Think Twice Before Sending Your Kid To An Elite School

[Anonymous]

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This poster is a troll. Her earlier post about how disappointed she was in her son was deleted by Jeff.

+1

+2-- sounds like someone on a waiting list trying to wrangle a non-existant spot.

Why is everyone saying OP is a troll? These are perfectly legitimate concerns to have.

[Anonymous]

Interesting article for parents who are fixated on their children attending elite colleges. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/college-rejections-stress/2021/04/22/ba475d4c-a2ce-11eb-a774-7b47ceb36ee8_story.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Interesting article for parents who are fixated on their children attending elite colleges. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/college-rejections-stress/2021/04/22/ba475d4c-a2ce-11eb-a774-7b47ceb36ee8_story.html

That’s a fantastic article—thanks for posting it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Interesting article for parents who are fixated on their children attending elite colleges. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/college-rejections-stress/2021/04/22/ba475d4c-a2ce-11eb-a774-7b47ceb36ee8_story.html

Hiring managers, "On average they gave the most importance to the nature of student internships. That was followed in descending order by what jobs applicants had in college, their college majors, volunteer experiences, extracurricular activities, relevance of coursework and grade point averages. What happened to college reputation... ? It was on average at the very bottom of the hiring executives’ priority lists."

The Q on everyone's mind is how to land great internships. The author is trying to say it's the internship that's the dominating factor - yet fails to explain what leads to great internships. The original question issue is, what is the relationship between internships and college reputation? Top companies don't recruit from community colleges. Clearly, college reputation leads to greater and better internship opportunities. The WashPo article is only begging the question.

[Anonymous]

Your child is an embarrassment? WTF? Maybe he is rebelling against you? I am only guessing the pressures you have laid on your child his entire life. Maybe take a step back and let him live his life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Your child is an embarrassment? WTF? Maybe he is rebelling against you? I am only guessing the pressures you have laid on your child his entire life. Maybe take a step back and let him live his life.

Your child is an embarrassment? WTF? There's nothin' wrong with community colleges. I know someone who retired a millionaire with a CC degree.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Your child is an embarrassment? WTF? Maybe he is rebelling against you? I am only guessing the pressures you have laid on your child his entire life. Maybe take a step back and let him live his life.

Your child is an embarrassment? WTF? There's nothin' wrong with community colleges. I know someone who retired a millionaire with a CC degree.

Who says there is anything wrong with CC?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Your child is an embarrassment? WTF? Maybe he is rebelling against you? I am only guessing the pressures you have laid on your child his entire life. Maybe take a step back and let him live his life.

Your child is an embarrassment? WTF? There's nothin' wrong with community colleges. I know someone who retired a millionaire with a CC degree.

Who says there is anything wrong with CC?

Most DCUM parents would disown their CC kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Your child is an embarrassment? WTF? Maybe he is rebelling against you? I am only guessing the pressures you have laid on your child his entire life. Maybe take a step back and let him live his life.

Your child is an embarrassment? WTF? There's nothin' wrong with community colleges. I know someone who retired a millionaire with a CC degree.

+1

At some point we have to start having standards.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Interesting article for parents who are fixated on their children attending elite colleges. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/college-rejections-stress/2021/04/22/ba475d4c-a2ce-11eb-a774-7b47ceb36ee8_story.html

Hiring managers, "On average they gave the most importance to the nature of student internships. That was followed in descending order by what jobs applicants had in college, their college majors, volunteer experiences, extracurricular activities, relevance of coursework and grade point averages. What happened to college reputation... ? It was on average at the very bottom of the hiring executives’ priority lists."

The Q on everyone's mind is how to land great internships. The author is trying to say it's the internship that's the dominating factor - yet fails to explain what leads to great internships. The original question issue is, what is the relationship between internships and college reputation? Top companies don't recruit from community colleges. Clearly, college reputation leads to greater and better internship opportunities. The WashPo article is only begging the question.

You're completely right. Do you think Goldman Sachs is hiring from Ohio State? That was one of the dumbest WaPo articles I've ever read (and that's saying a lot!).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Interesting article for parents who are fixated on their children attending elite colleges. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/college-rejections-stress/2021/04/22/ba475d4c-a2ce-11eb-a774-7b47ceb36ee8_story.html

Hiring managers, "On average they gave the most importance to the nature of student internships. That was followed in descending order by what jobs applicants had in college, their college majors, volunteer experiences, extracurricular activities, relevance of coursework and grade point averages. What happened to college reputation... ? It was on average at the very bottom of the hiring executives’ priority lists."

