Somali teen headed to Oxford University

[blitzkrieg]

What is truly reer baadiye is depending on connections and thinking "it doesn't matter what you major in, you'll get the connections." Yeah okay, just downplay the importance of your major because of the selectivity of your school. thats reaallllll smart

You’re downplaying networking and the prestige of your alma-mater immensely. I go to one of America’s top private schools, one with great name recognition among employers and a respectable list of alumni. The school works particularly hard with allowing students to network with the alumni simply because networking opens opportunities for good internships and good jobs. Furthermore, to argue that the standing of your alma-mater is a nonfactor is a bit mistaken. For instance, let’s look at the subject of GPA: are you honestly suggesting that a 3.5 from Amherst and a 3.5 from Georgia State are viewed in the same manner? The name of your school carries a lot of weight. God, there are stock brokers who graduated from Harvard with degrees in f-king history who are making bank. Tim Geithner studied East Asian studies at Dartmouth and he’s the Secretary of Treasury. The boy isn’t attending a random mid-grade university; he’s going to Oxford. I stand by my word that you can make something out of nothing simply by rubbing elbows and flashing your diploma. School is seriously about playing the game, especially if you’re in the social sciences and/or humanities; it’s naïve for you to suggest otherwise. Successful people don’t get where they are simply by earning A’s. Go ahead and ask one. You’re supposed to weasel your way to the top by “befriending” people.

[Arabmann]

Masha'Allah. Hopefully, his knowledge will benefit the ummah and upcoming khilafah.

[KimJongIllest]

But its true. If you are going to go to the Ivy League schools or the top ranked universities in the world, you will get employment easily regardless of your degree. These schools have the best connections. If you choose not to use these connections at Alumni meetings or from your Wall Street professor, you still have the institution's name on your resume. It has to do with elitism. You are part of the elite once you enter the doors of these schools.

Connections alone with get you a good job, and that is especially true with these elite institutions. A fellow Princeton grad who happens to be senior VP at Ernst and Young will help out a fellow Tiger. It's an elitist community.

You seem to be ignoring the power of the elites and their institutions. You get accepted into UC Berkeley or Cambridge and you're set. You can have a Bachelors degree in Dance at these elite institutions and you'll be better off than Accounting grads like me who came from some normal institution Because that dance grad has better connections than I do

There is a reason why people faint when they get their acceptance letters from Harvard. There is a REASON.

[herndonhomer]

walaal, i understand the value of networking and school prestige!!! i also go to a top private univserity in the us and its what everyone talks about. what i'm against is the sole dependence on it!! to the point where you don't care what you major in thats ridiculous. i understand how far connections can take you...

Let's test yall's theory though. Would you believe this young man would be successful if he majored in anthropology??? lets see how far his "connections" could take him in that field.

[KimJongIllest]

walaal, i understand the value of networking and school prestige!!! i also go to a top private univserity in the us and its what everyone talks about. what i'm against is the sole dependence on it!! to the point where you don't care what you major in thats ridiculous. i understand how far connections can take you...

Let's test yall's theory though. Would you believe this young man would be successful if he majored in anthropology??? lets see how far his "connections" could take him in that field.

The man can get a Associates degree. It's Oxford. The man is set.

He isn't going to the University of Phoenix or Devry.

[herndonhomer]

Wait, how far will his connections take him in anthropology, tho? how much money will that get him?

maybe he'll go do an ethnography on somali people that will be published and sell well

let's be serious though, you guys are overstretching how far connections can take you. they can take you far, but not necessarily in every field.

[blitzkrieg]

War wuxu badoowsana.

Even if he were to get a degree in anthropology, he isn’t limited to anthropology. Degrees that aren't science related allow for a lot of elbow room. Another example: Rageh Omar studied Modern History and he isn’t a historian.

[KimJongIllest]

An anthropology degree from Ohio State might be worthless.
An anthropology degree from Oxford is GOLD.

Do you really think most of these people who go to elite institutions even get into jobs in their fields of study

You are part of the elite. Finding a job or getting a good salary is the least of your worries. Everything comes to you.

[blitzkrieg]

^ I wouldn't say everything comes to you, per se. I do think that you need to market yourself successfully and possess the initiative to network correctly, otherwise you may actually risk working in retail.

[KimJongIllest]

^ Bit of a joke But it won't be difficult when you got the institution name and the connections.

[herndonhomer]

people like you all. you're the kind that encouraged many americans to study whatever they want and later on couldn't find jobs because their majors were irrelevant and useless. you all. people with your mentality contributed to the united states poor economy the past five years because you all can't pay back your college loans because you all have shitty jobs because you all studied shitty majors (regardless of school's prestige).

[blitzkrieg]

I never suggested going to a school you can't afford. Also, most top schools are very, very generous with grants because of their massive endowments. (Aside from NYU, because NYU's notoriously stingy as fuck.)

[KimJongIllest]

people like you all. you're the kind that encouraged many americans to study whatever they want and later on couldn't find jobs because their majors were irrelevant and useless. you all. people with your mentality contributed to the united states poor economy the past five years because you all can't pay back your college loans because you all have shitty jobs because you all studied shitty majors (regardless of school's prestige).

You're stupid.

[herndonhomer]

either way its a very poor mentality. if the worse ends up happening (which it can) and you end up jobless you are partially responsible for the joblessness issue of this generation in the united states. people just think they can study whatever they want these days when in reality it all has to do with relevance.

[herndonhomer]

for example, if someone wants to study geography and become an explorer they cant. you know why? because everything has already been discovered!!!! it's all all about relevance, my man.