kickrox t1_isaz3hs wrote on October 14, 2022 at 4:10 PM

College mismatching is one of the worst things to happen to poor black students.

Someone that would be top 90% of his class at a standard state college could very well be on academic probation at an Ivy League school. This is very much not a good thing to do on the whole.

thetruthhurts2016 t1_isb3ydd wrote on October 14, 2022 at 4:43 PM

Yep. Precisely why I went to CC and a State school. No debt and I highly stood out performance wise with a 3.7gpa

kickrox t1_isb4kl0 wrote on October 14, 2022 at 4:47 PM

Hell yeah! More power to you. Keep killing it.

clem82 t1_iso43oo wrote on October 17, 2022 at 1:05 PM

>College mismatching is one of the worst things to happen to poor black students.

What really is missed out is that I get they want ivy leagues because it guarantees a good life, but just having a degree is already something that helps. It doesn't grant, but it helps. high school friend, told me that Ivy league doesn't make him feel smarter, but the fact is he was able to network is decision makers and people.

And he also said, at least what was verbal to him, is that his education didn't help, it just got him the connections to put his resume in front of people. And he only got one job offer. I think of, 8-9 interviews?