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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Tell me what are the job outcomes for your AP students? Maybe kids should be focused more on learning life skills as they go to HS. Going to college is no longer the meal ticket to a good job.

Not saying no rigorous education but it’s not the end all be all anymore. Going to a great college also doesn’t translate to a great job.[/quote]

The job market is tough, but not going to college isn’t the solution. What job would you expect someone to get without a degree?[/quote]

But tell me how many jobs are going to choose you based on going to Walls and then Harvard vs. something average? If you don’t have the connections you will be getting the same money as the kid who got a 3.2 and went to a mediocre college.

So what are the job outcomes for AP students who don’t have a silver spoon? [/quote]

I am not really understanding the logic here.

First, if you don’t have a silver spoon (ie you don’t have a lot of money) then in all likelihood your Harvard education was free, while the kid at the mediocre college likely received little financial aid.

Second, there are plenty of kids with no connections that attend Harvard, major in history as example, do well and then get jobs with investment banks, consulting groups, etc.

There are exactly zero 3.2 mediocre college kids that major in history and even get one interview at those places (other than the mediocre children of rich parents).

You are correct that a STEM major at San Jose State may end up at Google alongside the Harvard grad…but that is because they both have a marketable major, San Jose State has a locational advantage for its grads and both likely did well in college.

All that said…every college has kids with bad life outcomes for whatever reason…even Harvard.  Just that Harvard has far, far fewer than the random mediocre college.[/quote]

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