2024 grads- job placement

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:T5 LAC, studied IR and already has an amazing apartment back here in DC!

You skipped over the job part

On the hill as a policy analyst

how does an entry level policy analyst get an "amazing" apt in DC? What is the salary?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The CS folks should consider heading out to SF. My kid had multiple offers from AI companies…and says firms are poaching employees like crazy. ML background.

Also, surprisingly cheap to rent in SF proper…much cheaper than renting in Palo Alto or Mountain View (all the AI companies are in SF proper so not an issue).

agree. Gotta go where the jobs are. Most great tech jobs are still in the SV.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:T5 LAC, studied IR and already has an amazing apartment back here in DC!

You skipped over the job part

On the hill as a policy analyst

how does an entry level policy analyst get an "amazing" apt in DC? What is the salary?

If I had to guess, PP’s daughter is on some type of fellowship. DC got a policy analyst/fellowship position out of college and was netting 90k his first 3 years, which isn’t crazy but is a lot entry level and no dependents

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Daughter just graduated with a history major from a SLAC. She just started a job at cybersecurity company as a consultant. She interned with the company in DC last year. Not all interns received offers. Her ability to write was probably a very important factor.

Fascinating. SLAC again

No, nothing fascinating about a graduate of a small college landing a job--unless, of course, your job is to promote LACs.

If anything it reflects the forum’s interest. There’s a big UVA/W&M/LAC culture here. Sometimes my eyes light up when the typical elite universities come up, because they’re becoming a rarity of conversation

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Some university parents seem shy. DC graduated this year from Harvard in econ and went straight into a think tank as a research associate, definitely wouldn't have been achievable without the alumni network.

What does the parent have to do with this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Daughter just graduated with a history major from a SLAC. She just started a job at cybersecurity company as a consultant. She interned with the company in DC last year. Not all interns received offers. Her ability to write was probably a very important factor.

Fascinating. SLAC again

No, nothing fascinating about a graduate of a small college landing a job--unless, of course, your job is to promote LACs.

If anything it reflects the forum’s interest. There’s a big UVA/W&M/LAC culture here. Sometimes my eyes light up when the typical elite universities come up, because they’re becoming a rarity of conversation

That’s not the vibe I get. It’s very CS/tech/Ivy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Daughter just graduated with a history major from a SLAC. She just started a job at cybersecurity company as a consultant. She interned with the company in DC last year. Not all interns received offers. Her ability to write was probably a very important factor.

Fascinating. SLAC again

No, nothing fascinating about a graduate of a small college landing a job--unless, of course, your job is to promote LACs.

Not my job at all.
I wanted my kid to go to a SLAC….

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Daughter just graduated with a history major from a SLAC. She just started a job at cybersecurity company as a consultant. She interned with the company in DC last year. Not all interns received offers. Her ability to write was probably a very important factor.

Fascinating. SLAC again

No, nothing fascinating about a graduate of a small college landing a job--unless, of course, your job is to promote LACs.

If anything it reflects the forum’s interest. There’s a big UVA/W&M/LAC culture here. Sometimes my eyes light up when the typical elite universities come up, because they’re becoming a rarity of conversation

That’s not the vibe I get. It’s very CS/tech/Ivy.

Maybe it’s the forums I open, but there’s typically a conversation about some small college I’ve never heard of. I’ve read more posts from engineering than cs majors but have also seen a lot of different majors in general.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Daughter just graduated with a history major from a SLAC. She just started a job at cybersecurity company as a consultant. She interned with the company in DC last year. Not all interns received offers. Her ability to write was probably a very important factor.

Fascinating. SLAC again

No, nothing fascinating about a graduate of a small college landing a job--unless, of course, your job is to promote LACs.

If anything it reflects the forum’s interest. There’s a big UVA/W&M/LAC culture here. Sometimes my eyes light up when the typical elite universities come up, because they’re becoming a rarity of conversation

Agree.

Websites with college boards seem to be dominated by LAC marketers. Nothing wrong about reading the LAC hype, but readers miss out on the tremendous variety of offerings and options available at large universities--both public and private.

If interested in a particular major, visit the website of a Big Ten university and investigate the courses, programs, research opportunities, internship/externship opportunities, job placement, etc. You might be pleasantly surprised.

LAC folks just seem to have a lot of time on their hands and resort, unnecessarily, to making exaggerated and often false assertions.

Whether one prefers a small school or a big university, the key is to take advantage of the opportunities offered.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Daughter just graduated with a history major from a SLAC. She just started a job at cybersecurity company as a consultant. She interned with the company in DC last year. Not all interns received offers. Her ability to write was probably a very important factor.

Fascinating. SLAC again

No, nothing fascinating about a graduate of a small college landing a job--unless, of course, your job is to promote LACs.

If anything it reflects the forum’s interest. There’s a big UVA/W&M/LAC culture here. Sometimes my eyes light up when the typical elite universities come up, because they’re becoming a rarity of conversation

Agree.

