85
What is your best school/college life-hack? (lemm.ee)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
52 comments fedilink hide all child comments
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[โ€“] 13 points 3 years ago (2 children)

Go to the cheapest college you can based on out of pocket costs. University names aren't actually that valuable outside the top 3-5 per field. The difference between 7 and 97 isn't that much. It's also generally better to be in the top of a lesser school than bottom of a good school, consider a transfer if you find yourself in the bottom quarter of students.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • hideshow 4 child comments
    •
  • [โ€“] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Nobody cares what your rank in your school is. There's no need to transfer if you're at the bottom.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •
  • [โ€“] 2 points 3 years ago

    It affects things still. Professors aren't recommending the kid struggling to pass or even failing the class. The best internship opportunities are generally reserved for better students. You aren't getting any help from a college network when you are clearly struggling. A poor GPA isn't going to prescreen you out of a process most the time, but it will be used against you in multiple candidate scenarios.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • [โ€“] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    I don't know if this is actually good advice. I've worked for a company that only recruited out of a few schools in the state (Colorado) and didn't pursue applicants from community colleges and places like University of Phoenix.

    So my personal experience says that while you might not wanna break the bank going to an Ivy League school, it still helps to go to something like a state school.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
    •
  • [โ€“] 2 points 3 years ago

    Yes some companies gatekeep based on college, but A there aren't many of them, and B they often only do that for fresh grads. It's not worth worrying about those places when they will happily hire you in 3-5 years anyway, and you likely are going to leave again in another 3-5 years.

    University of Phoenix is a step up from ITT tech level scams. It's not really the same league as as the 13/15 state universities you haven't heard of in my state (Michigan), and probably 10 or so of the private schools.

    You also generally can't get a bachelor's degree at a community college, so they really aren't at the same level either. They aren't a bad option to start with though.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent