re: 3/4s of millennials are more than $100,000 in debt, most not from mortgages

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126k in student loans?!? How? Unless you are going to med school, I don’t see how you would need to take that much out. Stop going to fricking expensive schools. Damn.

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Payments being the bare minimum so they can take their Europe and Asia trips twice every year

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If you want to go Big 4 in accounting, you are not getting there out of school at McNeese.

Big 4 does not recruit McNeese or any other small, commuter schools.

Now, you can get into Big 4 as an experienced hire later.

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no shite...we went over this like 10 times....how many students overall though are doign that or going to a secondary school that requires certain undergrad?

frick 80% plus of students are staying in louisiana or texas anyways. finance overall is a small subset of people

things like sales, engineering, construction management, nursing, teaching, etc....yea they dont give a frick where you went to school

same with accountants going to work tax or basic cpa stuff at a small local firm. or guys going into banking etc

nobody gives a shite.

that was my point that i have made 100 times now. everyone wants to point out a small subset of people who are in a smaller degree field to begin with.

my overall point was if you plan to stay in south louisiana and are not going into a field like finance where the school matters a ton, and you have the ability to stay living at home and goign to a commuter school........that is the better ROI.

i acknowledged that classical education and living on your own etc has value, it just cant be measured in ROI.

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I suspect in any legitimate industry, spending more on a more prominent school for your field will open up possibilities outside of the state that will compound the return over years. Of course at that point it's dependent on the individual and a little self awareness goes a long way. We need to stop telling every kid they can be POTUS or Elon Musk one day.

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agree adn disagree...agree on the stop tellign every kid they can be potus part

but i disagree on legitmate industry being restricted out of state based on the school you went to. Thats really only for the first job. from there...its all based on expierence, how you interview and work ethic.

and in many fields like i said above, i.e. engineering, sales, construction management, teaching, nursing, etc....shite doesnt matter at all really even for your first job.

and louisiana is low roi overall but for many stem fields its the opposite.

example would be engineering where the pay in south la to houston is pretty much the best in the US for most fields. Get expierence there and the sky is the limit, but even then...going to be hard pressed to be able to move up in terms of pay in other states. Get an MBA and really the sky is the limit.


in general though we need to stop acting like the only way to a high paying job is the big universities. its the opposite of truth except for small fraction of degree fields.