Brand name education... so what's your take on it, really?

[LongAce]

huh... doesn't it depend on the major as well?

 

[wildcat86]

Originally posted by: cchen

Originally posted by: wildcat86
A degree from Northwestern is a guaranteed six figure salary out of school

ohhhhhhhhhkayyyyyyyyy!

Kellogg is the #1 business school in the country

i never specified the degree

 

[akubi]

Originally posted by: wildcat86

Originally posted by: cchen

Originally posted by: wildcat86
A degree from Northwestern is a guaranteed six figure salary out of school

ohhhhhhhhhkayyyyyyyyy!

Kellogg is the #1 business school in the country

yeah, if harvard, stanford, upenn (wharton), mit (sloan) all suddenly disappear from the face of the earth :roll:

 

[wildcat86]

Originally posted by: akubi

Originally posted by: wildcat86

Originally posted by: cchen

Originally posted by: wildcat86
A degree from Northwestern is a guaranteed six figure salary out of school

ohhhhhhhhhkayyyyyyyyy!

Kellogg is the #1 business school in the country

yeah, if harvard, stanford, upenn (wharton), mit (sloan) all suddenly disappear from the face of the earth :roll:

really now?

http://www.businessweek.com/bschools/04/

 

[Siva]

What about getting into graduate school, does brand name education help you when applying? Then once you have a graduate degree, does it matter so much what school you got it from.

I like my little school and I'm sure my education is just as good as most of the big name schools, but I wonder how difficult it will be for me to get into grad school against Ivy competition.

 

[akubi]

Originally posted by: wildcat86

Originally posted by: akubi

Originally posted by: wildcat86

Originally posted by: cchen

Originally posted by: wildcat86
A degree from Northwestern is a guaranteed six figure salary out of school

ohhhhhhhhhkayyyyyyyyy!

Kellogg is the #1 business school in the country

yeah, if harvard, stanford, upenn (wharton), mit (sloan) all suddenly disappear from the face of the earth :roll:

really now?

http://www.businessweek.com/bschools/04/

rankings are bs. oh look! http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/grad/rankings/mba/brief/mbarank_brief.php

 

[kogase]

Originally posted by: iamwiz82
Most of my classes in my last 5 terms had 10 people or less and were led by professors who had lots of real wolrd experience. I preferred the small college education I got.

As opposed to the big college education you didn't get? How do you know you preferred what you happened to end up getting?

 

[stateofbeasley]

:roll:

I bet you feel soooo clever. You tricked us all! How terrible!

Originally posted by: wildcat86
Kellogg is the #1 business school in the country

i never specified the degree

 

[wildcat86]

Originally posted by: akubi

Originally posted by: wildcat86

Originally posted by: akubi

Originally posted by: wildcat86

Originally posted by: cchen

Originally posted by: wildcat86
A degree from Northwestern is a guaranteed six figure salary out of school

ohhhhhhhhhkayyyyyyyyy!

Kellogg is the #1 business school in the country

yeah, if harvard, stanford, upenn (wharton), mit (sloan) all suddenly disappear from the face of the earth :roll:

really now?

http://www.businessweek.com/bschools/04/

rankings are bs. oh look! http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/grad/rankings/mba/brief/mbarank_brief.php

chill out

im just supporting my school

 

[akubi]

Originally posted by: wildcat86

Originally posted by: akubi

Originally posted by: wildcat86

Originally posted by: akubi

Originally posted by: wildcat86

Originally posted by: cchen

Originally posted by: wildcat86
A degree from Northwestern is a guaranteed six figure salary out of school

ohhhhhhhhhkayyyyyyyyy!

Kellogg is the #1 business school in the country

yeah, if harvard, stanford, upenn (wharton), mit (sloan) all suddenly disappear from the face of the earth :roll:

really now?

http://www.businessweek.com/bschools/04/

rankings are bs. oh look! http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/grad/rankings/mba/brief/mbarank_brief.php

chill out

im just supporting my school

same for me /shrug

 

[CRXican]

experience is what counts so the only real advantage of those fancy name schools is the extra opportunities for real world experience they might provide

otherwise it's just a name on a piece of paper, doesn't prove you know anything

 

[DaWhim]

Originally posted by: junkerman123
HR departments take school prestige into account when hiring

good school helps you to get your first job.

 

[DougK62]

Originally posted by: AccruedExpenditure
Honestly your GPA only matters for your first job. After that no one really is going to care, but they WILL care where you went to school. Going to a non-marquee name school isn't going hurt you, but going to a brand name school might give you more of an edge.

Exactly. Go to at least a decent university. No one cares about what my GPA was - they just want to know where I went. Telling them "Indiana University" is a lot better than "Bob Jones Community College".

 

[spacelord]

Originally posted by: wildcat86
A degree from Northwestern is a guaranteed six figure salary out of school

Unless its a degree in drama....
"Would you like fries with that?"

