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If you can swing a flagship state university (such as Cal, UCLA, UC-Davis) – it's well worth it. People who attend UCs are generally smarter, so higher grades mean more. No doubt, a credential from a highly ranked school helps you get jobs and carries much weight. Truth is, OK...this is really bitchy -- but when someone appears kinda incompetent or dumb at work, I often discover later on that they did not graduate from a good University...not always, but too often to not sit up and take notice. For instance, high-tech wise, a Computer Science/Electrical Engineering program at Cal State Hayward most definitely ain't in the same league as Cal or UCLA, but it doesn't even hold a candle to UC-Davis or UC-Merced. Students at the UCs are higher caliber, so it's tougher to pass/get decent grades -- the bar is higher. My undergraduate grades at Texas A&M University, College Station (Electrical Engineering) were at best average -- why ? Because the people I schooled with were among the best and the brightest students in the nation.
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That said, RE: Simon-LA…in your case, if Accounting is your desired major -- I think you'll be OK not going to a UC or another high caliber U. Why ? Because of the added cred you get with a CPA. A CPA is a CPA is a CPA...and it's hard as holy fuck to get. So, if you go to Timbuk2 College and follow up with a CPA -- people ain't gonna give a shit where you got your undergraduate Accounting degree. My cousin went to an OK undergraduate state school (Michigan State) -- not awful but not prestigious. The University of Mich at Ann Arbor is definitely a premier school but my cousin could not gain admission into UMich. So, he went to Michigan State and immediately followed up with a CPA...he studied his ass off for the CPA while working a full-time job. It shouldn't surprise you to learn that my cousin now is doing fabulously in his career -- travels the world as an auditor (he's in Namibia, Africa at the moment), earns a fantastic salary with great benefits -- and he's not yet 30 years old. Trust me, my cuz can afford to buy all the Iron Heart his heart desires -- but (perhaps fortunately), he's not at all into fashion or clothes -- that mofo saves his cash, puts me to shame actually.
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Thought this might amuse: http://www.worldsuperheroregistry.com/world_superhero_registry_gallery.htm
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I wonder if they ever get together on the weekend and LARP (Live Action Role Play) like those dungeon and dragon guys. I just watched this documentary on those guys and wow… is all I can say. It's called "Monster Camp" it's on netflix instant if you're interested, it's pretty damn funny.
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I am heading out to NJ in an hour or two so that Vinneus can cut my mop off… Goodbye Hair! I hope that you will serve someone else as well as you have served me!
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Please don't get the NJ special
I'm originally from NJ by the way.
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its guido related…
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Let's just hope it does not turn out that way! But I have full faith in Vinneus' skills!
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I just watched In Hell (Van Damme film) by accident, it was so shit it was good.
you could say about all of his movies, couldn't you?
the same goes for steven seagal, dolph lundgren etc…i was quite impressed by lundgren's biography though.
That's what wikipedia says about him:
He graduated from the Royal Institute of Technology. He has a master's degree in chemical engineering from the University of Sydney (1982). He was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1983, but quit after two weeks to pursue acting. He speaks more than five languages: Swedish, English, German, French, Spanish, some Japanese, and some Italian.
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shoque, it's amazing how many brainy celebrities there are. Matt Damon is a Harvard dropout. Reese Witherspoon ? Stanford grad. Natalie Portman ? Harvard. Hugh Laurie ? ("Dr. House")…graduated from Cambridge. You see -- these people were not connected before their celebrity -- they got into those schools through sheer brain power and became celebs either after graduation or even before (i.e. Matt Damon didn't feel it was neccessary to finish up at Harvard after "Goodwill Hunting"). They are smart people. On the other hand, in the US, if you are a politician's or multi-millionaire's child -- you can buy yourself a seat at those schools and there are countless examples of those as well.
