u/Hbdiya

Can we talk about the absolute chokehold university prestige has on asian parents? They genuinely think a shiny logo on a degree is a magical golden ticket to a six-figure career. My parents will look at a school ranked #16 globally and automatically assume its grads get handed jobs on a silver platter. Meanwhile, the actual program is a total dumpster fire with zero industry connections, zero co-op support, and a curriculum that hasn't been updated since HTML was invented.

"But it’s a prestigious school!"

Yeah, prestigious for Research. The professors care about their grants, not my resume. I am not trying to pay $10k a year to get a degree that leaves me completely unemployed just so you can brag to Auntie at the function. Prestige does not equal career success anymore. A school can have a multi-billion dollar endowment, but if their department doesn't have local tech partnerships, hospital placements, or corporate pipelines, you are completely on your own when you graduate.

Going to a "mid-tier" school with a hyper-funded, co-op-heavy program where companies actually recruit makes way more sense for your career than going to an Ivy-lite just to end up underemployed and humbled by the job market.

Please tell me I’m not the only one fighting for my life trying to explain to my parents that a university's reputation won't save you from a terrible job market. 😭

i joined final year at a different school and its been incredibly isolating. I actually joined a SHSM program and managed to make some great friends, but they are all in the 11th grade, so none of them are going to senior prom.

On top of that, my schedule is set up so that I literally leave the school right at lunch during this second semester. It is not even a matter of being an introvert, I am actually a very, very social person. I have made plenty of acquaintances here, but I know how high school cliques work; those people would always rather hang out with their core friend groups than invite me into their circle for the night

Honestly, I am just afraid to go and end up just sitting around by myself the whole night. Prom tickets and outfits are way too expensive to just go, sit around, and feel awkward. It just really hurts me to see my old school friends going to prom together and telling me how i missed out and how i shouldve been there

Grade inflation is genuinely unfair