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re: Are out of state colleges worth it?
Posted on 2/20/24 at 12:41 pm to TigahsOnTop
Posted on 2/20/24 at 12:41 pm to TigahsOnTop
For the overwhelming majority of careers, where you get your Bachelors degree does not matter.
For a small number of careers, where you get your Bachelors degree matters very much. Some examples....top tier private equity, investment banking, working for the top 3 consulting firms (Bain, Boston Consulting, McKinsey) and high level corporate strategy.
For some of these finance roles, going to a school like UVA, Texas or Michigan would open doors that LSU cannot.
For pre med, do not chase undergraduate prestige. Get the highest GPA possible at LSU, move heaven & earth to shadow doctors somewhere and kill it on the MCAT.
For a small number of careers, where you get your Bachelors degree matters very much. Some examples....top tier private equity, investment banking, working for the top 3 consulting firms (Bain, Boston Consulting, McKinsey) and high level corporate strategy.
For some of these finance roles, going to a school like UVA, Texas or Michigan would open doors that LSU cannot.
For pre med, do not chase undergraduate prestige. Get the highest GPA possible at LSU, move heaven & earth to shadow doctors somewhere and kill it on the MCAT.
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Posted on 2/20/24 at 12:45 pm to SneezyBeltranIsHere
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For the overwhelming majority of careers, where you get your Bachelors degree does not matter.
For a small number of careers, where you get your Bachelors degree matters very much. Some examples....top tier private equity, investment banking, working for the top 3 consulting firms (Bain, Boston Consulting, McKinsey) and high level corporate strategy.
For some of these finance roles, going to a school like UVA, Texas or Michigan would open doors that LSU cannot.
For pre med, do not chase undergraduate prestige. Get the highest GPA possible at LSU, move heaven & earth to shadow doctors somewhere and kill it on the MCAT.
I don't know about med school, but in addition to the above, undergrad matters for professional degree programs, at least by the numbers.
I think it's hard to discern because the type of kids going to t25 law schools predominately go to bigger/higher prestige undergrads. But the simple fact is that in your high end law/MBA programs you're not going to find a bunch of directional school grads. Honestly, with the exception of some prestigious ones, you're not going to find a lot of private liberal art college grads either (at least in our region).
Posted on 2/20/24 at 1:02 pm to SneezyBeltranIsHere
quote:I hate it but a degree from a public SEC school will almost always be trumped by a Big Ten degree. Sure State has a top golf course management Bachelors degrees and a top 3 meteorologist graduate program but I can't think of anything else in the SEC that makes NR tuition worthwhile.
For the overwhelming majority of careers, where you get your Bachelors degree does not matter.
It's changed quote a bit since I graduated but NR tuition at State was actually CHEAPER than resident tuition in the midwest. College is a papermill for 75% of their programs. Trade schools are the better investment now.
Posted on 2/20/24 at 1:15 pm to SneezyBeltranIsHere
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For the overwhelming majority of careers, where you get your Bachelors degree does not matter. For a small number of careers, where you get your Bachelors degree matters very much. Some examples....top tier private equity, investment banking, working for the top 3 consulting firms (Bain, Boston Consulting, McKinsey) and high level corporate strategy. For some of these finance roles, going to a school like UVA, Texas or Michigan would open doors that LSU cannot. For pre med, do not chase undergraduate prestige. Get the highest GPA possible at LSU, move heaven & earth to shadow doctors somewhere and kill it on the MCAT.
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I have worked in finance, legal, and medical fields in both the north and the south. This post is dead on.
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