Is it better to graduate w/great grades fm a college ranked under #20 or to graduate w/avg grades fm a top10?

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TWH 08262006

Answer 1

Three words: Alumni, Alumni, Alumni.

Graduating from a top-10 school makes you part of the "fraternity." You can network with the local chapter of your alumni association and get leads on jobs and clients.

When you interview at a business, you will mention your college with pride, and respect will be given. Also, if the interviewer is an alumnus of the same college, you have the inside track on getting the job.

If you plan to go to a professional school (medical school, law school) after you complete your undergrad studies, you may want to go to the school where you are Magna *** Laudi. Professional schools admit candidates based upon GPA and test scoring.

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Answer 2

Under #20 colleges are still very good as long as it's still in the top tier, so graduating from say UC Berkeley or Georgetown with a GPA of 4.0 is definitely a plus plus factor compared to Harvard with a 3.0 GPA, especially since a lot of people know graduating from a public school like Berkeley is harder than it is from Harvard where a lot of people have complained about the excessive A's and A+'s.

Answer 3

What are you trying to achieve? A diploma or a job?

If you are trying to achieve a job at the end of it all, here's my suggestion:

1. Pick the career you want
2. Find the best major that will get you to that career
3. Go to the school that has a reputation for that major

Some of the best schools for certain majors are not in the top 10.

When it comes to GPAs, they are important and perspective employers do look at it; however, as I have learned and experienced, its not just about GPA or even the school, its about work experience. Any school that can get you a co-op or internship should be highly considered. A good education has both a classroom element and a work experience element.

Answer 4

From several years of evaluating/interviewing medical school graduates for our very competitive residency program, my take is that to do extremely well almost anywhere takes talent. We interviewed strong candidates from the very best schools (usually top quartile) and the very best students from the lesser schools. Bottom line is do well anywhere and a candidate would be considered but at the schools with lower ranking, they had to clearly excel.

Should be similar in other occupations, but worth noting that in medicine we have a yardstick for calibrating graduates from different schools in the form of national qualifying exams.

A big surprise to me recently was being approached by an investment firm on Wall Street with an offer to join their think tank... an M.D. and Ph.D. to show, and in evaluating for employment, the number they were most interested in was high-school SAT! They said it correlated better with "ability to think" than grades and degrees.

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Answer 5

depends. Is anybody ever going to see your grades? Unless you're going to grad school the answer is no. No employer is ever going to care about your grades so it wouldn't matter. And rankings are taken with a grain of salt because they're so subjective. Who says a top 10 is the top 10? 'better' grades would be better if you need the grades for something.

Answer 6

I think this depends on where you want to be when you are done.. If you want to be known in a locale far from your home, then a big name would be best. If you are going to stay near your lower ranked college, but have awesome grades.. then that would be ok.

Having both would be even better!

Answer 7

I don't think it matters. Just go to whatever college you want, study hard, and finish. What counts when you get into the workforce is your work ethic, i.e. dressing appropriately, being a team player, hard worker, great communication skills, following rules, and most importantly, doing your job. You get the picture. Do this and you will go far no matter what college you go to. Good luck!

Answer 8

It depends on you and what you want to do. Are you planning on pursuing an advanced degree? If so, study hard, do your best, and get to know some of your professors well, so that later you will have the three references you will need when you apply.

Answer 9

just graduate most places do not check your grades anyways. all they look for is what type of degree you have.

Answer 10

if you have high grades, then it won't matter which college you're from.