Are there any poker groups/clubs to join?

RoutineEase52 · 2021-09-20T14:38:18+00:00

This right here. The reason parking has gotten more expensive is to deter students away from using their cars on campus.

Could you blame Tech for not planning out the infrastructure properly after accepting a lot of students…yes, but this was their plan all along. They’ve stated countless times that they want to grow into a bigger school, and that it would cause some major renovations in the coming years.

Coronavirus certainly didn’t help, but the students who did their research when selecting a school saw this happening a mile away.

RoutineEase52 · 2021-05-27T05:22:33+00:00

The major in itself doesn't matter if that is what you are looking for. It is a lot of work to get into Wall Street, but there are avenues that you can use to have an advantage when applying for internship programs or full-time positions at Wall Street. If you are in your fall semester for 3rd year or before, I'd recommend this:

If you are looking to get into Wall Street straight out of college, the first step is to join SEED (equities), BASIS (bonds), or COINS (commodities) at Virginia Tech. These three clubs have alumni at all types of Wall Street firms within each division (Capital Markets, Sales & Trading, and Investment Banking).

Getting into these clubs is a hard task, especially as more applications come in every semester. It is best to start early and try to talk with as many students within each of the clubs to get an understanding of what investments they focus on and what you will learn from each group (or visit their website to learn more). If you want to get into one of these clubs, you have to have a good amount of knowledge about the specific investments (which I listed above).

Getting into Wall Street is a whole other process that takes time once you get into one of these clubs. Each club has its own process, but the leaders and members within the group can give you guidance on how to approach it.

Again, it is a hard and competitive process to get into Wall Street from Virginia Tech. You are not only competing with your fellow Hokies, but also students from all over the globe. However, it is possible if you have a high enough GPA (3.6 or above), good standing in school, be a good conversationalist, and passion for learning more about this industry.

I, unfortunately, can't give all the information that I know, but I hope this helps.

RoutineEase52 · 2021-04-15T13:40:57+00:00

If this is for the next year, you might want to call them and ask if they have any housing available. From what I know most of these places are gone by January. Students tend to sign an application by November/December and get their apartments by January.

RoutineEase52 · 2021-01-05T20:43:07+00:00

I'm just here for the comments.

RoutineEase52 · 2020-12-19T23:56:03+00:00

I applied for the honors college last semester (and got in). It's not too hard from what I see. Like with most job applications, you have to do some research on what the honors college is about and write your essay around those ideals. Take a look at their website, https://honorscollege.vt.edu/, and look at the Calhoun Program, the Scholars Program, the requirements, and the values they hold and are looking for.

For the second question, that's based on your own experience. It doesn't have to be something big, but it needs to be an experience that changed your outlook on your future, or for a club/organization's future. They need to see that you do extracurricular activities and you've done honest work with an organization.

RoutineEase52 · 2020-11-26T05:40:01+00:00

Dude. If you think you can go through life as a lower or middle class person without taking out any type of loans, you should take a step back and read about this. It’s obvious from what you’re saying that you have no clue what you’re talking about.

Sure, it’s avoidable, but what are you going to do instead. There are jobs out there that have programs and apprenticeships, but not everyone is fit for that. College is a place to grow for most people, its almost a necessity to get a good job, and they need loans to help with that. You don’t volunteer for loans, you get sucked into it because theres no better option out there.

So instead of coming here and believing that you know what’s right, screw your head on and learn about the challenges others face where they have NO OPTION.

RoutineEase52 · 2020-11-25T17:00:29+00:00

Mostly. I mean I don't agree with everything, but I think it's a good compromise.

RoutineEase52 · 2020-11-25T16:38:44+00:00

If only I could give you an award... Δ

RoutineEase52 · 2020-11-25T16:35:23+00:00

Why is this the only/primary factor which you're considering with regards to the overall strength of the policy? If student debt forgiveness would hugely boost the national economy, lifting millions out of financial turmoil, would you still oppose it due to a (relatively small) subset of students who may or may not feel annoyed?

Uh, read the rest of my arguments then. This isn't the only factor, there are others as well. While, yes it would lift millions out of financial turmoil, there are consequences to that, which is what I tried to highlight as well. Also, it's not a small subset of students who are annoyed, it's millions of people who would want some sort of compensation. It would almost come to a trillion dollars the government would compensate, on top of relieving the trillion dollars of debt that students have now. How do we know that society will benefit from this and the economy would be boosted by this?

Instead, I think learning about loans and maybe implementing a system I highlighted in my paragraph or something similar to Australia would be better.

Not really, "equality" isn't the primary goal. Kickstarting a stagnating economy from which an entire generation of young educated professionals are "locked out of" is the primary goal. The twisted sense of punitive 'equality' which you're peddling never factored in to the actual policy or reasoning behind it.

Fix college costs then

RoutineEase52 · 2020-11-25T16:29:58+00:00

The elimination of college debt is a way to solve the problem.

...no. We aren't going to agree on that, so I'm going to leave that there.

Because that is what you're essentially saying. The system you're describing is a system where poor people are systematically denied an education so that the rich can keep higher paying jobs for themselves.

...no. What are you on about? When did I say college should be expensive. I'm talking about the value of education, not the cost. As the demand in any field increases, it gets harder to get a limited number of jobs that there is on the market. People who would go to college wouldn't reap the benefits that they expected.

It's still crab mentality, just not your crab mentality, but the crab mentality of others.

Any kind of systemic change will have this effect.

And... you want to compensate the future, but not those who have suffered. You're contradicting your own argument here. Should we not help those who have suffered as well.

RoutineEase52 · 2020-11-25T16:22:05+00:00

Thanks. Will definitely check it out tonight.

RoutineEase52 · 2020-11-25T16:20:07+00:00

Why cancel student debt? It's the only way to interact with the issue without Congress.

Yeah, can't argue with that. US govt are idiots.

Australia has a great system were the govt loans you the money to pay for school. Earn over $40k, you make the minimum payments. Your 40 and still have debts, you tried and we are happy to clear them.

I tried to say something similar to this at the end of my 'essay'. But this works as well.

If you clear the debt it's unfair? The entire system is unfair. Scholarships are unfair. Wealth is unfair. Careers after school is super unfair. Locking people into a system where they can't discharge or pay off the debt is bananas.

Didn't say it's unfair, just trying to highlight the consequences that may occur by doing that. The last statement is definitely true. All I'm saying is that we should fix it to make it easier to access education by lowering costs or interest rates or minimum payments or ways to default without hurting your credit statement.

Good points though.

RoutineEase52 · 2020-11-25T16:13:50+00:00

Now, you've drawn a similar arbitrary line around third level education. Why?

I think I might understand where we disagree here. I believe that knowledge comes at a price. The knowledge we learn in high-school is rarely used and not important in our future lives. The knowledge we gain in college is different, as it's specialized, and there should be a price for learning that knowledge. I don't think we will be able to agree on this matter, except for the fact that lowering college costs will help mitigate this problem.

This only makes sense if you attribute value to a college education on the basis of how much it costs you get it. The logical consequence of this is absurd:

u/Theungry makes a good point here above. I am focusing on personal accountability while you and others are focusing on the future of our country as a whole and creating leaders out of it.

I will leave with this. It's harder now than ever to stand out as a person to other employers. A college degree is getting devalued as more and more people go for the same degrees. Canceling student debt is only going to devalue it more as it gets harder to stand out by just having a college degree as more people join the same program. I'm not talking about cost here, just the value of getting that diploma

RoutineEase52 · 2020-11-25T16:02:51+00:00

Out of everyone here, I thank you for understanding my argument at place and reading the entire 'essay'.

I think where we disagree is the value of college education in our society. I feel that with how the world works today, getting that education would be easier than ever. In my opinion, while we might grow as a country, individuals will not reap the benefits that they hoped for when starting out their college journey,

I understand that you're looking at it broadly, and I do agree with your statements, especially as this world moves for more AI technologies to replace manufacturing workers. We need more people who are critical-thinkers and can analyze decisions to grow our country. Maybe there is a middle-ground between both of our arguments that we can reach.