 

[RollWave]

Originally posted by: venk
High GPA at No-Name > Avg/Low GPA at Michigan

So untrue when it comes to applying to grad schools.

 

[RollWave]

Originally posted by: wildcat86
A degree from Northwestern is a guaranteed six figure salary out of school

Holla at your wildcat boooyyy 😉

 

[Spike]

I interviewed for 4 jobs after school and only one asked for my GPA, the others did not care. Maybe that is a result of being an engineer, I don't know. Univ of Washington is probably somewhere in the middle ground for being recognizable but it does have some of the best engineering departments in the country.

-spike

 

[RollWave]

Originally posted by: Spike
I interviewed for 4 jobs after school and only one asked for my GPA, the others did not care. Maybe that is a result of being an engineer, I don't know. Univ of Washington is probably somewhere in the middle ground for being recognizable but it does have some of the best engineering departments in the country.

-spike

Work experience is a definite plus. If you have something to be proud of it can really boost your chances.

 

[RadioHead84]

Originally posted by: rnp614

Originally posted by: venk
High GPA at No-Name > Avg/Low GPA at Michigan

So untrue when it comes to applying to grad schools.

i think it is. Take my brother for example. He is going to med school..Iwent to his oreintation thing and it was people from all over. Sure a bunch of them came from schools like Penn State and and other state universities, but then there were a few from colleges that no one would know outside of the state.

 

[RollWave]

Originally posted by: RadioHead84

Originally posted by: rnp614

Originally posted by: venk
High GPA at No-Name > Avg/Low GPA at Michigan

So untrue when it comes to applying to grad schools.

i think it is. Take my brother for example. He is going to med school..Iwent to his oreintation thing and it was people from all over. Sure a bunch of them came from schools like Penn State and and other state universities, but then there were a few from colleges that no one would know outside of the state.

Yeah but the only way those bad school people get into med school is by actually being extraordinary in some other way, IE having a high MCAT score. MCAT matters a lot for med school.

 

[vshah]

higher paid professors = happier/better professors (mostly)

also a brand name school will offer job placement etc. that is not possible anywhere else. ~15 ppl a year from my school go to work with amd/intel

 

[RadioHead84]

Originally posted by: rnp614

Originally posted by: RadioHead84

Originally posted by: rnp614

Originally posted by: venk
High GPA at No-Name > Avg/Low GPA at Michigan

So untrue when it comes to applying to grad schools.

i think it is. Take my brother for example. He is going to med school..Iwent to his oreintation thing and it was people from all over. Sure a bunch of them came from schools like Penn State and and other state universities, but then there were a few from colleges that no one would know outside of the state.

Yeah but the only way those bad school people get into med school is by actually being extraordinary in some other way, IE having a high MCAT score. MCAT matters a lot for med school.

Well..to get into med school you need to be extraordinary in some way...


I think it would also be interesting to see how old all of these people are that are giving this opinions. My guess is that most of them are college students/grad students. It would be interesting to see hold old the person is posting and what job they have.

 

[RadioHead84]

Originally posted by: rnp614

Originally posted by: RadioHead84

Originally posted by: rnp614

Originally posted by: venk
High GPA at No-Name > Avg/Low GPA at Michigan

So untrue when it comes to applying to grad schools.

i think it is. Take my brother for example. He is going to med school..Iwent to his oreintation thing and it was people from all over. Sure a bunch of them came from schools like Penn State and and other state universities, but then there were a few from colleges that no one would know outside of the state.

Yeah but the only way those bad school people get into med school is by actually being extraordinary in some other way, IE having a high MCAT score. MCAT matters a lot for med school.

And I appretiate you calling them bad schools

 

[magomago]

Originally posted by: HardcoreRobot

Originally posted by: junkerman123
HR departments take school prestige into account when hiring

good schools get recruitment attention as well, you wont see that at no-name schools

Yeah but recruiters also know which departments at what different colleges excel...they won't be like the general population that assumes if you went to a certain school, then every major out there owned.

That said so, school name matters to a degree. going to the UC system as an engineer, Professors have told us if we graduate with 3.3s we are in pretty good shape for jobs...whereas if you are from a Cal State, you better have a 4.0 at the base to even be considered.
Part of that though is due to the fact that these jobs realize that the people who teach us are insanely smart, but most times can't teach worth crap...so if you do well consistently with classes like that then it shows you are pretty good 😉

 

[Fenixgoon]

for undergrad, there's only so much you can do in 4 years, so once you hit a ceratin point, all schools are relatively the same. the difference is graduate/doctorate levels where the ivies really shine

im going to be a freshman drexel university (go dragons!) and am hoping to get my phd there (BS/Phd program is 6-7years). they had what i wanted in the area i wanted, so im happy so far.