Carnegie Mellon worth the cost?

AnOlderMom
Fri, 23 Apr 2010 17:00:38 +0000

It depends on what you want to do with your degree.

I can look back on my college mates.

Some are engineers in podunk engineering firms doing routine work that I would describe as boring. They could have gotten those jobs after going to Flagship State University.

Some are not working, but chose to get married and stay home. They didn’t need to go to a university except to find a mate.

Still others are astronauts, CEOs of international corporations, professors in leading universities, entrepreneurs who have made zillions, members of the US cabinet, etc. These folks were always strivers and going for the top. Would they end up at the top if they had gone to Flagship State University? Maybe, but that’s not the point.

Where are YOU headed? What are you going to do with your degree?