UCB<UCSC? So says PhD.

MOS25V10
Tue, 20 May 2008 14:18:20 +0000

I don’t claim that the world is fair. I know it’s not. I simply said that you aren’t given a free pass based on you school’s name. I think that thought comforts sheltered kids that go to “top” schools on mommy and daddy’s dime…yes I said kids. An adult would know better than think that a name on a degree gets you a job. There are lines of people that have leaned on that mental crutch and fell flat on their face. My former co-worker is a great example.

Lawyers are a dime a dozen so I can see how having a degree could help…by the way, sorry you had to intern with such ■■■■■■ bags. The fact is that you can go on to go great things even if you graduate from some school in North Dakota. Yes you might have to work harder then the next guy but it can be done. Also I don’t know many people that use the words “prestige jobs” when talking about lawyers. Most people see them as blood sucking jokes, atleast in my world.

“Top” school does not = great education. For a BA or BS you’re probably going to be taught by a bunch of Grad students anyways. The ones going to Berkeley will find that out soon.

I recently asked the top psychologist at Lundstuhl Regional Medical Center (largest Army hospital in Europe) what effect getting a BA from Stanford rather then a CSU would have on a psychologists career.

Her response, “There is no difference, it’s the graduate degrees that matter.”