My take on college

[xorbie]

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here's some good research on the subject:

http://www.irs.princeton.edu/pubs/pdfs/409.pdf

going to a school with higher tuition tends to increase earnings. going to a more selective school tends to increase earnings. going to a school with higher average SAT scores does not affect earnings.

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this is v interesting, and seems to contradict the other study i referenced.

[IronFly]

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here's some good research on the subject:

http://www.irs.princeton.edu/pubs/pdfs/409.pdf

going to a school with higher tuition tends to increase earnings. going to a more selective school tends to increase earnings. going to a school with higher average SAT scores does not affect earnings.

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That is true but it doesn't account for quality of the student.

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Actually, the what makes the paper so good is that they do account for the quality of the student (at least better than most previous research).

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owned, I thought this was a different paper. Thanks for pointing this out.

[Badger]

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getting your first job out of college:

2/3 - who you know
1/6 - grades/major/your college's name recognition
1/6 - bs ability in an interview

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Who I knew had zero to do with my first (current) job out of college, as well as most other people graduating with me. But it's what works for some people. I imagine who you know isn't as important in finding a job in engineering as in other fields.

[turnipmonster]

I pretty much agree with this post, and with regards to sciences I think it matters even less at an undergraduate level. one of my best friends recently got his phd from stanford in particle physics, and he went to the same normal, very cheap, good science/eng state school I did. no one is going to care at all where he did his undergrad, they are however going to look at where he did his phd.

--turnipmonster