re: Seriously, if you are from Louisiana but didn&#39;t go to LSU, why not?

Posted by ellishughtiger

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Posted on 3/13/18 at 8:20 pm to el Gaucho

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The university of Louisiana is the better school so I went there

I thought you went to welding school on the West Bank

Posted by deltaland

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Posted on 3/13/18 at 8:21 pm to Slippy

I would imagine the states best and brightest would go to institutions of higher learning than LSU such as Tulane or ULL

Posted by Hedgeman

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Posted on 3/13/18 at 8:22 pm to Slippy

It was all the dodge chargers

Posted by Tall Tiger

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Posted on 3/13/18 at 8:23 pm to Slippy

I attended an elite liberal arts college on the east coast. Then I went to LSU for graduate school.

In the immortal words of Van Halen, I got the best of both worlds.

Posted by G Vice

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Posted on 3/13/18 at 8:25 pm to Slippy

My son is a freshman at UL and during orientation I was surprised to see how many people from Nola were there.

Posted by glassman

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Posted on 3/13/18 at 8:25 pm to Tall Tiger

Good combo. Undergrad away was a great choice.

Posted by soccerfüt

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Posted on 3/13/18 at 8:26 pm to Thib-a-doe Tiger

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My dad died my junior year of HS, so I didn’t want to leave my mom alone and be a bigger financial drain

Was accepted to LSU, went to Nicholls

Well done sir, well done.

Posted by Steadyhands

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Posted on 3/13/18 at 8:26 pm to Slippy

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harder to get into

Lol, is that even a statement that belongs in the same paragraph with getting into LSU? If you can't get into LSU, or ULL, or even ULM.... probably should go be a welder or be an operator. We're not talking prestigious universities. They all issue pieces of paper to wipe your arse with that won't mean a damn thing after you've got 2-3 years experience in whatever respective field.

Posted by fallguy_1978

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Posted on 3/13/18 at 8:30 pm to Steadyhands

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They all issue pieces of paper to wipe your arse with that won't mean a damn thing after you've got 2-3 years experience in whatever respective field.

This is true for the majority of colleges across the country. I don't give a shite what college someone went to after they have sufficient work experience. In my career I've had people working under me and my LSU degree that went to Tulane, U of Texas, Davidson and various other schools. It doesn't really matter in most professions after a few years into your career.

Posted by Big Lesticles

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Posted on 3/13/18 at 8:34 pm to Slippy

Went to Tulane and got buried in debt. If I had to do it over I would have went to LSU.

Posted by volod

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Posted on 3/13/18 at 8:35 pm to Slippy

Lame reason, but I didn't have a vehicle.

I didn't want to go to a school that large and not enjoy the city life to its full extent.

Scholarships from Tech helped as well.

But to be fair, I'd do school entirely differently if I were 18 again.

Posted by volod

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Posted on 3/13/18 at 8:40 pm to X123F45

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Why didn't I? Because I was surrounded by friends and bad eggs.. And I was worse than any of them.

It happens man. Don't beat yourself up ( lol, I should say that to myself)

What's important is that you recognize what went wrong and try to correct your course. I'd rather pay off debt but have a fulfilling career than vice versa.

Posted by teke184

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Posted on 3/13/18 at 8:53 pm to Slippy

I’d planned on it but TOPS wrecked that when it turned out that about 2/3 of my HS graduating class was ending up there instead of out of state schools.

After going through school from pre-K through 12 with some individuals, it was time for a fresh start elsewhere.