Welcome to City-Data.com Forum!
U.S. CitiesCity-Data Forum Index
Go Back   City-Data Forum > U.S. Forums > New York > Long Island
 [Register]
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
View detailed profile (Advanced) or search
site with Google Custom Search

Search Forums  (Advanced)
Reply Start New Thread
 
Old 05-01-2012, 12:30 PM
 
6,384 posts, read 13,158,192 times
Reputation: 4663

Advertisements

How many kids are going straight to the military from LI? Seriously, anyone know?

You can twist and turn the numbers anyway you want to to get different outputs.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message

 
Old 05-01-2012, 12:32 PM
 
3,520 posts, read 5,702,419 times
Reputation: 2534
Quote:
Originally Posted by Galicia#1 View Post
Another thing to consider, most of the middle to lower middle class areas have a high 2year college enrollment for a reason. Not everyone can afford a 500k home and not everyone can afford 25k a year to send their kids to a state school forget about top ranked. I don't see how these aspects makes one better than the other.

People are choosing 2 year schools to start with for many reasons, mostly financial. Since you have to take the same classes the 1st 2 years, why not take it a community college, then transfer to the school you want to go to when you decide what you want to do. Why waste money?
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 05-01-2012, 12:53 PM
 
Location: Glen Head, NY
840 posts, read 2,446,057 times
Reputation: 396
good point, where you go undergrad is less and less relevant. a bachelors = working papers
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 05-01-2012, 01:15 PM
 
Location: Long Island
9,531 posts, read 15,882,711 times
Reputation: 5949
Quote:
Originally Posted by kunk10 View Post
good point, where you go undergrad is less and less relevant. a bachelors = working papers
when I started this full time job back in 2000, all they wanted from my college was a sealed letter stating I had graduated with a 4-year degree. Nothing about GPA, or what major.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 05-01-2012, 01:18 PM
 
3,686 posts, read 8,705,479 times
Reputation: 1807
I'll be impressed when any Long Island student can calculate change in their head instead of having to plug it into the cash register first.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 05-01-2012, 01:20 PM
 
Location: Glen Head, NY
840 posts, read 2,446,057 times
Reputation: 396
yeah i have never been asked my gpa
[
QUOTE=rh71;24112242]when I started this full time job back in 2000, all they wanted from my college was a sealed letter stating I had graduated with a 4-year degree. Nothing about GPA, or what major.[/quote]
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 05-01-2012, 02:09 PM
 
Location: Long Island, NY
7,841 posts, read 13,234,745 times
Reputation: 9247
Quote:
Originally Posted by rocafeller05 View Post
How many kids are going straight to the military from LI? Seriously, anyone know?

You can twist and turn the numbers anyway you want to to get different outputs.
I'm not sure if you're being sarcastic but I'm serious about kids going into the military. There's 2 in my family that did that and they each have friends who opted for military service after HS. Some have served their 2 yrs and are now in college. So basically their college enrollment isn't captured because at graduation they were not enrolled in 4 yr schools. Some are still active with the military. There are variables that skew the numbers.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 05-01-2012, 02:22 PM
 
3,520 posts, read 5,702,419 times
Reputation: 2534
Quote:
Originally Posted by Gpsma View Post
I'll be impressed when any Long Island student can calculate change in their head instead of having to plug it into the cash register first.

I'll be impressed when ANY student can do this...
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 05-01-2012, 03:44 PM
 
5,052 posts, read 3,955,268 times
Reputation: 3659
After reading this, and it seems accurate enough, some thoughts

Nassau: North Shore and Clarke seem a bit low, Oyster Bay conitinues to drop, Floral Park seems high.
Suffolk: Sizeable drop after Harborfields, Three Village seems a bit low.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 05-01-2012, 04:00 PM
 
Location: Long Island, NY
7,841 posts, read 13,234,745 times
Reputation: 9247
Quote:
Originally Posted by agw123 View Post
I'll be impressed when ANY student can do this...

exactly

Today's youth just amazes me. Ask them to find the subject, predicate or pronoun in a sentence and they're like . Ask them how much change do you get back if you give them $10.03 when your bill is $8.88 and they're .

Ask them all the texting abbreviations and they'll ramble them off in no time.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.

Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.


Reply
Please update this thread with any new information or opinions. This open thread is still read by thousands of people, so we encourage all additional points of view.

Quick Reply
Message:




Over $104,000 in prizes was already given out to active posters on our forum and additional giveaways are planned!

Go Back   City-Data Forum > U.S. Forums > New York > Long Island
Similar Threads

All times are GMT -6. The time now is 10:41 PM.

© 2005-2024, Advameg, Inc. · Please obey Forum Rules · Terms of Use and Privacy Policy · Bug Bounty

City-Data.com - Contact Us - Archive 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37 - Top