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Posted on 2/27/26 at 6:59 pm to Chastains
I watch Rolex repair videos. It's cool to watch but so tedious.
Posted on 2/27/26 at 7:02 pm to Chastains
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Kind of shows you how bad American colleges have failed. They take in taxpayer dollars, hire endless administrative staff, and prioritize cash loaded international students. And the students come out with no jobs and no hands on experience in their field.
Are you under the impression that Ivy League schools have watchmaking programs?
Posted on 2/27/26 at 7:47 pm to Chastains
I've seen better watches in the Quad.
Posted on 2/27/26 at 7:51 pm to Chastains
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“And so far, the training has driven fierce competition among professionals looking to take a career leap; in 2024, more than 560 candidates applied to the Rolex program’s 27 open spots. That’s a 4.82% acceptance rate—nearly as competitive as getting into Harvard University.”
This is not accurate. Only 4.82% COULD be accepted, given those numbers. We can't know the acceptance rate without knowing how many offers they made - and certainly they made more than 27.
This post was edited on 2/27/26 at 8:02 pm
Posted on 2/27/26 at 8:10 pm to Chastains
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Kind of shows you how bad American colleges have failed. They take in taxpayer dollars, hire endless administrative staff, and prioritize cash loaded international students. And the students come out with no jobs and no hands on experience in their field.
Colleges didn’t fail; people duped themselves and their children into thinking that a university education was something that it wasn’t and never was: a job training curriculum.
Posted on 2/27/26 at 8:17 pm to Joshjrn
Frisco Indians will take all the spots
Posted on 2/27/26 at 8:32 pm to SDHSDH
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Not this one, but we looked into it a little bit…we went to Paris Junior College in Paris TX
That could easily be it as well. Cool to see someone follow this dream.
Posted on 2/27/26 at 8:47 pm to Chastains
quote:I thought about signing up for that school but I just couldn't find the time...
Rolex just opened a trade school for watchmakers in Texas.
Posted on 2/27/26 at 9:17 pm to Big Scrub TX
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This is not accurate. Only 4.82% COULD be accepted, given those numbers. We can't know the acceptance rate without knowing how many offers they made - and certainly they made more than 27.
Accurate or not, that’s how college acceptance rates are calculated.
Posted on 2/27/26 at 9:26 pm to Cosmo
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Indians don't like to do manual labor
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Construction Indian slave labor
Lol
Posted on 2/27/26 at 9:29 pm to LemmyLives
Indians dont like anything that has to be delivered on time, and is also accurate.
Posted on 2/27/26 at 10:32 pm to Chastains
They better watch out!
Their time is coming!
Their time is coming!
Posted on 2/27/26 at 11:12 pm to Blue Jay Friend
“the Rolex building”
They must make a hell of a lot of profit on those watches.
They must make a hell of a lot of profit on those watches.
Posted on 2/28/26 at 12:29 am to Bjorn Cyborg
quote:How? The way it's mentioned in the article is NOT how they are calculated for colleges.
Accurate or not, that’s how college acceptance rates are calculated.
For colleges, it's the number of those accepted divided by the number of applicants. The story makes no mention of how many were accepted.
Posted on 2/28/26 at 5:57 am to greenbean
I’ve put a watch on my arm, could have been me
Posted on 2/28/26 at 6:10 am to Chastains
There’s a huge shortage of people who know how to repair nicer watches.
Posted on 2/28/26 at 1:30 pm to dgnx6
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Society told you to go to the college and you are a loser if you go to the trade school. The way we pitched it was all wrong.
Thank goodness no OT anti-education zealot got to me when I was a kid. I might be an old sore-back, busted knees appliance repairman or plumber instead of a college educated white collar guy sitting in the AC.
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