Crack smoking mayor of Toronto Rob Ford has higher approval rating than Obama
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1) What are you considering great schools? Really, I'm wondering. We've been ranked as one of the top 20, top 15 schools in the world. I am in the #2 ranked Mech E program in the country. No, ratings aren't the end all be all, but if that isn't great than what is?
2) OSU is an up cycle while Michigan is still climbing out of a down. Right now they have the edge in football, yeah. Have they always had it? No. Will they always have it from here on out? No. Was Tressel 100% clean in getting them there? Of course not. Also, why does this even matter if the subject was Michigan as an academic school, and people saying they were worse than OSU? The football side of it really doesn't fit here.
3) I've been going to interviews, a good amount. I just got back from the East Coast on Friday. Later in my career will my school matter? Probably not. Does it matter now? Of course it does. Many top companies only actively recruit the top schools in the country. Lockheed Martin said we were one of only like 10 or 15 schools they visit. Seeing "University of Michigan" on a resume absolutely helps me out. From regional jobs to nationally.
4) I actually did basically get a pass on the 1st rd interview and went straight to the 2nd because a U of M alum in a high position was working for me on the inside. My roommate got the same treatment. That also ended in a job offer like 16 hours after the interview event. I would say out of all the alumni bases to have on my side, this is a pretty good one.
People are naked talking monkeys so nepotism is often how the world works. I prefer the best guy for the job over the guy who went to the sane place as me but I realize sometimes that gets it done.
People are naked talking monkeys so nepotism is often how the world works. I prefer the best guy for the job over the guy who went to the sane place as me but I realize sometimes that gets it done.
Who is to say I wasn't the best candidate? They know the quality of Michigan grads and that got me the interview. I'm not sure how much he was involved in the hiring process after that point as it wasn't his department.
I also said some other stuff in that post to counter stuff in your post, but you know, whatever.
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People are naked talking monkeys so nepotism is often how the world works. I prefer the best guy for the job over the guy who went to the sane place as me but I realize sometimes that gets it done.
Who is to say I wasn't the best candidate? They know the quality of Michigan grads and that got me the interview. I'm not sure how much he was involved in the hiring process after that point as it wasn't his department.
I also said some other stuff in that post to counter stuff in your post, but you know, whatever.
Who is to say I wasn't the best candidate?
Well I have a friend who graduated from Cleveland State law. Took a bar with 3 other guys from Ohio who had gone to Harvard. He passed on the first try - they didn't. That doesn't particularly answer the question but we don't know you weren't the best candidate Woody. You might be just fine.
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Who is to say I wasn't the best candidate?
Well I have a friend who graduated from Cleveland State law. Took a bar with 3 other guys from Ohio who had gone to Harvard. He passed on the first try - they didn't. That doesn't particularly answer the question but we don't know you weren't the best candidate Woody. You might be just fine.
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Well I have a friend who graduated from Cleveland State law. Took a bar with 3 other guys from Ohio who had gone to Harvard. He passed on the first try - they didn't. That doesn't particularly answer the question but we don't know you weren't the best candidate Woody. You might be just fine.
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Either way, that was one point of a bunch I made. Was I aided because I went to Michigan? Of course. The alum helped me get the interview. Plus, like I mentioned, the Michigan engineering degree carries weight, so I was helped from that too. Was I given the offer because I go to Michigan? No. Most likely they rated all the candidates after the event and I was high enough on that list.
So I benefit from the alumni network. I benefit from the degree.
Either way, this whole topic change was just to make some posters on here realize how good of a school Michigan is. I know facts and logic are frowned upon in this board, but I figured I'd try.
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Daddy footed the bill for you MLD, you're lucky. However, you seem to be lazy and I doubt you will do well unless you change your attitude.
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From across the pond, I know basically nothing about University of Michigan. Literally not heard of it outside of football. I *have* heard of the ones listed above by Cysko. That doesn't say anything about the quality of the program, but it does speak to the reputation of the university outside of America.
And, in my experience, having a degree from a good name university will get you an interview - but *you* have to earn the job still. You can't just turn up wearing the right tie and expect to get the job.
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I hate the Michigan football team, but academically they're an elite-tier school, especially when it comes to physics and medicine. If I applied there for medical school, they likely wouldn't consider me
Anyways, you could make the argument that UofM is a tier lower than MIT and Harvard because those two schools are in a league of their own. However, the guys up north make the top 10 in many, many academic rankings so if you're going to argue that they're not an elite school, I'd say you were wrong.
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Also, my favorite Rob Ford moment NSFW language:
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If michigan were the bungles OSU would be the Tennessee titans.
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Congrats Vapor on the med school acceptance.
Also, thank you for agreeing with me.
Daddy footed the bill for you MLD, you're lucky. However, you seem to be lazy and I doubt you will do well unless you change your attitude.I know I am lucky. I pay for everything else, but I know I am very lucky my tuition was covered. Why exectly am I lazy though? Literally all you know about me is that I am an engineering student at Michigan, and that doesnt sound like lazy. -
Which medical school accepted you bud?
Glad to hear it!
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West Virginia University? But seriously congratulations. You will soon be working your ass off.
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Not Cagayan State?
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I actually like the guy.
Come on everybody. Don't you get sick of all these guys fucking up and then wringing their r hands and shedding crocodile tears with their insincere apologies?
anybody here thats not been fucked up or shit hammer drunk in the last couple years? I mean besides Cal?
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The guy is honest, I will give him that. I think it's hysterical.
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anybody here thats not been fucked up or shit hammer drunk in the last couple years? I mean besides Cal?
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On root beer? Wait a minute...how DID you mean that.... :{
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What's the difference between an elephant and a U of M cheerleader?
About 20 pounds. <-Highlight here
How do you get a U of M grad off your doorstep?
Pay him for the pizza. <-Highlight here -
Yawn. Rehashed jokes that could work for any school are boring.
And I still think any jokes about umich grads being dumb make little sense
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Anyone smoke crack in the last year?
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