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Not necessarily but definitely will get my WTF reaction initially
Then it should tell you that they fought the uphill battle to be in those good firms and do those good experience in the first place. More kudos to them tbh. Everyone made mistakes lol, especially if they are international students who didnt know much about UG’s reputation before they came to the US.
Not everyone is as broad minded as SC1 unfortunately
My undergrad is barely legit. It's accredited, but unranked, with no physical classrooms. I completed it through correspondence at age 31. I then took the GMAT, got a 770, and got accepted into a part-time MBA program at a semi-target. I finished my MBA at age 33 and joined a Tier 2 strategy firm. Nobody asks about my undergrad from a "is this guy good perspective." If it comes up in conversation I laugh and tell them my undergrad degree is fake and my MBA is almost real.
UG means nothing really. What matters is where you did your MBA/Masters. Good for you M2!!
One of the most capable dudes I ever worked with was at my old boutique; he didn't have any degree at all. Meanwhile, I'm sure we all know an Ivy-clad idiot or two. In my eyes undergrad shouldn't matter after your first gig.
If they have experience then why do you care about their undergrad? It’s just a check box item for an experienced hire and has no bearing on their performance or abilities.
Deloitte is the Harvard of Consulting
Devry is the Harvard of online degrees
So, why not?
As if someone from a more “prestigious” university is automatically more qualified?!! As long as the school is accredited, why does the name matter? And now that they’ve proven themselves with great experience, it really shouldn’t matter. If anything, they aren’t hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt for the same degrees as anyone else. 🤷🏽♀️🤷🏽♀️
@M4, Did you just suggest that somebody from a top university is "automatically more qualified?"
That claim is demonstrably false.
Most clients could hire from average Joe university and save 85% of the cost of gen Z consultant with no track record. I would hope that a fancy consulting manager would be able to understand at least some of the nuances of population distribution and accept that top talent can be found in all sorts of places. I would also hope that a consulting manager realises that a client is not paying for a 22 year with no experience but for a large firm with significant resources. If that 22 year old could hang up a shingle and bill $3,500 per day because of their degree, then your argument might be valid.
Wasn’t intending to say they are less worthy or anything like that lol. Was just trying to gauge differing opinions
I don’t disagree with you. What I’m saying is that most people wouldn’t even let them get to the interview.
Manager 2 you are speaking the truth.
One of my partners has a university of Phoenix bachelors and mba.
Once upon a time I might have said no. But I don’t feel like I learned anything at my top 25 college that people couldn’t have learned elsewhere. Maybe some social experience and other intelligent people surrounding me, but in the classroom I felt it was pretty standard.
Whats their reputation ?
College is mostly irrelevant anyways. All it shows is you know how to learn.
A fancier college just means you took a bigger loan or your parents could afford it.
I know a ppd at D with u of phoenix. Grind and who cares. I went to good schools and plenty of those folks I wouldn’t hire
I would say wtf. People who go to for profit schools are huge red flag.
Went to UCLA for two BAs and then got my MBA free by working for the founder of online education —John Sperling. Learned to work with international teams in all time zones to get projects done quickly and effectively during my MBA program. A great early skill I still leverage in my career. My point: Don’t play the name game.