Quote Originally Posted by Lucky SC
heres the difference between no name tech and University of State School / Big name private school.

The majority of what you are learning at the University of Georgia compared to say Permiter is going to be the same stuff, the difference to be quite blunt is that most people at the smarter school admit kids who are more driven and have teachers who are more qualified and better facilities.

Even so you are not learning much more at UGA.

heres the zinger though... through fraternities, alumni groups, SGA, or whatever you may be into... WHO YOU KNOW is a huge factor in what kind of job you are getting.

No better example can i think of is the University of Texas, it is a top 20 MBA, Med, and Law grad programs and the alumni there stick together, graduating there guarantees you a good job all over that state. Same goes for Vanderbilt, you are pretty much in anywhere in the South. To be honest i really doubt there is a good alumni connection from perimiter, i'm not trying to be a ****.

So in short... go for the big school man and get involved on campus. You would be surprised how much sharing connections and experiences with someone can give you that one foot in the door you need to start your career.

like the other guy said, school is the best investment you can make, its your education. Hunker down and try for HOPE if you want to stay in state, if you focus and do well then you should have no problem using the knowledge you attained to easily get out of that debt in tops 5 years.
two great points... ^ the company i work for 40% of the staff have a masters degree and i make more money the all of them so fancy degrees don't always mean a good job. (not that money is everything, but it does make people happy)

2nd you do need to weigh your education on what your degree can get you. you need to be able to make more then your school loans a year. just you give you and idea 100k in school loans will run you 1000+ a month for 10-25k years