Is College Still Worth It? The New Calculus of Falling Returns [pdf]

Re:Is College Still Worth It? The New Calculus of Falling Re... by throwawayjava on Friday December 27, 2019 @09:35PM (#21896663)

Those studies say something more like "UW Madison/U Washington/UIUC really do give you as good an education as the ivies" and quite a bit less like "college doesn't matter/is just a signal".

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Re:Is College Still Worth It? The New Calculus of Falling Re... by cm2012 on Friday December 27, 2019 @09:38PM (#21896675)

I have read that study, but I'm actually digging for a separate study now. I remember it split SAT score, educational attainment, and average salary into separate variables. For people with high SAT scores, average salary 10 years post graduation was basically the same regardless of level of education.

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Re:Is College Still Worth It? The New Calculus of Falling Re... by Spooky23 on Friday December 27, 2019 @10:05PM (#21896769)

Ivy League matters if you want to be in finance or white shoe consulting.

Everything else, you just work hard at your first job and nobody gives a shit. I went to a big SUNY school and was a mediocre student. We all made out fine.

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Re:Is College Still Worth It? The New Calculus of Falling Re... by Bootwizard on Saturday December 28, 2019 @03:17AM (#21897807)

Agreed on the Ivy League part. I work with a guy that went to Princeton. I went to a public University in Florida.

Sure he learned a lot more and had to do a thesis for his undergrad, but we have the same job now.

He has no more leverage than me when it comes to that.

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Re:Is College Still Worth It? The New Calculus of Falling Re... by minblaster on Saturday December 28, 2019 @09:54AM (#21899170)

And when that guy’s roommate strikes it big, who gets the call to join the rocketship?

Steve Ballmer was Bill Gates’ roommate. You are getting free networking lottery tickets with high achievers at an Ivy.

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