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The ONLY problem my mom has with Baylor is that it's expensive.
I don't have many options because of my brain injury.
I don't know anything about your limitations or price range. Look at this Four Year Colleges in Texas and compare UTA yearly tuition with other schools yearly tuition in Texas. If you see a school that seems affordable do some research on it. In the end UTA maybe the best choice for you. But I would at least try and explore other avenues.
More important than the prestige is the quality of the program. When choosing a school, you might want to start with the top 10 schools for the field that you want study. Often, it will not include prestigious schools like Harvard.
Employers will likely recruit more students from schools that rank higher in particular fields. There will also be a large network from that school in that specific field.
I'm sure that every program Harvard offers is at the top or very close to the top for their respective fields. But, Harvard does not offer some degree programs because it is a liberal arts college.
If you can go to an IVY or another top rated school, it'll open a lot of doors. Ivy league people have their own little club where they look out for others of their kind. It's even more important in finance or law.
It also depends on where you want to live after college. If it’s a “super-star city” like New York, San Francisco, DC or Boston, school rank can make all the difference.
How much do potential employers look at the name of the college you graduated from, and how prestigious it is?
I think it depends on the company, the location of the company and whether you are talking about a new grad or after years of working. It seems prestige influences getting into a good post grad program or getting a decent job out of college, after that I don't know how many employers really give a darn. If your family can afford it, I would suggest you attend Baylor over UTA.
More important than the prestige is the quality of the program. When choosing a school, you might want to start with the top 10 schools for the field that you want study. Often, it will not include prestigious schools like Harvard.
Employers will likely recruit more students from schools that rank higher in particular fields. There will also be a large network from that school in that specific field.
That might be very true, but for some reason most kids do not have the means or anything else to attend a private top school. I think the OP might have been thinking in a little different terms. There are some professions and some areas of the country where the university is more important than other parts of the country..There are many areas of the country where employers do not expect the kids out of college to be harvard, Yale, Stanford types.
Bus? Taxi? Friend or family giving you a ride? Plane? Train?
Once you're on campus, you move into a dorm. Then you walk everywhere.
But, my mother is worried that if I take the bus, I'll wander off while I'm waiting at the bus stop.
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