<p>Taylor University is pretty well-regarded in Indiana, but I was just wondering if people in other states had heard of it, and, if so, what its reputation was....I'd really appreciate some feedback. Thanks!</p>
<p>Taylor University is ranked as #3 for Comprehensive Bachelors colleges in the Midwest. SAT Range is 1090-1320. Acceptance rate is rather high (82%). It has a religious nondemoninational evangelical Protestant affiliation.</p>
<p>So, I guess it's a half-decent school.</p>
<p>never heard of it</p>
<p>I've heard the name, but know nothing about it.</p>
<p>Never heard of it.</p>
<p>It's unknown outside of Indiana. Pick a college that people have at least heard of. Go to Taylor and you will be explaining it for the rest of your life. IU-Bloomington and Purdue are great in-state options. Pretty places, good academics, and they're known around the world.</p>
<p>Nope......</p>
<p>"Go to Taylor and you will be explaining it for the rest of your life."</p>
<p>No one will probably care about what college you attended after your first job. Just saying.</p>
<p>Klp141, that's just not true. Where you went means a lot more to anybody looking at your resume if they have heard of the college and if it has a good reputation. There are so many fly-by-night schools around now, that having a degree isn't such a big deal, but having one from a good college can quickly separate your resume from all the others lying on an executive's desk.</p>
<p>Competitive at 1090 - 1320? competitive against great universities like Illinois, Indiana and Northwestern and LAC's like Grinell, Kenyon, Oberlin??? How do they define competitive? Is their definition faith based or empirical?</p>
<p>I would say that the "where you went to college" only helps you get your first job is simply not true. It provides a network for life and comes up often. I am known as the 'brilliant guy' at my firm and I would say 100% of that is because of where I went to college and grad school. Its a nice image to have to live up to. Also, I cannot say enough about the network. You want to start a company? Harvard or Brown undergrad sure helps when they see your bio.</p>
<p>Spiker, of course it isn't competitive. It's a relatively easy school to get into.</p>
<p>"No one will probably care about what college you attended after your first job. Just saying."</p>
<p>This is simply not true.* The WSJ had a fairly in-depth report on hiring practices in which alumni of the interviewer/decision maker were favored. The paper concluded that there is a definite bias in a number of industries.</p>
<p>Of course, if the hirer also went to Taylor, you'd be a lock... :-)</p>
<p>FWIW, I've never heard of it.</p>
<p>*I didn't notice that slipper1234 had used this exact phrase......</p>
<p>"I would say 100% of that is because of where I went to college and grad school."</p>
<p>That's too bad; I'd have thought it was for, you know, doing good work that other people valued. Guess not.</p>
<p>Lets say I walked in with an image. It stuck of course due to who I am, but it was the initial thought in peoples minds.</p>
<p>I think if you came in coming from a normal school, and performed well, it would've been the same (or whatever.) Also, coming from a $46K school and then performing badly would've been bad, too. So I don't get your point, sorry.</p>
<p>Not really. You get put in a business development position and put on the top project working with execs off the bat. And they hire from a school, at the MBA level they don't even ask for grades. So its 100% based on how you interview and what school you went to.</p>
<p>I am 26 and probably have one of the top 5 jobs at my company of 500 people, in my opinion the most fun one besides the CEO. The access I have would have been impossible from a lesser school for my particular job (business dev). You get branded as the "smart guy" from day one.</p>
<p>Not judging you, but a lot of top school graduates are not smart. Being from a particular school does not guarantee intelligence.</p>
<p>As for getting the first job, duh, I conceded above that this was the only advantage. After the first job, you're judged by how well you did. If you are put in charge of some project, and you fail miserably, your Princeton diploma just won't mean as much.</p>
<p>Thanks everyone for the comments....so far only one person knows about this school...kind of depressing</p>
<p>Hang in there, Arwen. Just because it isn't famous doesn't mean it's not a good place for you. If you aspire to attend a more famous place, you can transfer or go to grad school at a splashier place. In the meantime, make the most of your situation by studying hard and getting good grades.</p>