Reply to Mythbuster: "It doesn't matter where you do undergrad, only MA-JD-MBA-MD matter"

Forum Index » College and University Discussion

Reply to "Mythbuster: "It doesn't matter where you do undergrad, only MA-JD-MBA-MD matter""

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous]The study's key claims seem to be based on evidence comparing Tier 1/Tier 2  with Tier 4.  Tier 4 is fairly low (e.g., open admission regional universities, for-profit institutions) and Tier 1-2 is pretty widely conceptualized.  When counselors  say "it doesn't matter where you go to school for undergrad, you can make it up with a higher ranked grad degree" in strong public/private high schools I think they are often informally telling students that the nuances between various levels of SLAC and solid public institutions in Tier 1/2 won't matter as much as your individual drive/intelligence/work ethic etc.  (And I believe there has been other research demonstrating that, though I don't have the individual drive/work ethic to locate it right now...).

The discussions I see on this site seem to be on fine distinctions among the top quintile of Tier 1.  This author's study has nothing to say about that.  I would say the vast majority of colleges mentioned on this site are Tier 1 or Tier 2 according to this author's definition.

[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics