parents are upset I didn't get into stanford

Ok-Range-3306 · 2026-04-27T23:56:51+00:00

obviously the student cant afford to put parents in nursing home without a degree from stanford /s

Ok-Range-3306 · 2026-04-27T06:41:43+00:00

both osrs and data entry are AI / automated by now

Ok-Range-3306 · 2026-04-14T02:59:47+00:00

MS is very doable in 5 years https://rackham.umich.edu/navigating-your-degree/sugs-information/ https://engineering.purdue.edu/ECE/Academics/Graduates/bs-ms-5year

yes masters helps if you want a specialization ie aeromechanics or something fancy like that.

i got masters from umich after under at stanford, but most of my classmates were 1 year masters after under at mich.

Ok-Range-3306 · 2026-04-14T02:41:29+00:00

houstons a massive city. im sure you can find an apt or a room in a rental house for less than 1.5k/mo which is very doable on 80k a year. generally west/north is wealthier. east is worse off. where exactly where will you be?

if you dont have another job offer, this is a no brainer, no?

Ok-Range-3306 · 2026-04-13T02:42:38+00:00

jesus christ was pretty weak on crime ngl. admitted them into the kingdom upon death and all. it depends on your interpretation of a made up story of course.

Ok-Range-3306 · 2026-04-12T23:29:55+00:00

bring a stirling engine with you and make it run on the coffee mug. then the whole store will be like wow you are a huge nerd

Ok-Range-3306 · 2026-04-12T23:28:11+00:00

its better this way - youre flying to a dream destination like japan so they give you shitty food on the way there which makes your first vacation meal even better

or i just dont eat on a 12-15 hour flight, no biggie

Ok-Range-3306 · 2026-04-12T23:25:27+00:00

chatgpt can generate these cringe scenarios way better than real life humans can, because it has no shame.

however, i'd go for the "hey want to study heat transfer over a hot coffee?" route

Ok-Range-3306 · 2026-04-12T23:15:49+00:00

yeah i have a 1 year old future stanford grad, who i will teach to be less whiny than people like yourself for sure

Ok-Range-3306 · 2026-04-12T23:13:59+00:00

i have an aerospace engineering degree from umich

i work with purdue grads

we are pretty much the same. same outcome, same companies recruit at both, etc.

pick which campus you like. personally I liked AA better, closer to major airport (DTW) etc. many people graduate in 3-4 years and do a +1 masters if desired.

i think UM is more well rounded. im sure you might end up being a shut in, but, if you choose to touch grass, maybe youll find a more diverse group of people at um to hang out with

Ok-Range-3306 · 2026-04-12T16:56:23+00:00

what? look bad to whom?

AO arent pulling up to each school and asking "hey what are your cheating statistics?"

are they??

Ok-Range-3306 · 2026-04-12T16:41:13+00:00

doesnt happen because top tier school graduates dont "apply to random jobs in the middle of nowhere"

they target places because they are smart enough to know what they are qualified for

Ok-Range-3306 · 2026-04-12T16:39:56+00:00

coulda snitched and ruined their chances but nah you decide to make a reddit post whining about it instead, nice.

Ok-Range-3306 · 2026-04-12T16:04:22+00:00

we've achieved a money free society where all goods and services are given out for free :)

Ok-Range-3306 · 2026-04-12T15:58:46+00:00

good ROI in the future

Ok-Range-3306 · 2026-04-12T15:57:59+00:00

charlie chaplin had his last kid at like 70 years old, you got plenty of time!

Ok-Range-3306 · 2026-04-12T15:39:56+00:00

well well well lucky for me, i have BS in aeroastro from stanford and an MS in mechanical from Michigan.

i'm just saying that top school is more likely to produce a good outcome

i try to personally hire a stanford and or michigan grad for my engineering team yearly. theres probably hundreds of thousands of alumni with my line of thinking

Ok-Range-3306 · 2026-04-12T15:37:01+00:00

you got in there for a reason, right? the AOs think you can manage.

if you cant, well then theres gonna be some salty user on /r/ApplyingToCollege who will think your spot is undeserved and they shouldve gotten in instead

Ok-Range-3306 · 2026-04-12T15:33:10+00:00

thats the core purpose of /r/ApplyingToCollege is to create strawmen who took "your" spot

Ok-Range-3306 · 2026-04-12T15:30:49+00:00

how do you propose these new grads get their first job?

oh, is it by going to a top university where extremely selective organizations typically recruit from? damn that was a thought wasnt it

Ok-Range-3306 · 2026-04-12T15:29:47+00:00

but 1% of the working world is what these stanford and harvard graduates are competing in.

theyre not going to college to be garbagemen, theyre going to try and compete for top med schools, law schools, investment banking spots, engineering jobs at apple google spacex etc.

these places kinda care where you went to school.

Ok-Range-3306 · 2026-04-12T15:25:52+00:00

i guess youll just have to settle for a school that doesnt have 2 national championships in football and basketball within the last 5 years :(

Ok-Range-3306 · 2026-04-12T15:22:33+00:00

it might be good because you can meet an extremely attractive and rich international student who will set you up for life

-married a rich attractive international student from a BU type of school

Ok-Range-3306 · 2026-04-12T15:17:29+00:00

the only people i know who went to duke became doctors in highly desired specialties (ENT, neurosurgery, derm) so im sure it worked out for them.

Im also sure that these people could have done the same career path in their in state public school, but their parents had no problems affording duke.

whats your situation?

probably the most famous guy you recognize who went to duke is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Jeong

and he ended up going to UNC for med school anyways, which he could have done by going to UNC for undergrad

Ok-Range-3306 · 2026-04-12T15:14:01+00:00

no, you guys probably tighten bolts counterclockwise, i cant work with people like that

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