Anonymous wrote:From what I understand, being a veterinarian is like being a doctor, except you don't get paid like one.

Vets are doctors. Their patients are animals not people.

Vets can absolutely earn a decent salary, too.

From what I understand, being a veterinarian is like being a doctor, except you don't get paid like one.

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Anonymous wrote:Posters on DCUM say that CC doesn't matter, that all prospective employers ask is where their degree is from. Well, I worked at a company who rescinded employment offers once they discovered an applicant did not spend all four years at their graduating schools. They did not see two years at a CC plus two at the graduating school as equivalent to four years at the graduating school. So, it does matter to some people.

That is a pretty shallow company. So they stack the deck against kids who maybe can't afford 4 full years at the state flagship and maybe wanted to avoid taking out loans so they completed the basic classed at CC. What a terrible company.

I don't think it was a "terrible" company. It's their company. They are allowed to make the rules. Their decision was more based on lack of full disclosure than based on attending CC plus another school. They felt that an applicant who did not disclose the details of their path to a degree was dishonest. If I attended CC, my resume would state CC then "whatever" college.

They probably omitted it from their job application, not their resume.

Anonymous wrote:A bit off topic from the CC discussion but I noticed that you said your DD may want to work with animals. I recently listened to this great podcast interviewing vets and vet techs and it was very eye opening into that profession. It talked about the high suicide rates among veterinarians. Did you know that vets/vet techs experience significantly more patient deaths than hospice doctors/nurses? One vet tech said on average she euthanized 20 animals a week! It sounded like many people just loved animals and wanted to help them but the job really requires dealing with their owners and all of the complications that that entails (like not being able to afford care). It may be worth a listen for your dd.

https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/dallas-veterinarians-suicide/

(Also don't be put off by the name- this episode has nothing to do with sex, and really the whole podcast)

This is a good point. Another thing that can be off putting to animal medicine students is that they might have to dissect a cat for Anatomy & Physiology.

Bottom line is, you go into animal medicine with the purpose of alleviating pet (and their human owner's) suffering. Sometimes you get to save lives but sometimes it boils down to quality of life issues for both the pet and their owner.

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Anonymous wrote:Posters on DCUM say that CC doesn't matter, that all prospective employers ask is where their degree is from. Well, I worked at a company who rescinded employment offers once they discovered an applicant did not spend all four years at their graduating schools. They did not see two years at a CC plus two at the graduating school as equivalent to four years at the graduating school. So, it does matter to some people.

That is a pretty shallow company. So they stack the deck against kids who maybe can't afford 4 full years at the state flagship and maybe wanted to avoid taking out loans so they completed the basic classed at CC. What a terrible company.

I don't think it was a "terrible" company. It's their company. They are allowed to make the rules. Their decision was more based on lack of full disclosure than based on attending CC plus another school. They felt that an applicant who did not disclose the details of their path to a degree was dishonest. If I attended CC, my resume would state CC then "whatever" college.

Thanks for the clarification. I didn't realize the person failed to disclose the CC on his/her resume. In that case I would agree.
We recently hired someone who graduated from UMD after 2 years at CC. When asked why they attended CC for 2 years they said "I wanted to save my parents some money".

I went to a flagship university and graduated in four years, which is what I put on my resume.

I don't include that I started out at a community college a decade earlier and didn't finish until shortly before I started at the state university. I was not a traditional student and gradually worked my through school. Many people don't include their community college AA on their resume once they complete their four year degree. It's not "dishonest," it's just irrelevant once you have a bachelor's degree. Resumes are not supposed to be exhaustive lists of everything you have ever done in your life. It's normal to focus your education and career summaries to whatever seems relevant to the position.

I should note that there is a difference between a resume and a job application. If the latter includes language that insists that you must include "everything" then you should include everything.

A bit off topic from the CC discussion but I noticed that you said your DD may want to work with animals. I recently listened to this great podcast interviewing vets and vet techs and it was very eye opening into that profession. It talked about the high suicide rates among veterinarians. Did you know that vets/vet techs experience significantly more patient deaths than hospice doctors/nurses? One vet tech said on average she euthanized 20 animals a week! It sounded like many people just loved animals and wanted to help them but the job really requires dealing with their owners and all of the complications that that entails (like not being able to afford care). It may be worth a listen for your dd.

https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/dallas-veterinarians-suicide/

(Also don't be put off by the name- this episode has nothing to do with sex, and really the whole podcast)

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We finally came to an agreement which we’re all excited about. While our daughter has struggled socially in HS, she does hold a 3.0 GPA. It’s not great, but decent considering the circumstances. Kids can be so mean!

