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Just got accepted to DeVry University

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Originally posted by: spidey07
Originally posted by: arcenite
I am so excited, I'm not even sure I believe it yet... Probably going to go to the Ft. Washington, PA campus. :beer: for everyone on me!
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Congratulations.

No matter what people say a degree is a degree and it doesn't matter where you got it.
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Bullshit. If your school is not accredited by ABET it doesn't mean sh!t.

Go to a state school, seriously. There is a reason why DeVry is *not* a real university.
 
unless this was all a ruse, it would be really interesting to know how he's doing, 10 years on, I've read too many debates about DeVry so it would be interesting.
 
spidey07 said:
sorry, wrong. where you got the degree matters little.
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Completely wrong, but continue...

In the real world (F500 companies, not fixing computers at best buy), most recruiter would be highly suspect of devry/phoenix/similar for profit degree mill on your resume - it indicates you weren't capable of getting accepted to even bottom tier state school.

You're far better off doing a year or two in community college and then transferring to the state school. Your degree will end up being from the state school. For profit "universities" have horrible stats when it comes to job placement/loan defaults/post-degree income - not surprisingly since their only incentive to is to maximize your tuition payment.
 
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My assumption is that he isn't bragging about his income he is making mediocre salary, but I'd love to be proven wrong. I want to know that college is paying off.
 
Rakehellion said:
My uncle got his PhD online.

Yeah, but you don't have your PhD, do you, loser?
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Reminds me of an article I read last year about a woman using MIT(?) free online learning to get a couple of degree's. The article was titled something like I'll have an Ivey league education with no debt. Which is true however you won't have the degree. I'd love a follow up article in a few years about how it worked out. Honestly I'd like to hear a success story but I don't see it going that way.
 
Fanatical Meat said:
Reminds me of an article I read last year about a woman using MIT(?) free online learning to get a couple of degree's. The article was titled something like I'll have an Ivey league education with no debt. Which is true however you won't have the degree. I'd love a follow up article in a few years about how it worked out. Honestly I'd like to hear a success story but I don't see it going that way.
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I dare you to try getting a job with a degree.
 
What a necro. I thought that this was a parody thread. For profit universities are such a shame. They cost a fortune and post-graduation job prospects are non-existent since such graduates are a dime a dozen, and all seen as inferior to graduates of traditional institutions.

You'd be 1,000x better off going to a community college or a local campus of a large state university.
 
DeVry to close some out-of-state campuses April 24 2015 article.

DeVry Education Group will close 14 of its campuses outside the Chicago area as part of a turnaround plan.
The closings are part of a restructuring announced Thursday, as the for-profit education company reported declines in fiscal third quarter net income and revenue.
Devry's quarterly results included an after-tax charge of $3.9 million related to job cuts and real estate consolidations.
For its fiscal third quarter ended March 31, DeVry reported net income of $47.1 million, or 72 cents a share, down from $55.5 million, or 86 cents a share, in the year-ago period. Revenue decreased 1.3 percent, to $489.8 million.
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Safeway said:
What a necro. I thought that this was a parody thread. For profit universities are such a shame. They cost a fortune and post-graduation job prospects are non-existent since such graduates are a dime a dozen, and all seen as inferior to graduates of traditional institutions.

You'd be 1,000x better off going to a community college or a local campus of a large state university.
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I thought it was a joke too. I was looking for the reply:
What did you have to do to get accepted? Successfully open the front door?
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halik said:
You're far better off doing a year or two in community college and then transferring to the state school. Your degree will end up being from the state school. For profit "universities" have horrible stats when it comes to job placement/loan defaults/post-degree income - not surprisingly since their only incentive to is to maximize your tuition payment.
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Totally agree.
 
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