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W_HAMILTON (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 01:46 PM Original message |
Does it matter where you went to college? |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
1. Depends on what you want to do and where you want to do it and at what level. |
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W_HAMILTON (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 01:55 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Yeah, I don't think I have HUGE dreams |
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SoxFan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
2. Don't drink the elitist kool aid |
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gmoney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
3. A big state school can work just from name recognition |
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av8rdave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
4. Where you go to college can matter in some cases. However |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
6. Yes, but it's not the only factor in your career. |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
7. Yale '85 here -- presently making nearly 40,000 American dollars a year |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 02:46 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Wow, I guess that proves the point. |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 02:52 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Any solutions to my chronic underemployment crisis are welcome |
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W_HAMILTON (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 06:57 PM Response to Reply #7 |
19. Dang. |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 07:18 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Well, Leo Kanner himself pronounced the diagnosis upon me |
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W_HAMILTON (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 09:58 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. Have they not been able to do anything to help you? |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 10:59 AM Response to Reply #7 |
39. It depends. |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
8. I think it should be fine |
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W_HAMILTON (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 06:48 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. Hah, good point. |
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philosophie_en_rose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
9. It depends. |
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W_HAMILTON (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 06:52 PM Response to Reply #9 |
18. I guess so. |
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philosophie_en_rose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:10 PM Response to Reply #18 |
28. If you want to stay in your area, a local school is just as good. |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
10. Go to a community college for 2 years |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
11. I went to Devry...so, No. (n/t) |
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mainegreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
12. More important is did you intern with a company while at school, and what did you do there. |
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Orrex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
15. It does when it's time for the reunion |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
17. No. Not in the least. |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
21. Unless your desire is PricewaterhouseCoopers or something like that |
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lizerdbits (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 07:25 PM Response to Original message |
22. Not sure of the size of that school |
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The Inquisitive (480 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
23. depends on your ambitions |
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elshiva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
24. Do it. Your life will be better for it no matter if you get a |
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leftyclimber (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
25. Do you lovelovelove accounting? |
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W_HAMILTON (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:04 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Well, sorta. |
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leftyclimber (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:11 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Passing the CPA exam is the big deal, then. |
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Bossy Monkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
30. Can you swing Francis Marion? It's actually a little cheaper |
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smoochpooch (688 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
31. Go the Community College route for 2 yrs, as was recommended by a poster above. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-07-08 11:08 PM Response to Original message |
32. I think the general rule is: any place solid is OK for undergrad, but if |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 12:38 AM Response to Original message |
33. It really doesn't matter where you go. |
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lukasahero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 09:05 AM Response to Original message |
34. Not in my experience |
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Tikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
35. No, but driving to BEAUTIFUL Santa Barbara every day for..... |
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NewWaveChick1981 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
36. To a certain degree, yes. |
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Orangepeel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
37. An accounting degree from an AACSB school will give you good prospects |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-08-08 10:50 AM Response to Original message |
38. I think only if you went to Harvard or Yale... or maybe some of the other ivies |
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