Comments on: Why Did Georgetown University Call Me Out?

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By: John Wilson

John Wilson — Wed, 25 Sep 2013 10:54:00 +0000

As a University of Michigan out of state undergrad, all I have to say is…SHIT

By: David

David — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 23:53:00 +0000

Well what if all those worker bees didn’t need to go to college to get ahead? If everyone just refused to go to college employers would still need employees and would be forced to hire people who didn’t have college degrees. I am currently looking for jobs and I am not sure you are correct that most jobs require a degree. I am looking in the accounting field and there are a ton of jobs that only require an associates degree or just a high school degree with 2 years experience. The pay is in the range of 12-17 dollars an hour for these jobs. I only earned 16 dollars an hour as a new college graduate in the humanities. Yes you can earn a bit more with a bachelor’s in accounting maybe around 20-22 dollars an hour but is it really worth 30k in debt for such a small bump in pay. It seems like it would be a lot more efficient for people to get 2 year degrees at very low cost and then learn the more advanced skills on the job. Even people who do get a bachelor’s in accounting still have to be trained from the beginning when they start working. College does an absolutely horrible job of preparing people for the working world in almost all fields.

By: Randy Bentz

Randy Bentz — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 22:07:00 +0000

Can you say “Military Academies”? That’s exactly their model. Fully funded bachelor degree in exchange for 4-6 years of your life (if it doesn’t end prematurely in some god-forsaken backwater)j.

By: fuqdisqus

fuqdisqus — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 04:37:00 +0000

“. . . limit your choices (because you will feel required to do what you majored in college).”

Oh, man, oh, man, that’s where I went wrong.

By: Pulqui2

Pulqui2 — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 03:03:00 +0000

Hey Sangredulce, I don’t think any amount of books would have done you any good if after a BA or BS and and Pepperdine MBA you wrote “I could have went”…Maybe youl should start bay getting educated on basic English grammar…

By: James Altucher

James Altucher — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 00:06:00 +0000

Well, the point of the article is how the Georgetown report fails Statistics 101.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 23:58:00 +0000

interesting post. i, indeed, go to georgetown university and while I do think that many of the points you make are somewhat valid, your argument as a whole is misinformed. the georgetown curriculum is demanding, and the workload is intense. professors expect more from their students at georgetown (this i’ve heard from talking to my friends who go to many other “less status oriented” – as you would put it – schools.) Just take a look at a syllabus at georgetown and then a syllabus from another school, and see how much more reading/writing is assigned for students. or take a look at the rigor of the tests that students take compared to other schools. or look at the quality of writing that is required to get an A on a paper.

it bothers me when people get all worked up about how more “rigorous private schools” are that only in name, and are just a waste of money. whether or not a degree from georgetown will provide me with a higher income when i am older is not something that concerns me. being in an academic environment – around professors at the pinnacle of their career, and around students who actually care about learning and the world around them and not just partying – is not something that i can replicate. thats why i chose to go to georgetown and not a public school. i don’t only care about my level of income when i grow up – that seems way too materialistic.

By: Sam

Sam — Sun, 06 May 2012 20:45:00 +0000

As a student at Georgetown who will be graduating with over $250,000 of student loans, I agree that college is overpriced. I would like to be paying less and I do not think that the information that I am learning is worth the money but that is not what I am here for. I am here for two things, a prestigious degree and networking. With a degree from a
prestigious institution which requires a lot of work to be admitted to and even more work once enrolled helps employers recognize a job applicant’s potential value. Even more important than the degree is the networking at these institutions. Not only do the students have access to a large network of powerful and influential alumni but many of the students themselves either come from influential families or will go on to achieve great things. This large and close network of influential people creates many opportunities that one would not necessarily have if they did not attend these pricey institutions.

By: Uneducated

Uneducated — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 23:06:00 +0000

Diplomats and lobbyists are not noble professions. They are professional liars! While hookers may lie. It’s a good sort of lay!