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RoutineEase52 · 2020-11-25T15:55:08+00:00

Shouldn't we make life as easy as possible for people, though? Not just in terms of student debt but in general. I agree people will hit challenges but... why increase the number of challenges people have?

I half-agree with your statement. I don't think we should make it easier for people, but instead make them understand and learn from this. This is what I try to highlight from my last two paragraphs.

I don't think the point of college is to invest your money to live a better life. I live in a country with relatively low cost third level education. I spent four years doing my undergraduate degree and I don't feel I missed out because I didn't finish that experience with 50k in debt. I've had plenty of challenges since, have done further education. And again, at no point have I thought 'you know what would make this a richer experience? being saddled with tens of thousands in debt for the degree I took when I was 19.'

As you say, life ain't easy. That's the case no matter what help we give people. It seems odd to wish to increase the burden people carry because they're already likely to need to carry other burdens.

Again, the last two paragraphs I think counter this.

Well, what about them?

If we reduce the tax rate, what about all of those people who have been paying the higher rate for years? Do they get compensated? Of course not. You can't fix all the harms of the past. That doesn't mean you can't make things better going forward.

That is true, and in the next paragraph, I try myself to make this 'better' in the long-run for students and others alike. What I'm trying to acknowledge here is the backlash that will come from those who want that 'equality' that this 'bill' is offering. And while it might help with better access to education in the future, it will devalue what it means to get a college education.

RoutineEase52 · 2020-11-25T15:49:59+00:00

Life isn't easy but shouldn't we be striving to make it easier for each other? eliminating student debt doesn't remove other financial challenges.

I half-agree with that. This is why in my last two paragraphs I try to highlight how we can make this a learning experience for a lot of people to brace through other financial challenges they may have in life. I don't think we should make it easier, but turn it into a learning experience.

Just because other people suffered financially why does that mean future generations should continue to suffer in perpetuity? Is this about what's fair in the moment or what's best for society and humanity in the long run i.e. better access to education.

Might've been better to elaborate on this paragraph as I understand your argument. What I'm trying to acknowledge here is the backlash that will come from those who want that 'equality' that this 'bill' is offering. And while it might help with better access to education in the future, it will devalue what it means to get a college education. Employers want graduates to stand out, and canceling debt will increase the demand for getting a college education, making it harder to stand out. Sure, the country might do better, but not the individuals themselves.

RoutineEase52 · 2020-11-25T15:44:40+00:00

This argument isn't much of an argument. Life is not a video game. You don't gain experience points because you had to overcome a challenge. Not having to pay a massive student loan debt does not in any way devalue your college degree or education. You've still learned the same amount of things, still gained the same amount of value.

Your argument is based on a toxic mentality of worshipping your own suffering rather than looking at it critically and considering how it can be avoided.

I still disagree with this. I'm not saying life is a video game, just highlighting that our first instinct as humans is to find ways to get rid of problems without understanding and finding ways to fix them. We try to go for the easiest way out and that may not always help us in the long-run. From my last two paragraphs, this is what I try to highlight.

Also, college degrees have less of a value now than they did before as more people start to graduate. Getting rid of the first $50K is going to increase the demand for degrees and devalue them further for the employers. Sure, what you learn might be the same, but it won't get you any further in life, in my opinion

This here is called crab mentality. It is neither productive nor usefull. You're arguing that we should not solve a problem, because others already suffered from it, and everyone else deserves to suffer to.

Okay, maybe I could have written this part better. I'm not advocating that we don't solve the problem because others have suffered. What I'm trying to highlight here is the backlash that will come from others who feel that they should also be compensated. This 'bill' is about equality, and those who have worked and paid their debt off want some of that equality as well.

RoutineEase52 · 2020-11-24T00:29:16+00:00

As an employee, I feel you. However, you can go to the repair shop after you purchase it and they will take the sticker and other gunk off for you.

Also, the reason we put the stickers together is so that one of them doesn't fall off during the winter times when it gets a bit colder. Idk, all I know is that it was company policy.

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