Top Schools For Communication Majors

lostaccount
Mon, 27 Jul 2015 21:54:14 +0000

LakeWashington, sorry that you are amused or confused. No need to be. An amazingly talented brilliant person may be successful without going to any college. For the rest of us, we are more likely to be successful if we go to college then if we don’t. It is probably possible to be successful regardless of the school a student attends. But, it is made much easier if a student attends a school that has an outstanding program in the area (which usually means that the faculty members have connections in the field) that the student wants to attend.

I am not surprised to see a long list of successful people in the field of communications who did not attend top notch communications (or arts, drama or performing arts) programs. Yet, if you compare the experiences of students in top notch programs to those that are not, you will probably see significant differences in the opportunities and experience available to students in the top notch program compared to those not in the top notch program. Those experiences usually help students gain entry into the field. Given the same level of talent and motivation, a communications students in a top notch communication program probably has a leg up over those in less strong programs.

Does that mean those in less strong programs are doomed? No. But it will probably require more work and be more difficult to access experiences and opportunities compared to students who attend top programs. So, yes the school matters. Yes the school makes a difference. But yes students in less strong programs can still be successful. It may be harder for them to be successful and fewer may be successful but with enough drive or motivation it is certainly possible.

As I was saying, the idea that the school does not matter is absurd. That isn’t to say that nobody will be successful unless they go to certain schools. It just may take more effort, motivation or luck to be successful.