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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostYale $71,500
Middlebury $69,400
Wellesley $70,000
Trinity $71,500
Harvard $69,600
Colgate $69,900
Colby $69,000
Amherst $72,000
Williams $70,700
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$285K
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostYale $71,500
Middlebury $69,400
Wellesley $70,000
Trinity $71,500
Harvard $69,600
Colgate $69,900
Colby $69,000
Amherst $72,000
Williams $70,700
Some current tuition rates py.
$285K
You got it?
Tell your kids that there's a real possibility it won't happen without big grants or loans. Explain it all to them BEFORE they start looking, go through the websites to get estimates with them. Encourage them to explore all options but with just with realistic expectations. I've seen several families not have that tough talk (probably because the parents haven't faced the cold hard reality that they haven't saved enough), kids apply and are all excited when they get in, then the family goes "oh shi t we can't afford this."
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostActually we do. We've been fortunate enough to have high salaries and made saving for college a priority. However, that doesn't mean we'll pay for our child to go to Trinity or Colby at $70K vs UCONN, UGA, WISCONSIN at $45k. (We're not CT residents)
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People don't seem to look at student loan debt the same way they look at other debts. When you get a mortgage, you decide if its a good investment. Is paying the mortgage better use of capital than renting? Will the home appreciate during the time you own it to offset the interest paid (or even earn a profit). Most importantly, will you be in a financial situation to pay the mortgage the next 15-30 years?
Education is the same. It's an investment. The asset you are buying is a diploma. The diplomas all have different market values. You can justify Yale at $70K but Trinity at $70K is an overpriced asset. The major, starting job/salary, and your work effort/abilities will determine if you get an ROI on the investment. A Yale kid who becomes an art teacher in Bridgeport may have a fulfilling job but will not get an ROI. A QU kid who takes an entry level job at Pitney Bowes and busts ass for 15 years, may land in a nice corner offer and do well (though may be miserable).
As someone said earlier it's about swimming with the current or against it. The thing about joining a consulting firm is that it's not about choosing a career in consulting it should be thought of as graduate school. At my company nearly every exec at SVP or above worked in consulting. Consulting is a platform to whatever you choose whether it's politics or healthcare or music. The ONLY way to get in is to start at a top school. Just look at this PARTIAL list from just a single firm. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...ny_consultants
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostPeople don't seem to look at student loan debt the same way they look at other debts. When you get a mortgage, you decide if its a good investment. Is paying the mortgage better use of capital than renting? Will the home appreciate during the time you own it to offset the interest paid (or even earn a profit). Most importantly, will you be in a financial situation to pay the mortgage the next 15-30 years?
Education is the same. It's an investment. The asset you are buying is a diploma. The diplomas all have different market values. You can justify Yale at $70K but Trinity at $70K is an overpriced asset. The major, starting job/salary, and your work effort/abilities will determine if you get an ROI on the investment. A Yale kid who becomes an art teacher in Bridgeport may have a fulfilling job but will not get an ROI. A QU kid who takes an entry level job at Pitney Bowes and busts ass for 15 years, may land in a nice corner offer and do well (though may be miserable).
As someone said earlier it's about swimming with the current or against it. The thing about joining a consulting firm is that it's not about choosing a career in consulting it should be thought of as graduate school. At my company nearly every exec at SVP or above worked in consulting. Consulting is a platform to whatever you choose whether it's politics or healthcare or music. The ONLY way to get in is to start at a top school. Just look at this PARTIAL list from just a single firm. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...ny_consultants
The fact that consultants make up a large % of Sr Execs at major corporations explains, th precarious state of business in this country, but that's for another forum.
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Doesn't have to be consulting but landing an entry level job at a big name company that actually trains people can be invaluable. The name and learning experience can help you land other good jobs down the road vs working at a startup that didn't quite make it. You don't have to stay in big corporate, but take in as much as you can learn while you're there. Continuing education so to speak
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostDoesn't have to be consulting but landing an entry level job at a big name company that actually trains people can be invaluable. The name and learning experience can help you land other good jobs down the road vs working at a startup that didn't quite make it. You don't have to stay in big corporate, but take in as much as you can learn while you're there. Continuing education so to speak
Recruited by a number of D1, D2 and D3 schools to play. Aggressively recruited by Brown, Bentley, Boston College, Northeastern and a couple of others. High school valedictorian on top of the soccer, so she really had her choice. We urged her to consider Brown, but she seemed less interested there and liked the Boston area. But, she didn't want to feel compelled to play soccer if she didn't want to do so. So she turned down the soccer money and went after academic monies. She finally settled on Bentley, because of it's excellent reputation in the area she wanted to study. It was also smaller than Boston College, her other favorite, but still had that same feel. She got what she wanted from the school and then walked onto the soccer program. Made the team and had a fine career there. Got recruited out of Bentley to a Fortune 100 company. Over the next four years they trained her in several areas of the company, paid off what small student loans she had accumulated and paid for her Masters at Virginia. Now she's the VP of a new arm of the company, with stock options. In another couple of years, she will be able to keep me comfortable the rest of my life....lol.
It was the fit that made it all possible for her. That and a great corporate start.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostMy daugher's experience.....
