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> Also don't fall into the trap that schools have your best individual interests in mind. But can ya blame 18yr old kids/their families who are idealist believ
by folkhack 7y ago
> Also don't fall into the trap that schools have your best individual interests in mind.
But can ya blame 18yr old kids/their families who are idealist believing that they do? I mean I say this having FELL for the trap!
I mean - I worked with the school I dropped out of doing their .edu as a web developer. When I went from being a "student" at the school to being part of the marketing effort it was a night-and-day difference on what the narrative was.
All I'm saying is that the marketing, the admissions counselors, the academic advisers, etc. all are devoid from telling you "HEY! We're a business FIRST and an educational institution SECOND." Perhaps projection, but I feel like lots of people learn this the hard way just like I did.
- LeoTinnitus 7y agoI sort of learned it after running the gauntlet the first time, however I went to a technical college and my family was low enough income that grants basically paid for it all through financial aid. Going back, I had a plan in place, prepped for over a year, asked like ten million questions to them making sure I knew exactly how everything was gonna play out. The saddest part wasn't even coming back to college, but that I realized my college is so lacking it sort of makes me wish I could've somehow knew that for this program beforehand.