The college scholarship illusion

[sfgiants]

11 Hardcore Facts about EDUCATION & Jobs

truck drivers and security guards among the examples he gives on career paths that dont require traditional college education

then he says a computer science or engineer major from a prestigious university is at a disadvantage to a person who got job specific certifications from a trade school. who actually believes this shyt? i know for a fact companies like google, fb, twitter, oracle have strict college degree requirements. and it's not just a college degree, the prestige of the university and GPA also matters.

in a pool of engineering/cs major candidates from stanford, cal tech, MIT etc, a dude with no post-high school education and certificate(s) only is lookin like a fish out of water. outclassed in every way shape or form, by the simple fact that a certification is easier and faster to get than a 4 year degree.
that same college major + a certification >> high school diploma + certification.

 

[Richard Wright]

Yes, in-state HBCU. So my loan payback won't be too bad (around 60k...which I can easily deal with if I get the job I'm looking for).

The networking/etc isn't a problem for me since I already have a career. I'm just looking to change careers. I have the connections...but connections can only get you so far these days.

good man. keep adding to the black excellence pot

 

[Richard Wright]

truck drivers and security guards among the examples he gives on career paths that dont require traditional college education

then he says a computer science or engineer major from a prestigious university is at a disadvantage to a person who got job specific certifications from a trade school. who actually believes this shyt? i know for a fact companies like google, fb, twitter, oracle have strict college degree requirements. and it's not just a college degree, the prestige of the university and GPA also matters.

in a pool of engineering/cs major candidates from stanford, cal tech, MIT etc, a dude with no post-high school education and certificate(s) only is lookin like a fish out of water. outclassed in every way shape or form, by the simple fact that a certification is easier and faster to get than a 4 year degree.
that same college major + a certification >> high school diploma + certification.

This guy has it right. fields like truck driver and security are also unions on that you know what. You need family members in the field even if youre white these days

 

[Schmoove]

good man. keep adding to the black excellence pot

Always bet on BLACK

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

Cause ya'll major in BS and then expect to scrape by.

You deserve to struggle if you're not pulling a 3.5 or greater.

 

[Richard Wright]

Cause ya'll major in BS and then expect to scrape by.

You deserve to struggle if you're not pulling a 3.5 or greater.

What kind of school, major, and gpa did you have? come join the black excellence party we have going

 

[IAmGettingAMailOrderBride]

Hey guys would a certifcte in real estate be good?

Also is there anyways I can get better grades? I only use this website when I'm at work

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

What kind of school, major, and gpa did you have? come join the black excellence party we have going

top 20 PWI, STEM major, >3.5 gpa

no more details.

 

[Poitier]

top 20 PWI, STEM major, >3.5 gpa

no more details.

That's not the point of a great education and a big reason why our education system sucks right now.

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

That's not the point of a great education and a big reason why our education system sucks right now.

just sit back and watch people tell you what they majored in and how they leveraged their lack of tangible skills

plus, i got all the reading, exposure to liberal arts curriculum and all the writing I can suffice. I write better than most liberal arts majors I know

 

[Wild self]

top 20 PWI, STEM major, >3.5 gpa

no more details.

I got a feeling that STEM majors gonna suffer major drawbacks since so many people are hunting that profession down.

 

[Poitier]

just sit back and watch people tell you what they majored in and how they leveraged their lack of tangible skills

plus, i got all the reading, exposure to liberal arts curriculum and all the writing I can suffice. I write better than most liberal arts majors I know

Thinking is a tangible skill. Something Wall St and Capitol Hill lack because they think an institution of learning is a place to learn skillsets and not how and why we should think. Based on The Coli, I seriously doubt you have a good grasp of the humanities.

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

I got a feeling that STEM majors gonna suffer major drawbacks since so many people are hunting that profession down.

nah. Its really not that much.

The STEM enrollment drops off severely. It also depends WHAT TYPE of STEM. Cause people going into computer programming doesn't mean there are that many chemists or engineers in other fields.

Its harder to directly get a job with biology but you can kinda with chemistry. that sort of thing.

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

Thinking is a tangible skill. Something Wall St and Capitol Hill lack because they think an institution of learning is a place to learn skillsets and not how and why we should think. Based on The Coli, I seriously doubt you have a good grasp of the humanities.

I don't even know how you'd qualify that statement besides you rejecting my anecdotes.

Keep trolling though.

You on this "thinking" tip...sorry breh. Wall Street is computational. Being an english major only does so much in that lane.

Capital Hill? Unless you're an already amiable guy or who goes on to get a masters in politics/policy/something else similar then I don't know why you think some nebulous term like "thinking" is going to equate to a good answer.

Are you serious with your half-assed responses right now?

The humanities are great...if people see them for what they are.

Don't major in sociology then bytch about job options. I'm glad you're enlightened about something you could read as a hobby, but don't front on the rest of us or try to equate us all because that philosophy degree didn't work out.

 

[Richard Wright]

top 20 PWI, STEM major, >3.5 gpa

no more details.

This nikka really said PWI like anyone that goes to a regular school actually uses that acronym