I absolutely agree. It's not the school you go to, but the specific professors you will be taking classes from and working with that matters. If you can get a job working with/for a professor in the field you're interested in: -You can work to pay your way through school and graduate nearly debt free -You can graduate with 4+ years of work experience in your field, which will drastically improve your chances of getting a good job and/ or getting into grad school
This is common knowledge to grad students, but I think it applies equally to undergraduate work. I went to Oregon State (about $2,000/term tuition) and graduated after 4 years with less than $10K in debt, and several years of relevant work experience in one of the top labs in my field, which landed me an excellent job immediately. I was able to make enough to live from, and pay most of my tuition, books, and fees from the student research job. If I had instead gone to an ivy league school I could be 100k in debt with no work experience and still looking for a job. Sincerely, Tyler On Sep 4, 2008, at 9:19 PM, John Robbins wrote: > I just don't understand why people pay high dollar for the "Ivy" > schools. For the vast majority of people, there is no reason to spend > that kind of money... I think I got a pretty good education from a > state school, and it was DIRT cheap. I also don't understand the > small > school thing either. If you find a larger school that has the same > student/teacher ratio you're no better off either way. Except your > wallet. > > When I co-oped I had some friends that went to Georgia Tech. Almost > all > of their senior level engineering classes were still in the 50+ > student > range. MSU's is around 15 students. I only had 2-3 classes during my > entire degree with more than 50 students. They have lots of student > loans, I have none. I also had plenty of opportunities for > undergraduate research.... In fact, thats how I have my current job. > > MS State Tuition cost/semester: $2600 > > Yes, there are only two zeros in those numbers. MSU estimates that it > costs $16k a year to attend. That INCLUDES, room and board, full meal > plans, books, and estimated living expenses. > > http://www.futurestudents.msstate.edu/choice/cost/ > > If you are a grad student and get a Teaching/Research Assistant > position > (not very difficult), you get a monthly stipend (8-16k a year) and > free > tuition. > > My opinionated $.02 > > John 'the MSU cheerleader' R _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
