<p>There is so much hype about college its knida driving me crazy. If you go to a decent college will it really matter that much in the end whether you went to Harvard or Trinity, for example.</p>
<p>yep sure will</p>
<p>nah I dont think so... A person who's going places will get there no matter what. Be it Ivy League or a local college.</p>
<p>it's not the college that matters. It's you and your ability and your ability to maximize it that matters. But although this is the most important your undergrad does have some effect on your life.</p>
<p>It's not what college you get into, it's what you make of your time there.</p>
<p>^^ Thats really true but it sounds so trite</p>
<p>So is, "Don't judge a book by its cover", but that's also true!</p>
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If you go to a decent college will it really matter that much in the end whether you went to Harvard or Trinity, for example.
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It all depends on what you want to do in life. Students who never set foot in an Ivy or other top tier college can still get a great job, have a wonderful family life and make a contribution in this world.</p>
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The hype on CC about getting into a prestigious, highly ranked college adds to the craziness. I don't know that people on CC reflect the real world, but they certainly represent a segment of the population that is overly concerned with status, ranking and prestige.</p>
<p>It is important to get a good college education, simply because a college degree is what hiring managers is most companies look for. But it really doesn't have to be from what many consider to be a top-tier college or university. Graduates from state schools and community colleges will still do ok for themselves in our world! </p>
<p>A high school diploma just won't take you very far.</p>
<p>But graduating from an acclaimed university for your field will give you a hireing boost right out of college...put you on the path to greatness. That's all. You might have to work and prove yourself if you go to a smaller less known 3rd tier school.</p>
<p>It's only important for your first job. After that it's your experience that counts.</p>
<p>Also, usually the only degree that matters is your last one.</p>
<p>It opens up your options. If you just want to sail the seas for a living, then it doesn't really matter. You can get far with just your head and the clothes on your back, if you've got the determination. If you're getting into the workforce and you went to Trinity instead of Harvard, it'll just make things harder. They'll look at your resume and frown. "Trinity...that's college equivalency, right?" But if you have the determination, you can go as far as you like.</p>
<p>Hey it's important to go to college, cuz few good jobs accept people with just a high school diploma. But what college you went to is not particularly important</p>
<p>i think going to the college where you and your skills can grow the most is the important thing. whether some college in state or an ivy</p>
<p>I guess different people have different reasons, but I think too much is made of undergraduate "prestige." In most fields, a Bachelors degree is barely marketable, so I think a lot of people who could potentially go for the prestige are probably better off taking a full ride at a decent honors college with good grad school admit rates, kicking ass while they're there, and saving their money for the Masters. That's where the prestige counts. Of course, if your parents are loaded ...</p>
<p>bachelor degrees get you into grad schools, and your school will be absolutely vital in for grad admissions. 3.5 from non-1st tier vs. 3.5 at top 25 will not even be comparable.</p>
<p>So you keep a 4.0, get your Masters, and have a bunch of top 25 grads from middle class families who fell for the prestige game and are now up to their ears in debt working for you.</p>
<p>hmmm type is important.....it'll be 10000 times harder to get in to a good med-school/law-school/any other type of grad school coming from a local, tier-3 college...say you graduate with a 4.0 from my hometown's local Bluefield College, or Bluefield State....your chances at getting in to Yale Law is 1 in about 1,000,000,000...now if you were to graduate with a 3.7 from UVa, UNC, Berkley, Ann Arbor, Vanderbilt, Wake Forest, NYU (notice none of these are ivies), with substantial credentials, you have a good chance :)</p>
<p>But my position is that every graduate is not trying to get into Yale law school, so they don't need to go to a prestigious undergraduate school. Most graduates have to go out and find work after they get their bachelor's degree. They may go to grad school while working, but they need to start making money.</p>
<p>well you could probably end up in the higher rungs of a Fortune 500 with a business degree from a top tier...whereas you'd end up a high manager at a small business with a degree from a bottom tier....businesses do consider quality of education.....either way you'd make decent money...just maybe a lil more with a top tier education</p>
<p>I'm in a completely different field from you guys with an entirely different pecking order, but I am curious about something ... What is the likely difference in income from somebody who did undergrad at somewhere like the University of South Carolina Honors College and got his M.D. from Vanderbilt as compared to someone who went Ivy all the way through ten years after graduation? What would the difference be with the same schools in law? Anybody know for sure?</p>