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wilt the stilt

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32. I believe it helps in your first job

Fri Oct 25, 2013, 12:29 PM

Oct 2013

after that it is immaterial.It is your experience. I bet if you get your degree from UGA and you are competing with someone from University f North Georgia for the same job and interviews being equal the UGA person will be a leg up. One of the reasons is they are viewed as working harder through high school to get to a better school.
Once you are out in the job market it is all your experience.
Here is an interesting take. I have done some recruiting in my past for my company. I wear lot of hats and I am one of the first 6 in a company that now has over 500 people. Sales people in general have gone to mediocre colleges and talk about people who are judged in real terms more than anyone else in a company.
Secondly, I think the business curriculum is so outdated in college today. The business curriculum hasn't been updated for 40 years. Go out to almost any college and there isn't a single course in sales. Sales is only one of the most important functions in business. The business curriculum in college was built when we were a manufacturing nation.

Finally, the elite universities(MIT,Princeton, etc) certainly help you in post graduate degrees in law, medicine and research. My niece went to MIT and now she is a paid doctoral student at Yale. If you don't think MIT helped you are naive.

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wait...uh...come again? Blue_Tires Oct 2013 #1

the cost of staying on campus after it is all said and done wilt the stilt Oct 2013 #2

The actual cost with meal plan is about $10K exboyfil Oct 2013 #7

The meal plan was a big expense at my college, LuvNewcastle Oct 2013 #19

Thanks I remember my dorm food exboyfil Oct 2013 #22

That's great. Glad she's doing well. LuvNewcastle Oct 2013 #25

You're including tuition in that figure. enlightenment Oct 2013 #13

We all forget living expenses wilt the stilt Oct 2013 #24

True, these things are expensive. enlightenment Oct 2013 #29

Schools that demand freshman live on campus MattBaggins Oct 2013 #3

Well for starters, most schools have exemptions depending on the situation... Blue_Tires Oct 2013 #11

thirdly MattBaggins Oct 2013 #35

Which is why many spend their "freshman year" at community college... Blue_Tires Oct 2013 #36

Is that everyone? MattBaggins Oct 2013 #37

For me, it was cheaper than living in an apartment. LuvNewcastle Oct 2013 #23

$15,000- $25,000 to stay on campus? BKH70041 Oct 2013 #4

It's not true that there is "no commuting" for local kids whose families live near UGA Tanuki Oct 2013 #5

I know a lot of state colleges do this, and they do make exceptions for many reasons. ScreamingMeemie Oct 2013 #12

Staying on-campus Freshman year makes you 40% more likely to complete a degree Recursion Oct 2013 #6

I Don't Believe This is Discrimination Per Se rustysgurl Oct 2013 #8

two tiers at UGA food plan wilt the stilt Oct 2013 #10

so why can't you commute from Gwinnett, Fulton or Dekalb wilt the stilt Oct 2013 #9

. ScreamingMeemie Oct 2013 #14

If you're on the farthest eastern edge of Gwinnett or DeKalb, maybe Blue_Tires Oct 2013 #17

so if you lived on Buford Hwy and went to Cross Keys High wilt the stilt Oct 2013 #20

Also being realistic, there is an appeals process. ScreamingMeemie Oct 2013 #21

Or you could, you know, go to Georgia State Blue_Tires Oct 2013 #28

a degree from UGA wilt the stilt Oct 2013 #30

That's a fallacy...No degrees are seen as better depending on university... Blue_Tires Oct 2013 #31

I believe it helps in your first job wilt the stilt Oct 2013 #32

I went to Morehouse Blue_Tires Oct 2013 #33

My wife used to recruit for the Federal Reserve system wilt the stilt Oct 2013 #34

This is not uncommon for many schools. ScreamingMeemie Oct 2013 #15

All college expenses divied equally impact poorer students more aikoaiko Oct 2013 #16

That's fairly typical for public colleges and universities. MineralMan Oct 2013 #18

Usually most schools like the school I went to gopiscrap Oct 2013 #26

I think you have it wrong Drale Oct 2013 #27

Scholaqrships/financial aid avail for Room & Board? One_Life_To_Give Oct 2013 #38