Juaun Jennings on Vandy....

[VFL-82-JP]

That's pretty dang sad that you used undergraduate alma maters as a way of shrinking a stack of applications down to what you considered a manageable stack.

Not what I said. Said it's one data point among many. You're setting up a windmill to tilt at, Don.

 

[Vol464]

I'll bet you dollars to donuts that the average income of a Vandy grad 10 years post graduation exceeds that of a UT grad by 15k

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[bowlinggreenvol]

I went to MTSU 10 graduated with $20,000 in student loans. I'm now making just over 6 figures. I now live in Ithaca New York just outside Cornell University. I see kids graduate all the time with $250,000 in student loans getting $60,000 year jobs. Not about what university you go to. It's about degrees selection, ability to market yourself, in the ability to do critical thinking. I'm sure Vandy is no different than Cornell. High dollar degrees, with low dollar payoffs.

What's the cost of living up there like? I bet your 6 figures goes just as far as a mid-upper 5 figure salary in many places in the South. I have a buddy who lives in CT, 40 miles from NYC. I'm sure he makes 2x what I do. He also pays $1600/month for a 1 bedroom apartment. That's more than my folks pay for a 4K sq ft house on 3 acres in a KY college town.

 

[OrangeSquid]

... is an industry leader on certain analytical practices.

Hey, you think maybe you could tutor Butch and staff on that subject?

For the record, I looked it up and the average mid career salary for a Vanderbilt graduate is $102,000. For a UTK graduate, the mid career salary is $79,000.

Wow, I guess I didn't do too bad for myself then, considering that I'm a 10th grade dropout and doing better than a Vandy or UT grad. I imagine I could have been making bazillions if I had gone to college. :crazy:

 

[volfan102455]

My only point was that Vandy grads on average make more post graduation that a UTK grad and I was proven right when I actually looked it up. The numbers don't lie.

An average is an average. The Vandy average is higher because the percentage of graduates in professions that typically pay higher is higher at Vandy and Vandy does not offer degrees / education in some of the professions that typically peak at a lower salary range. UT's average and mid-career is higher in many majors than Vandy but those typically have a lower earnings potential.

The diversity of degrees that are offered coupled by the distribution across those degrees for a university influence the average. Graduates end up with careers that do not align to their major subject area, etc. That is why "averages" are typically not a good measure of anything.

That said - it was interesting to note that a UT PhD graduate starts out making more than a Vandy PhD graduate.

 

[xpsyclonex2002]

What's the cost of living up there like? I bet your 6 figures goes just as far as a mid-upper 5 figure salary in many places in the South. I have a buddy who lives in CT, 40 miles from NYC. I'm sure he makes 2x what I do. He also pays $1600/month for a 1 bedroom apartment. That's more than my folks pay for a 4K sq ft house on 3 acres in a KY college town.

The cost of living up here sucks balls. The property taxes and utility bills or where you really get dinged. I would be making six figures even if I was still working down south. The point I was trying to make is that if you get a degree from a college such as Vandy or Cornell, and you end up making $15,000 more a year after 10 years than a UT graduate, it really sounds great. But then when you factor in the cost of a four-year education at one of the schools compared to Tennessee or MTSU, and realize are paying for a quarter million dollars or more in student loans over their lifetime compared to $20,000 to $50,000 for a MTSU or UT grad. Suddenly realized that making more money and just handing it back to the banks in student loan repayments levels the playing field and usually ends up working against you.

 

[pismonque]

Wow, I guess I didn't do too bad for myself then, considering that I'm a 10th grade dropout and doing better than a Vandy or UT grad. I imagine I could have been making bazillions if I had gone to college. :crazy:

Wait, are you THE Orange Squid, the legendary Soddy-Daisy meth king?

 

[TreeGreen]

"Wen" "yur"



Everybody loses with that.


Smh

This thread took a weird turn, but I wanted to say twitter has that 140 character limit (or whatever it is). So, seeing shorthand spelling in a tweet shouldn't shock anybody.

 

[volinSmyrna]

This thread took a weird turn, but I wanted to say twitter has that 140 character limit (or whatever it is). So, seeing shorthand spelling in a tweet shouldn't shock anybody.

Yes it took a weird turn. Perhaps we should discuss which kid gets his name misspelled more on this board....Dormady or Jauan?

 

[VolsAgainstTheWorld15]

It's just too easy to make fun of them. It's almost embarrassing! Almost!

The hilarious part is that their players and fans bring up acceptance rates as a defense to feel better about themselves lol shows how miserable they are

 

[OrangeSquid]

Wait, are you THE Orange Squid, the legendary Soddy-Daisy meth king?

ost-4-1090547912:
I had to give you a like for that. I had an idea that the thought might cross someone's mind, but; nope it isn't me. Wait.... there's a meth lord in Soddy using my name?
:censored:

 

[pismonque]

ost-4-1090547912:
I had to give you a like for that. I had an idea that the thought might cross someone's mind, but; nope it isn't me. Wait.... there's a meth lord in Soddy using my name?
:censored:

I may be thinking of Heisensquid.

 

[apevol]

Is this the business forum or something?