UCONN or Penn State?

Omniscient1
Sun, 18 Jan 2009 19:31:36 +0000

jec… I’m sure that you’re a bright kid, but you look too closely at the rankings. Rankings are only important when applying to grad school, believe me… I work for a top investment firm in Boston, and when I recruit undergraduate students, my peers and I don’t focus on where the students went to school. I’ve taken UMass grads over Tufts or BC grads… why? We look at other more important factors and how well they interview. I will agree that networking is very important, but when you compare the networking of a UConn and a Penn State, the difference is negligible… unless you go to an Ivy League caliber school, you will not see too much of a difference… take it from me, I’m sure that I have more experience with this stuff than you do. Go to a school where you know you will have fun at over the next four or so years… believe me, they will be your best. Both Penn State and UConn are great party schools, with great academics… you can not go wrong with either… I’m a husky fan, so I said go to UConn… Do not let strangers on mess. boards guide you to where they think you should go. Visit the schools and talk it over with your parents. That is the best advice anybody on this board with give you.

Also, jec, don’t look too much into mess. board names… I know omniscient is a silly name… No one is all knowing… don’t be so literal…