Websites with college boards seem to be dominated by LAC marketers. Nothing wrong about reading the LAC hype, but readers miss out on the tremendous variety of offerings and options available at large universities--both public and private.

If interested in a particular major, visit the website of a Big Ten university and investigate the courses, programs, research opportunities, internship/externship opportunities, job placement, etc. You might be pleasantly surprised.

LAC folks just seem to have a lot of time on their hands and resort, unnecessarily, to making exaggerated and often false assertions.

Whether one prefers a small school or a big university, the key is to take advantage of the opportunities offered.

Random pointed anger at “LAC folks”…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Daughter just graduated with a history major from a SLAC. She just started a job at cybersecurity company as a consultant. She interned with the company in DC last year. Not all interns received offers. Her ability to write was probably a very important factor.

Fascinating. SLAC again

No, nothing fascinating about a graduate of a small college landing a job--unless, of course, your job is to promote LACs.

If anything it reflects the forum’s interest. There’s a big UVA/W&M/LAC culture here. Sometimes my eyes light up when the typical elite universities come up, because they’re becoming a rarity of conversation

Agree.

Websites with college boards seem to be dominated by LAC marketers. Nothing wrong about reading the LAC hype, but readers miss out on the tremendous variety of offerings and options available at large universities--both public and private.

If interested in a particular major, visit the website of a Big Ten university and investigate the courses, programs, research opportunities, internship/externship opportunities, job placement, etc. You might be pleasantly surprised.

LAC folks just seem to have a lot of time on their hands and resort, unnecessarily, to making exaggerated and often false assertions.

Whether one prefers a small school or a big university, the key is to take advantage of the opportunities offered.

I went to a university and so did all 3 of my college-aged children, but i think the “discovery” of other majors is pretty exaggerated. Most American students are covered by the 40 or so majors at a liberal arts college. You lose out on like sports management or non-Econ business at some schools, but they aren’t really necessary things to study. Sure there’s a lot more of things, but there’s a lot more undergrads, and grad students and post docs. The class options are immense; but, many students don’t really take anything overly advanced that would take an LAC out of the picture.

This was longer than I wanted it, but I’ve seen a lot of “fed up” university parents make some pretty unfair comments about LACs

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The CS folks should consider heading out to SF. My kid had multiple offers from AI companies…and says firms are poaching employees like crazy. ML background.

Also, surprisingly cheap to rent in SF proper…much cheaper than renting in Palo Alto or Mountain View (all the AI companies are in SF proper so not an issue).

What do you consider surprisingly cheap?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The CS folks should consider heading out to SF. My kid had multiple offers from AI companies…and says firms are poaching employees like crazy. ML background.

Also, surprisingly cheap to rent in SF proper…much cheaper than renting in Palo Alto or Mountain View (all the AI companies are in SF proper so not an issue).

What do you consider surprisingly cheap?

Seriously everything must be surprisingly cheap to PP, that’s like the 2nd most expensive area in the country

[Anonymous]

Did not refer to the "discovery of other majors" (which is another benefit of attending a large school). Post referred to learning of myriad of options & benefits available within the particular major of interest.

An example: psychology majors have the option of pursuing any of four different tracks at one major university.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Daughter just graduated with a history major from a SLAC. She just started a job at cybersecurity company as a consultant. She interned with the company in DC last year. Not all interns received offers. Her ability to write was probably a very important factor.

Fascinating. SLAC again

No, nothing fascinating about a graduate of a small college landing a job--unless, of course, your job is to promote LACs.

If anything it reflects the forum’s interest. There’s a big UVA/W&M/LAC culture here. Sometimes my eyes light up when the typical elite universities come up, because they’re becoming a rarity of conversation

Agree.

Websites with college boards seem to be dominated by LAC marketers. Nothing wrong about reading the LAC hype, but readers miss out on the tremendous variety of offerings and options available at large universities--both public and private.

If interested in a particular major, visit the website of a Big Ten university and investigate the courses, programs, research opportunities, internship/externship opportunities, job placement, etc. You might be pleasantly surprised.

LAC folks just seem to have a lot of time on their hands and resort, unnecessarily, to making exaggerated and often false assertions.

Whether one prefers a small school or a big university, the key is to take advantage of the opportunities offered.

I went to a university and so did all 3 of my college-aged children, but i think the “discovery” of other majors is pretty exaggerated. Most American students are covered by the 40 or so majors at a liberal arts college. You lose out on like sports management or non-Econ business at some schools, but they aren’t really necessary things to study. Sure there’s a lot more of things, but there’s a lot more undergrads, and grad students and post docs. The class options are immense; but, many students don’t really take anything overly advanced that would take an LAC out of the picture.

This was longer than I wanted it, but I’ve seen a lot of “fed up” university parents make some pretty unfair comments about LACs

As I noted above, you missed the point of the post that you quoted.