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Posted on 7/23/14 at 1:36 pm to DCRebel
Posted on 7/23/14 at 1:36 pm to DCRebel
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As someone who has lived outside of SEC country for a while now, I can guarantee you that nobody outside of Florida sees "The University of Florida" on a resume and thinks anything other than "oh, another state school grad."
here again I would disagree - it depends on the field and the nature of the employer.
This definitely matters in the natural sciences and arts/humanities because those fields function like apprenticeships in that it really matters with WHOM you worked. If they don't recognize that name they will (hopefully) know someone in the same department, etc. That's why I assert UC-Irvine is not really just some "state school". Now whether that's the best way to do things is a whole other matter.
For business, engineering, law medicine and other applied fields, perhaps this is not so much the case as the hiring practices are more purely meritocratic?
However, the various ranking schema are all flawed in some manner. If you are employed in the field you want and are happy, then it doesn't matter. Just more trolling for internet fora.
Posted on 7/23/14 at 1:40 pm to FarmersFight
quote:See, I know alot of people want to beleive this, but it just isnt true 99% of the time. I am an accountant for a huge company, and our headquarters are in New York. My local office in Nashville has people from every SEC school you can imagine. Our international controller in New York and all the other big wigs sees all of us the exact freaking same, even though UF has a very highly regarded accounting program. It will help if you want to get into a grad school up north, but for an actual employer it just doesnt
here again I would disagree - it depends on the field and the nature of the employer.
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