school.

No problem, we all need to eat. And we all want to get quality training when we sign up for classes.
But Harvard Extension school is not as selective or rigorous as a "regular" Harvard degree. Another case of "pay for your A".

It’s not “pay for your A.” As a matter of fact, it could be argued, based on the high median gpa at Harvard undergrad, that the difficult part is getting in (especially for those of us who are neither rich nor well-connected). Harvard Extension isn’t as selective as Harvard undergrad - but it offers full undergraduate and graduate degrees taught by professors. It’s not a degree mill. It’s not a 10-day intensive course.