Does attending a more selective college equal a bigger paycheck?

[madguy30]

You have probably not dealt with this kind of person nearly as much as I have. The genus of the insecure "racer rat" is far more common in this part of the country.

No but they're not any more pleasant even in smaller samples.

 

[Sigmapolis]

No but they're not any more pleasant even in smaller samples.

Indeed.

Probably the worst instructor I ever had in Ames -- an adjunct, mind you, not even actually faculty in the department -- was a Yale graduate.

I do not think a lecture went by without a reminder of that.

Awful on every front. Everybody hated that class.

Conversely, the professors I had the closest relationships with in Ames were...

Undergraduate / Grad School
UConn / Indiana
James Madison / Minnesota
Western Michigan / Penn St.
Illinois / Michigan St.
Ohio / North Texas

...and I was far from the only one who liked them. They were all at least popular and, in a few cases, they were all-star researchers in their fields.

 

[cysmiley]

Got these links from my daughter this week, one of the twins who turned down a MIT offer to go to ISU!

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/s...search-critical-national-security/3207199001/

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/picture-gallery/news/politics/2020/06/18/photos-us-energy-secretary-dan-brouillettes-visit-ames-lab-scientists-tour/3213022001/

Go Cyclones!!!!!

 

[BryceC]

At least in the Midwest your earning potential is probably higher going to a 2 year school to become an electrician than 90% of Iowa State degrees.