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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Depends where the BA is from.  All BA's are definitely not equal.  IF you can get into and afford a top school it's certainly not worthless.  As an employer I look at  BA from a top school (private or state) very differently from the mass of for profit schools or known 3rd tier and below schools.[/quote]

+1 give me a philosophy major from a top 3 liberal arts college or university over a top business major from a third tier school any day. The former can read, write, and speak articulately, and is easily trainable with a good work ethic; the latter, not so much. Clients also are more impressed by the school than the major.[/quote]

I agree with this, to a certain extent.  I always scratch my head at people who claim there is no difference in colleges.  Yes, if you're lookign at payign $45,000/year for a third tier private university, you should reconsider and do communitycollege for a few years, than maybe a public college.  But the truly top tier universities and colleges convey benefits for your entire life - far after you apply for that first job.  [/quote]

I remember a similar argument I had when I was admitted to a top-tier MBA program. The guy I was working with - who was my peer and twice my age - tried to tell me that going to get an MBA for $50,000 a year was stupid. His argument was that he had an MBA too, and he only paid $4,000 a year for his..... just go down the street and get it from that local university. I didn't know how to explain to him that the two were not even remotely equivalent. [/quote]

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