<p>^ plz quote where I said “employers do not consider where a student went to school when they are looking at job applicants.” NOWHERE in the post I said that. I clearly said employers don’t care how tough it was to get into that school. READ my post again.</p>
<p>I got the quote about us news methodology from wikipedia. It was actually said by Kevin Carey of education sector. google the whole quote…</p>
<p>While wikipedia says “Some higher education experts, auch as Kevin Carey of Education Sector, have argued that U.S. News and World Report’s college rankings system is merely a list of criteria that mirrors the superficial characteristics of elite colleges and universities,” that is one man’s opinion. It is not a statement of fact. I hope you will know the difference when you need to write a paper in college.</p>
<p>You did say “Get a high GPA, some internship and research experiences and that’s all that matter’s.” That is not all that matters (or matter’s ;)).</p>
<p>Seriously ? I quoted what someone said because it reflected my opinion. When did I say its a fact ? It would be great if you would stop thinking other people have no common sense.</p>
<p>Actually thats all that matters…A person with 3.8 GPA who went to Umich with no other experiences is inferior than a person from Penn State with 3.5 GPA with research and other experiences. As I mentioned in my last post, your manager will probably be someone that went to Kansas State.</p>
<p>Additionally, after your first annual job performance review, where you went to school becomes basically irrelevant. Most success in life is dependent upon playing the hand that’s dealt. How well you relate to others is important, too.</p>
<p>There is some truth in that, depending on where you went to school. If you have gone to an Ivy League school, there is an network that follows you throughout your career. DH is an MIT grad. He has had three different jobs in his 30 year career; the person who hired him (his “manager” in psufang’s parlance) was an MIT grad each time. PSU has one of the largest alumni associations in the country and the members do look out for their fellow alums, as do the alumni of other schools. To assume that “all else is equal” and the person with the higher GPA and better experience will get a job regardless of where s/he went to school is uninformed, at best.</p>
<p>“To assume that “all else is equal” and the person with the higher GPA and better experience will get a job regardless of where s/he went to school is uninformed, at best.” </p>
<p>Disagreed. Unless, its the ivies or other top colleges like UCB, University of Virginia, UMich it doesn’t matter.</p>
<p>@psufang - Rofl… fortunately what you just said is purely a subjective opinion, and far from the truth. Seeing as Penn State is not an Ivy or a “top” public school, why don’t you just go to CC? After all, based on your reasoning, the difference between Penn State and CC “doesn’t matter” (plus you’d save a boatload of money).</p>
<p>Your username and post history says it all, you are just oozing with bias.</p>
<p>Sorry but can you quote for me where I said Penn State is a “top school”?</p>
<p>And well… uh… you did? “Unless, its the ivies or other top colleges like UCB, University of Virginia, UMich it doesn’t matter.” As far as anyone else can assume based off of that, you’re saying everything beyond those particular schools you listed don’t matter.</p>
<p>para 1-lol then why are you arguing ? we have the same opinions…</p>
<p>para 2- “you’re saying everything beyond those particular schools you listed don’t matter.” Yep, that’s what I think is true, not that you have to agree with it.</p>
<p>So what are you implying? That they paid to get ranked higher. I don’t think so. That’s the position they deserve according to the ranking’s methodology.</p>