The Q on everyone's mind is how to land great internships. The author is trying to say it's the internship that's the dominating factor - yet fails to explain what leads to great internships. The original question issue is, what is the relationship between internships and college reputation? Top companies don't recruit from community colleges. Clearly, college reputation leads to greater and better internship opportunities. The WashPo article is only begging the question.

You're completely right. Do you think Goldman Sachs is hiring from Ohio State? That was one of the dumbest WaPo articles I've ever read (and that's saying a lot!).

Did it dawn on you that there are students who do not want to work on Wall Street or Goldman Sachs? Colleges develop relationships with employers through their career placement offices.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Interesting article for parents who are fixated on their children attending elite colleges. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/college-rejections-stress/2021/04/22/ba475d4c-a2ce-11eb-a774-7b47ceb36ee8_story.html

Hiring managers, "On average they gave the most importance to the nature of student internships. That was followed in descending order by what jobs applicants had in college, their college majors, volunteer experiences, extracurricular activities, relevance of coursework and grade point averages. What happened to college reputation... ? It was on average at the very bottom of the hiring executives’ priority lists."

The Q on everyone's mind is how to land great internships. The author is trying to say it's the internship that's the dominating factor - yet fails to explain what leads to great internships. The original question issue is, what is the relationship between internships and college reputation? Top companies don't recruit from community colleges. Clearly, college reputation leads to greater and better internship opportunities. The WashPo article is only begging the question.

You're completely right. Do you think Goldman Sachs is hiring from Ohio State? That was one of the dumbest WaPo articles I've ever read (and that's saying a lot!).

Did it dawn on you that there are students who do not want to work on Wall Street or Goldman Sachs? Colleges develop relationships with employers through their career placement offices.

I don't know many college grads that aspire to work for WalMart.

[Anonymous]

And those are the two choices? What a weak debater you are.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Interesting article for parents who are fixated on their children attending elite colleges. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/college-rejections-stress/2021/04/22/ba475d4c-a2ce-11eb-a774-7b47ceb36ee8_story.html

Hiring managers, "On average they gave the most importance to the nature of student internships. That was followed in descending order by what jobs applicants had in college, their college majors, volunteer experiences, extracurricular activities, relevance of coursework and grade point averages. What happened to college reputation... ? It was on average at the very bottom of the hiring executives’ priority lists."

The Q on everyone's mind is how to land great internships. The author is trying to say it's the internship that's the dominating factor - yet fails to explain what leads to great internships. The original question issue is, what is the relationship between internships and college reputation? Top companies don't recruit from community colleges. Clearly, college reputation leads to greater and better internship opportunities. The WashPo article is only begging the question.

You're completely right. Do you think Goldman Sachs is hiring from Ohio State? That was one of the dumbest WaPo articles I've ever read (and that's saying a lot!).

Did it dawn on you that there are students who do not want to work on Wall Street or Goldman Sachs? Colleges develop relationships with employers through their career placement offices.

I don't know many college grads that aspire to work for WalMart.

PP, there is nothing wrong with being a corporate officer at WalMart. You sound so pathetic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Interesting article for parents who are fixated on their children attending elite colleges. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/college-rejections-stress/2021/04/22/ba475d4c-a2ce-11eb-a774-7b47ceb36ee8_story.html

Hiring managers, "On average they gave the most importance to the nature of student internships. That was followed in descending order by what jobs applicants had in college, their college majors, volunteer experiences, extracurricular activities, relevance of coursework and grade point averages. What happened to college reputation... ? It was on average at the very bottom of the hiring executives’ priority lists."

The Q on everyone's mind is how to land great internships. The author is trying to say it's the internship that's the dominating factor - yet fails to explain what leads to great internships. The original question issue is, what is the relationship between internships and college reputation? Top companies don't recruit from community colleges. Clearly, college reputation leads to greater and better internship opportunities. The WashPo article is only begging the question.

You're completely right. Do you think Goldman Sachs is hiring from Ohio State? That was one of the dumbest WaPo articles I've ever read (and that's saying a lot!).

Did it occur to you that:
-most people don't want to work for GS, McKinsey or the like
-many of those who do do it because they're somewhat aimless and are lured by the supposed glamour and riches(that was my case)
-the lifestyle is really rough and the "work" often extremely shallow
-it's a ruthless up or out culture with most people ending up out. You're generally no better off once you're out than if you'd never joined one of those firms. Sometimes you're worse off because you could have been doing real work in a real company getting real industry experience.