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One of the unpleasant insights of kids who DO manage to go to coveted Ivies through 'merit' is that their merit just entitles them to keep working hard under much more competitive circumstances
undergraduate deans at Stanford. His wife used to be a counselor. She flat stated that at least half of the undergraduates are on anti-depressants
I know that after a short period, nobody has ever asked me where my degrees came from.
Most people would benefit, not from the education, but from the stigma that they actually accomplished something.
Hands down the value is com/city/junior college for 2 years. Transfer to regional UC or CSU. Lowest debt load, can live at home.
Hands down the value is com/city/junior college for 2 years.
In Virginia, the colleges like UVa or William and Mary will only accept Community College courses that have been vetted, and the student must have a minimum grade.
I would probably send a kid to a nice, off the beaten track private school with a good value system and a nurturing environment. Any kid's ultimate success is going to depend on his own brains, industriousness, ability to work with others, and persistence more than any particular college or degree pedigree.
You do not need to learn anything to be passed at a community college. Although universities soon will be the same.
Problem is that in classes my colleagues teach, fail rate for those who went through community colleges is more than twice than for those who took required prereqs at university.
kt1652 saysHands down the value is com/city/junior college for 2 years.
Problem is that in classes my colleagues teach, fail rate for those who went through community colleges is more than twice than for those who took required prereqs at university. You do not need to learn anything to be passed at a community college. Although universities soon will be the same.
This seems anecdotal. I've seen studies that show little difference, to even slightly better bachelor degree success rate for CC transfers vs 4 year university students.
The reality is, the dropout rate today is like 45%. Many kids take on huge loans to go to 4 year schools, only to drop out after a year or two, but they are still stuck with the payments, and no degree.
Face it, not every kid is college material, some are trade school material, and some are destined to work at Walmart for a career.
They are both there. Neither could care less if you pass or fail.
Many kids take on huge loans to go to 4 year schools
Many parents are also taking on huge loans or borrowing from their retirement to do the same.
As for tech, since tech is generally a worthless career, always primed for offshoring or automation, it's only important to attend a place like MIT because if you're not able to advance in management, there's always some deadwood group near Kendall Square Cambridge, who'll always keep an MITer on site. And sometimes, an MIT startup can get seed capital easier than a non-MIT one, however, many of those guys do have some sales ability so it's not so black and white.
You can't say that with a straight face.
Who brought you, internet, gps, smartphones, heck computers, solar PV, EV, MRI…?
Soon AV so even the little guy can be chauffeured, on average gain hours a week of wasted time? All engineers and technical folks have one thing in common.
They strive to solve problems with the end result of higher efficiency, which ultimately reduces wasted resources, be it money, human or natural.
Who brought you, subprime loans, housing bubble, credit default swaps, balloon loans, marginable leverage trading, Enron, student loans fiasco…?
I am only at the tip of the iceberg. Masters of the Universe ruined everything.
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