25 years old and deep in debt

[CountDeMoney]

And I know unsuccessful people with MFA degrees.  So there.  Nyah.

[celedhring]

I should've gotten an MFA.

  You want to talk about a debate as to whether something is worth it, the debate over law school's got nothing on an MFA.

I know successful people with MFA degrees.

Of course, they were successful in their arts related field first and then got their MFA degrees as a side project...

In my experience - although there's a big "OOOH SHINY!!!!" effect when you display an Ivy League diploma over here - and MFA from a decent school will help open doors. At the end it will be up to how good you are at your craft, but it does help to make people pay attention to you. Plus the actual learning.

[crazy canuck]

I should've gotten an MFA.

  You want to talk about a debate as to whether something is worth it, the debate over law school's got nothing on an MFA.

I know successful people with MFA degrees.

Of course, they were successful in their arts related field first and then got their MFA degrees as a side project...

In my experience - although there's a big "OOOH SHINY!!!!" effect when you display an Ivy League diploma over here - and MFA from a decent school will help open doors. At the end it will be up to how good you are at your craft, but it does help to make people pay attention to you. Plus the actual learning.

I once defended a discrimination case where the Complainant alleged he was the most qualified for a particular position because he had the most letters behind his name and so the reason he wasnt hired must have been because of his advancing age.

In fact he was not hired because of his over developed sense of self worth.

[MadImmortalMan]

Plus the actual learning.

lol afterthought.

[Ed Anger]

Ed Anger, AAS COMSUBPAC ASSHOLE ESQ

[Admiral Yi]

Ide, check out this week's Economist.  Interesting article about return on education investment.  Highest by degree is Comp Sci at Cal Tech, lowest by degree is Fine Arts at Florida International University.

[Ideologue]

Will do.  Sounds up my alley.

[Capetan Mihali]

I get Florida International and Florida Atlantic mixed up, but I know at least one of them is a decent school, and perhaps both.

[Baron von Schtinkenbutt]

They're both decent, though for different things.  FIU attracts a lot of South American money, and just got a law school.  I think their undergrad academics are inferior to FAU, though.

FAU is decent for business, nursing, education, biomedical, and electrical/computer/mechanical/ocean engineering.  Hell, they are excellent for ocean engineering, but there are not many engineering schools that offer it.

[Baron von Schtinkenbutt]

BTW, raw data for the education ROI is here.

[Ed Anger]

Only the football program matters.

[CountDeMoney]

Ide, check out this week's Economist.  Interesting article about return on education investment.  Highest by degree is Comp Sci at Cal Tech, lowest by degree is Fine Arts at Florida International University.

Yes, we need Ide to read another article so he can continue to validate his own self-loathing.

[mongers]

Well my education didn't cost me a dime. 

And I reckon it's never earned me one either.    

[celedhring]

I get Florida International and Florida Atlantic mixed up, but I know at least one of them is a decent school, and perhaps both.

The only Florida school I know is FSU, which has a really great film program. I almost enrolled in it but no fucking way I was going to spend two years of my life living in fucking Tallahassee.

[Ed Anger]

I get Florida International and Florida Atlantic mixed up, but I know at least one of them is a decent school, and perhaps both.

The only Florida school I know is FSU, which has a really great film program. I almost enrolled in it but no fucking way I was going to spend two years of my life living in fucking Tallahassee.

They have some awesome tail at that school however.