Going to a CC is a fine option. However you don't sound at all "excited about" it, based on the title of your post. Hopefully you are not conveying that to your child.

Ha. This is DCUM where parents brag about UVA and Tech engineering being their children's "safety schools". I think Op is legitimately happy with her DD's choice to attend CC. But DCUM is a tough crowd....thus the way Op phrased it.

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Anonymous wrote:I went to community college. I did that while working full time at a CPA firm and part time at a tennis club nights and weekends. So I worked about 65 hours a week. It took me five years to graduate.

It was fine. I'm 40 and nobody cares where you went to college.

Not so. In the DC area, where you went to college defines you.

Maybe in a few fields, but don't assume that applies to everyone. Everywhere I've worked, it might be considered for entry level but after that nobody cares. It's all about how you perform on the job.

+1 billion. I'm an Ivy graduate, and work with (and for!) graduates of every kind of school imaginable. It just does.not.matter.

Anonymous wrote:Posters on DCUM say that CC doesn't matter, that all prospective employers ask is where their degree is from. Well, I worked at a company who rescinded employment offers once they discovered an applicant did not spend all four years at their graduating schools. They did not see two years at a CC plus two at the graduating school as equivalent to four years at the graduating school. So, it does matter to some people.

Ok, so there's a company that does that. I don't know what that's supposed to prove.

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Anonymous wrote:Posters on DCUM say that CC doesn't matter, that all prospective employers ask is where their degree is from. Well, I worked at a company who rescinded employment offers once they discovered an applicant did not spend all four years at their graduating schools. They did not see two years at a CC plus two at the graduating school as equivalent to four years at the graduating school. So, it does matter to some people.

That is a pretty shallow company. So they stack the deck against kids who maybe can't afford 4 full years at the state flagship and maybe wanted to avoid taking out loans so they completed the basic classed at CC. What a terrible company.

I don't think it was a "terrible" company. It's their company. They are allowed to make the rules. Their decision was more based on lack of full disclosure than based on attending CC plus another school. They felt that an applicant who did not disclose the details of their path to a degree was dishonest. If I attended CC, my resume would state CC then "whatever" college.

Thanks for the clarification. I didn't realize the person failed to disclose the CC on his/her resume. In that case I would agree.
We recently hired someone who graduated from UMD after 2 years at CC. When asked why they attended CC for 2 years they said "I wanted to save my parents some money".

We finally came to an agreement which we’re all excited about. While our daughter has struggled socially in HS, she does hold a 3.0 GPA. It’s not great, but decent considering the circumstances. Kids can be so mean!

Going to a CC is a fine option. However you don't sound at all "excited about" it, based on the title of your post. Hopefully you are not conveying that to your child.

CC is fine as long as your child has a clear goal in mind. If your preparing your kid to be a highly paid worker bee then yes, the college is important. God forbid everyone doesn't walk the exact same path. There is more than one way to make it in life, CC is not the end of the world.

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Anonymous wrote:I went to community college. I did that while working full time at a CPA firm and part time at a tennis club nights and weekends. So I worked about 65 hours a week. It took me five years to graduate.

It was fine. I'm 40 and nobody cares where you went to college.

Not so. In the DC area, where you went to college defines you.

Maybe in a few fields, but don't assume that applies to everyone. Everywhere I've worked, it might be considered for entry level but after that nobody cares. It's all about how you perform on the job.

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Anonymous wrote:Posters on DCUM say that CC doesn't matter, that all prospective employers ask is where their degree is from. Well, I worked at a company who rescinded employment offers once they discovered an applicant did not spend all four years at their graduating schools. They did not see two years at a CC plus two at the graduating school as equivalent to four years at the graduating school. So, it does matter to some people.

That is a pretty shallow company. So they stack the deck against kids who maybe can't afford 4 full years at the state flagship and maybe wanted to avoid taking out loans so they completed the basic classed at CC. What a terrible company.

I don't think it was a "terrible" company. It's their company. They are allowed to make the rules. Their decision was more based on lack of full disclosure than based on attending CC plus another school. They felt that an applicant who did not disclose the details of their path to a degree was dishonest. If I attended CC, my resume would state CC then "whatever" college.

Anonymous wrote:Posters on DCUM say that CC doesn't matter, that all prospective employers ask is where their degree is from. Well, I worked at a company who rescinded employment offers once they discovered an applicant did not spend all four years at their graduating schools. They did not see two years at a CC plus two at the graduating school as equivalent to four years at the graduating school. So, it does matter to some people.

That is a pretty shallow company. So they stack the deck against kids who maybe can't afford 4 full years at the state flagship and maybe wanted to avoid taking out loans so they completed the basic classed at CC. What a terrible company.