Recruited by a number of D1, D2 and D3 schools to play. Aggressively recruited by Brown, Bentley, Boston College, Northeastern and a couple of others. High school valedictorian on top of the soccer, so she really had her choice. We urged her to consider Brown, but she seemed less interested there and liked the Boston area. But, she didn't want to feel compelled to play soccer if she didn't want to do so. So she turned down the soccer money and went after academic monies. She finally settled on Bentley, because of it's excellent reputation in the area she wanted to study. It was also smaller than Boston College, her other favorite, but still had that same feel. She got what she wanted from the school and then walked onto the soccer program. Made the team and had a fine career there. Got recruited out of Bentley to a Fortune 100 company. Over the next four years they trained her in several areas of the company, paid off what small student loans she had accumulated and paid for her Masters at Virginia. Now she's the VP of a new arm of the company, with stock options. In another couple of years, she will be able to keep me comfortable the rest of my life....lol.
It was the fit that made it all possible for her. That and a great corporate start.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostDoesn't have to be consulting but landing an entry level job at a big name company that actually trains people can be invaluable. The name and learning experience can help you land other good jobs down the road vs working at a startup that didn't quite make it. You don't have to stay in big corporate, but take in as much as you can learn while you're there. Continuing education so to speak
Consulting is different. They EXPECT their staff to leave an join companies... because they know they will one day be executives and hire the consulting firm. At many firms if you say you are thinking of leaving, they will actually give you time to look for a job and set up interviews with possible employers. Imagine telling your boss at GE or Pepsi that you are thinking of quitting and going elsewhere! At a consulting firm, they see it as a "graduation".
Not saying consulting is the magic pill to prosperity but it definitely offers an unfair advantage... which is why it's so hard to get into a top firm.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostPartially correct. There was a time when having GE or IBM on your resume would open doors. These days it's a quick way to get your resume to the bottom of the pile. There may still be some value in having Google or Amazon or Microsoft on the resume but even that is eroding.
Consulting is different. They EXPECT their staff to leave an join companies... because they know they will one day be executives and hire the consulting firm. At many firms if you say you are thinking of leaving, they will actually give you time to look for a job and set up interviews with possible employers. Imagine telling your boss at GE or Pepsi that you are thinking of quitting and going elsewhere! At a consulting firm, they see it as a "graduation".
Not saying consulting is the magic pill to prosperity but it definitely offers an unfair advantage... which is why it's so hard to get into a top firm.
Agreed on the big company thing - it really depends on the company, also the field. But also it's tough to break through with a no-name one as well.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostMy daugher's experience.....
Recruited by a number of D1, D2 and D3 schools to play. Aggressively recruited by Brown, Bentley, Boston College, Northeastern and a couple of others. High school valedictorian on top of the soccer, so she really had her choice. We urged her to consider Brown, but she seemed less interested there and liked the Boston area. But, she didn't want to feel compelled to play soccer if she didn't want to do so. So she turned down the soccer money and went after academic monies. She finally settled on Bentley, because of it's excellent reputation in the area she wanted to study. It was also smaller than Boston College, her other favorite, but still had that same feel. She got what she wanted from the school and then walked onto the soccer program. Made the team and had a fine career there. Got recruited out of Bentley to a Fortune 100 company. Over the next four years they trained her in several areas of the company, paid off what small student loans she had accumulated and paid for her Masters at Virginia. Now she's the VP of a new arm of the company, with stock options. In another couple of years, she will be able to keep me comfortable the rest of my life....lol.
It was the fit that made it all possible for her. That and a great corporate start.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View Postand you get to work 80+ hours a week. Consulting isn't for everybody.
Agreed on the big company thing - it really depends on the company, also the field. But also it's tough to break through with a no-name one as well.
I was lucky to land in consulting. I was convinced I was going to law school before popping into an info session of a major consulting firm to flirt with a girl I know would be there. After 10 min, I forgot about the girl and was hooked. I spent 4 years in consulting and that time shaped the next 25 years of my career. Multiple people have talked about the connections and doors that open. That's true but for me the greatest value was the "education". Consulting changes how you think and how you solve problems. Even today as an executive at a large media company, I use countless techniques/methodologies/frameworks I learned as an analyst 25 years ago. I use exactly 0 things from my undergrad days.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostMy daugher's experience.....
Recruited by a number of D1, D2 and D3 schools to play. Aggressively recruited by Brown, Bentley, Boston College, Northeastern and a couple of others. High school valedictorian on top of the soccer, so she really had her choice. We urged her to consider Brown, but she seemed less interested there and liked the Boston area. But, she didn't want to feel compelled to play soccer if she didn't want to do so. So she turned down the soccer money and went after academic monies. She finally settled on Bentley, because of it's excellent reputation in the area she wanted to study. It was also smaller than Boston College, her other favorite, but still had that same feel. She got what she wanted from the school and then walked onto the soccer program. Made the team and had a fine career there. Got recruited out of Bentley to a Fortune 100 company. Over the next four years they trained her in several areas of the company, paid off what small student loans she had accumulated and paid for her Masters at Virginia. Now she's the VP of a new arm of the company, with stock options. In another couple of years, she will be able to keep me comfortable the rest of my life....lol.
It was the fit that made it all possible for her. That and a great corporate start.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostAhh yeah. She could have played at BC? SURE. BC recruits for ACC... Not teeny eeeny U
If the story is true great for the them. But unless you know with 100% certainty you want business and only business then a more specialized school like Bentley is a riskier choice. There are many schools with good undergraduate business programs and if you decide to change majors's you have more options and exposure to many different areas of study. Plus in business the MBA degree and where it comes from is a huge stepping stone. You don't have to have an undergraduate business degree to land into a good MBA program. The top program I attended had plenty who csme from corporate backgrounds but also had ex military, liberal arts (one friend was an art history major, another a journalist) law etc.
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