<p>Great tip - I will be sure to pass this along to son. He wants to do a ‘soft major’ (not because he perceives it’s easier, BTW, but because it’s his passion - I suspect that is true for a lot of liberal arts majors) but also recognizes that he needs something a little more technical in order to be marketable. He was asking me the other day about doing a double major because he really, really wants a liberal arts education but he would also like to be able to support himself and be able to afford the same type of lifestyle that he was brought up in.</p>
<p>Please tell me that you are at least an American Chinese. PLEASE.</p>
<p>I’m Chinese too. Whatever that THING that AntiRacist is trying to study as an academic subject is just… NO. Just NO. I don’t even know what to FEEL when someone thinks that their own race is biologically incapable of proper speech. Bloody hell, this is crazy!</p>
<p>Back to topic. I was just wondering if there is anybody from Oregon/Portland here. I would like to find out about the reputation of Uni of Oregon. So far the forum for them is dead. Would employers in Seattle or California actually recognise a degree from UO? How does UO compare to other larger state schools like UW?</p>
<p>Our son graduated MIT a couple of months ago and had several job offers back in March. He was very lucky as some of his friends here at home have not had the same experience. I would think being an MIT grad helped a great deal in securing a very nice job and having several other offers.</p>
<p>Absolutely not, however, the GPA counts very much on their decison. I, like momlive, were recruited by the big 8(then) in a small unrated private college. They only wanted to see students with 3.5 GPA and above. I was at the low end of the scale and did not get in, but some of my friends did. 8 years later, I started working for KPMG in their Executive Office(PM at the time of joining) and had access to their personnel profile. The first year accountants were from all area schools, including ives (Columbia), 2nd tier (NYU) and city and state colleges(SUNY and CCNY) as well as unrated colleges (PACE, IONA, St. Johns etc). I am referring to the New York offices(NY, White Plains, LIC and Newark) of KPMG only.</p>
<p>"^^I couldn’t agree more. The patina of some of these colleges was the life of the student. As they churn out more pre-professional careerists the schools will loose their lustre with the every people they profess to attract. "</p>
<p>but that’s what was so great about Wall Street. A kid could spend their first two to three years focused on the life of the mind, and then if they had a few quantitative courses, a good GPA, and the right personality STILL get a high paying, prestigious job, without spending 4 years focused on pre-professional type major. </p>
<p>ezra klein made an interesting point the other day - Wall Street is still offering the highest salaries to new grads, but evidently doesn’t carry the same prestige it did - its more of a tradeoff now, rather than the best of both worlds.</p>
Would employers in Seattle or California actually recognise a degree from UO? How does UO compare to other larger state schools like UW?</p>