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Yeah, I both went to UIUC and did job fairs/interviews there later, and while there certainly is the "let's get out of here" mindset from some students, many st
by dtparr 10y ago
Yeah, I both went to UIUC and did job fairs/interviews there later, and while there certainly is the "let's get out of here" mindset from some students, many students' first question was "what do you have in Chicagoland?" or occasionally the Twin Cities. This was, perhaps obviously, especially true of the students from those cities. Hearing that a coastal job was the only option was definitely not a plus to many. Things were somewhat different for grad students who tend to be more diverse geographically, but it's not like they're taking HS kids from SV, dropping them in the Midwest to get educated and then releasing them from their hell after 4 years.
Unrelated note, how did PA (CMU) get included in the Midwest. Philly is essentially on the Atlantic Ocean and the Navy used to build warships there. That's hardly any sort of degree of West.
- JoeAltmaier 10y agoCMU is in Pittsburgh, closer to Cleveland than the coast.
- hirsin 10y agoAnd we (Pittsburgh) pride ourselves on being part of the Midwest. It's very Midwestern.
- dtparr 10y agoThat's an interesting note I'd never heard before. Never spent more than a few days in either, but I guess I would say it's more Detroit than Philly.
- jonathankoren 10y agoWha? Pennsylvania hasn't been part of the west or even middle west since the days of Natty Bumppo.
- assface 10y agoIgnore this person, they don't know what they are talking about.
- dtparr 10y agoI realize CMU is in Pittsburgh, but that's still pretty far East as far as the US goes. Buffalo and Rochester are also closer to Cleveland than the coast, so I'm not sure that's a great metric. Anyway, always interesting how terms differ among people