Community Colleges

[andie nachgeborenen]

In philosophy (my former field), Michigan's a top 5
school in every ranking, has been for generations. Law
too. U of C's tops in lots of things (not philosophy,
there it's probably top 15), but definitely in law. I
turned down Columbia and Berkeley for my grad program;
Berkley's top 10, but there wasn't anything for my
then-girlfriend (who ended up not going to grad school
in the states anyway). Columbia wasn't and isn't top
10  in philosophy nationally. Point is, what's elite
varies by area. It's probablyt true that on the coasts
there is the assumption in Jordan's note, that nothing
that isn't on the coasts is really any good. We are
just flyovers, after all, and if we had real talent we
would have gone to Harvard.

jks

--- Jordan Hayes <jmhayes at j-o-r-d-a-n.com> wrote:
> > What about U of M? U of C? Northwestern?
> 
> Hey, I don't play in that sandbox (how's this for
> snobbery: I dropped
> out of Berkeley), but that's what I hear: you got a
> degree from a
> "second ten" school, good frickin' luck getting a
> job at a top ten.
> It's apparently even worse if you have a 6-10 and
> are looking for a job
> at 1-5 ...
> 
> Which makes sense, if you buy the whole academic
> POS; which I don't.
> 
> /jordan
> 

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