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Post by WCHC Sports on Apr 19, 2022 9:08:08 GMT -5
If a company wants to hire me to leverage my HC diploma, and will put more money in my family coffers as a result, then please direct me where to apply.
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Post by mm67 on Apr 19, 2022 9:08:20 GMT -5
The best school is the school that fits best with the student. Some are other directed concerned about money or what others say about the school. There are others who value the school experience, comfort and other intangibles. Some prefer to be pushed to explore their limits Some colleges are too rigorous to suit the interests of the student. Warm weather vs cold weather. Urban or rural. Large or small. The list is unending. It makes little sense setting up a straw man based on our own construct of a situation. RJ is gone. Time to move on.
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Post by rgs318 on Apr 19, 2022 9:09:47 GMT -5
From my experience it also makes a difference when one applies to grad school. A Holy Cross degree is a strong positive in that regard.
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Post by alum on Apr 19, 2022 9:12:47 GMT -5
I suspect it’s just as easy to get a job in NC or SC with a Charleston Southern degree as an HC degree. Once you get that first job, it matters even less where/if you went to college. We need to stop overstating the potentially catastrophic and life-changing results when one leaves HC for a different school. We all love HC but acting like this kid is doomed for failure because he’ll get a degree from Charleston Southern instead of HC is silly. NAILED it. Let's not let the association of good memories and a great experience cloud our objective judgement. I work in a large corporation where a great deal of senior executives, if not just people flat out making more money than me, went to "worse schools." The only thing HC did for my career was train me to be a hard worker, think critically, voice my opinion, and be respectful and open-minded. I may have heard twice in my life "oh that's a good school," or "my uncle went there." I hear many more positive remarks about my high school, working in NYC. None led to me ever getting a job offer, or even assistance other than what I have asked for from the kind and generous gentlemen on this board. Where one goes to college matters, to some degree, as to where one can go for graduate or professional school, in securing first jobs and to a lesser extent, finding other jobs down the road. The education one receives in college (the substantive knowledge taught and retained) lays a foundation for understanding issues that come up in work and in life. The skills which are developed in college (the ability to think critically, to ask pertinent questions, to express oneself clearly) makes a graduate a better employee and a better citizen and prepares him or her to lead both at work and in the community. The moral training imparted in college (hopefully on top of what was learned at home and throughout childhood) prepares students to live lives of which they can be proud. We learned that those lives should be "for others."
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Post by rgs318 on Apr 19, 2022 9:30:59 GMT -5
Nicely put, alum.
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Post by bringbackcaro on Apr 19, 2022 15:12:34 GMT -5
Besides the country club, no one cares where you went to school. Wait, are you (and others) really arguing that corporate recruiters do not look at schools when engaging candidates early in their career? Are you really saying that you don't look at where candidates that you interview went to college and have some type of reaction if it's a strong school? What planet are we on here? Of course it matters less and less as you advance in your career, but the idea that there is no difference between Holy Cross vs Charleston Southern (for example) on a resume (outside of the Carolinas) is just ludicrous.
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Apr 19, 2022 15:19:03 GMT -5
Besides the country club, no one cares where you went to school. Wait, are you (and others) really arguing that corporate recruiters do not look at schools when engaging candidates early in their career? Are you really saying that you don't look at where candidates that you interview went to college and have some type of reaction if it's a strong school? What planet are we on here? Of course it matters less and less as you advance in your career, but the idea that there is no difference between Holy Cross vs Charleston Southern (for example) on a resume (outside of the Carolinas) is just ludicrous. Fair. Should have further echoed 92's post. After you advance past the early stages of your career, where you went to school matters less and less.
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Post by Non Alum Dave on Apr 19, 2022 16:29:21 GMT -5
Gilbert Gottfried didn't need no fancy degree.
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