If you think colleges don’t matter, do you want your kids to go to good schools
People here with no name college often state that universities don’t matter, only Leetcode does. Can you preach what you speak and don’t care about your children’s schools #google #meta #nvidia #apple #amazon #microsoft #netflix
I donno why people say that. Even the ones on visa. If college degree doesn’t matter then you wouldn’t even be here.
False. It was a necessity to get a VISA. Doesn’t necessarily matter as much otherwise.
Public schools or full ride at a high ranked private school, only. Paying for private school is a scam
Where is option for “I don’t want kids” (Everything is damn costly - childcare, education)
Move along. This poll is not for you.
I kinda thought that way until I discovered all VPs who got promoted easily were from prestigious schools. If you want your child to climb up to the very top…
Doesn’t matter what you want. Up to your child. Do your best to secure options but don’t get mad if they pick an option less prestigious than what you’d want for them.
College names matter. But not as much as people claim. Also, publics in Cali are good like UCB and UCLA. You could also claim it doesn't matter where you grow up for the most part in the US. But the truth is, the environment plays a huge role in life. Given two random students (one from the hoods and another from an affluent neighborhood), even if both students come from families with similar financial backgrounds, the one from an affluent neighborhood will tend to do "better" in life. All those little things add up to what is called "experience". People are often byproducts of the environment they are surrounded by. Whether the "experience" of a good school name is worth the insane tuition costs today relative to more affordable schools is another question. But for those living in Cali, UCB and UCLA exist. And USC (private) is known to give lots of merit scholarships. Plenty of top privates like Vanderbilt, Washington Univ in St Louis, etc. have solid merit aid scholarships for motivated students. Ideal would be a good school + scholarship. It's not one or the other. Either attend state flagship or if your child is really smart, get into the top schools with merit scholarships.
Good schools open more opportunities and easy access to them. I would not like my kids to struggle like I did.
I chose “ I don’t think university matter ( LC does ) but I still want my kid to go to good school”. Explanation: Say a guy is good at LC & from bad college => this guy achieved great things despite having been in an environment of distractions and resource scarcity, meaning he would have achieved more if put in a better environment, and would have more potential than a guy who attended good college and achieved same level of LC competency. So during recruiting, you should always filter by LC & interview performance, not college. Actually college matters reversely: given the same interview performance, the applicants from worse college have more potential and therefore is more worthwhile to recruit. And the applicants who attended good college but have mediocre interview performance are must-avoid. Because they have reached their full-potential being surrounded by the best teachers and resources, but still ended up being mediocre, then they must not be talented. For my kids, of course I want they to be in good college so that they can achieve their full potential. But that’s not reason for doing college discrimination during recruiting
As a relatively recent grad, with a lot of friends who grew up in the bay, it’s crazy how immigrant parents get during college season. Like Jesus, it’s one thing to want better/the best for your kids, but the insane pressure and prestige whoring is so stupid. For the record, most of my friends’ parents got their own undergrad degrees from random no-name Chinese/Indian schools (and maybe a cash cow masters from a “prestigious” school). Basically, please be empathetic towards your kids during the college admissions season; it’s crazy hearing parents being disappointed that their kid “only” got into Berkeley EECS.
"Gunn High School received national attention in 2009 after four of its students committed suicide over a span of seven months, mainly by walking in front of trains at a nearby crossing. Over the period of 2006–2016, the school's suicide rate was four to five times higher than the national average."
I find this so crazy. I’m a FOB and the whole point of this country is to let your kid not have to experience the same BS we went through as teenagers around exams etc. I have a question for you - is this a Bay Area thing? Or is the admissions stuff so hyper and crazy everywhere?
100% matters - I went to an Ivy League
So you would say that won't you? I went to a no name school and never once felt it hindered any opportunities I had. Only plus sides for me being, starting my working life debt free and with zero expectations/pressure.
Top Ivies like Princeton don't practice student loans. For most Americans, Ivy League schools are much more affordable than public schools.
lol. Why do you care those people with no name colleges
Where did you go for college?