Do any of you attend or have attended an elite university in your country? And if so...

Do any of you attend or have attended an elite university in your country? And if so, how much does it mean to be from an elite institution in your country?

no, means you're a wanker

tell me about your personal life

Fuck yourself cunt.

Was at a top uni, means literally nothing. University is slop anyway

I qualified for the Ecole Normale Supérieure and dropped out to be a NEET. I now run far right pages and am planning to dedicate myself to the cause of national socialism.

I graduated from the best university in Latin America.
It cost me 2 years to get into it 8 hours a day.

i'm not from a elite instituition, but many people who frequent these universities are either spoiled brats who got there because they're rich, or really good geniuses who worked from the very bottom without many resources to join a elite university, while improbable, it is possible.

It means you probably will get a stable job, for whatever career you're pursing.

yes
university of hard knocks

The University of São Paulo has social quotas for public school students. I think more than 30% come from public schools.

That is true, but due to the lack of resources and quality learning in many public schools in the country, it's really hard for a single person grasp advanced contents that a few exams demand for you to pass for an elite institution. Unless they study these contents for themselves, i doubt that it is possible to join a university only studying the content the public schools offers to you.

do you consider UC Berkeley to be elite

La sapienza

I didnt get this part.

Yeah I mistyped, what you say doesn't matter as much as who you are with. You can hold absolutely outrageous opinions publicly if you're on the good side of whoever decides, some peopledo and don't have any issue. But if they don't like you even seemingly innocuous comments can get you in trouble.

If you were to pursue a career like this, what field would you consider?

In France you choose early, 1st year of high school, picked economic and social sciences, then a khagne, now I am getting two degrees in French teaching and international relations in a few weeks, I can get a good job in many places abroad already. Private sector seems more interesting in general. Or starting a business such as a school or formations for teachers etc.
Stats say a doctorate is at best a monthly 200€ on average, for sacrificing 3 years of intense work and likely low income while you do it. It seems stupid unless in my domain unless you're really interested by the field.

Do you mind if I ask which one is it?

Of course.

Thanks. What field did you major in? Also, wouldn't going to a top school in the country give you an advantage in tight job market?

Irkutsk Geological Exploration Technical School

I went to UCLA which has name recognition countrywide, and definitely gives you a better chance of being interviewed for a job or getting into graduate programs. The university itself is not at all more rigorous that any other decent university in the country though, some of the biggest retards I've ever met were at UCLA, and Los Angeles is genuinely third-world and probably 80%+ non-White at this point, so I regret going there.

at least westwood is a nice area
berkeley is literally right next to oakland, one of the worst shitholes in the United States (without exaggeration. it is literally worse than detroit at this point)

almost every friend and classmate I've had from berkeley have been affected by the crime in some way. bikes stolen, car windows broken into, people getting attacked by homeless. two of my roommates got punched in the face and severely hurt when they went to a bar. that shit happens constantly

that being said it's still a fairly pleasant area lol. idk. I'm conflicted

But if they don't like you even seemingly innocuous comments can get you in trouble.

That's very interesting. Can you give me some anecdotal examples about that?

Private sector seems more interesting in general. Or starting a business such as a school or formations for teachers etc.

How big is the market for private education in France? Here in Japan, it is quite present. There are many students and parents who use private education to get into better high schools and universities. The pros and cons of this are always a topic of debate. Some point out that they encourage excessive competition, but there are also positive aspects to the division of roles between school education and private education, such as enabling the implementation of a more liberal art oriented curriculum in school education.

definitely gives you a better chance of being interviewed for a job or getting into graduate programs

don't take any offense to this, because I don't think berkeley is all that great either. but honestly I disagree

neither UCLA or Berkeley are really "elite". harvard, stanford, yale, MIT, princeton, etc, these are the USA's elite colleges

every year both UCLA and berkeley allow retards that can barely speak english to graduate from their programs. it's not really that hard to pass classes and get a degree. unfortunately this "prestige" that you've been sold is just marketing

youtube.com/watch?v=PxOQriOSFdQ

listen to this moron talk. just listen to him. he can barely fucking make eye contact or describe who he is. do you think standards have gotten better or worse since this time?

I see. What kind of career are you aiming for specifically?

Of course, UCLA is a very well known university. I have friends who go to Berkeley, and they certainly complain about the crazy prices and the security. By the way, what subjects are you two majoring in?

I mean he's Asian, so i guess he's smart despite his english not being that great.

there's no such thing as an elite university here

Can you give me some anecdotal examples about that?

One guy famously got jailtme for saying "there were no black celts" about a black guy at the interceltic festival.

How big is the market for private education in France?

Quite big and getting bigger all the time considering the declining quality of public schools. Of course birthrates don't help but for the people that do have kids, sending them to a private school is increasingly a necessity. In many public schools, teachers often give up (sometimes they barely show up), there is absolutely no discipline, it's a mess.

Here in Japan, it is quite present. There are many students and parents who use private education to get into better high schools and universities. The pros and cons of this are always a topic of debate. Some point out that they encourage excessive competition, but there are also positive aspects to the division of roles between school education and private education, such as enabling the implementation of a more liberal art oriented curriculum in school education.

You mean tutoring and such ? It also exists but I was talking more about private high schools rather than public high schools. Tutoring is also quite present, especially among richer people, but it's nowhere near Asia where it seems common across the board to have tutoring and extracurricular activities. Here it's for the richer kids to compete for top spots at top schools, sometimes middle class kids (either gifted ones or struggling ones), but the vast majority don't get tutoring, or very little.

That being said, it's getting late, but it was nice talking to you.

going to an """elite""" law school in my country was one of my biggest regrets

I need some help on getting permanent residency in a year anon, do you think you could help me figure out the points system and what companies I should be applying to?

my degree was in mechanical engineering.
since you can speak japanese you can maybe help me look up companies that qualify for the "in demand industries" startups bonus.

My "normal" uni neighbors an "elite" one that only admits people who score 16/20 in the national highschool final exams
It's also technically the same public college, it's hilarious that they chose to build a wall to separate them lmao

-yes
-you are groomed, trained, ad vetted there to be a future "elite"

A lot of foreign (globalist): money, special interest groups, speakers/teachers/intern opportunities, job opportunities, and curriculum

Through these groups they offered my social opportunities and conditioning through girls and drugs, but I didn't play along, and there was some mistaken identify (they thought I was a particular culture) that go me kicked out of university.

Thank you for your detailed answer. Yes, I was thinking about tutoring. It was interesting to learn about the situation in France.

are japanese students not familiar with AI tools like chatgpt and learnLM?

ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/learnlm

these basically make tutoring redundant in my opinion. Obviously, tutoring is never a career for anyone, it's a way to make a little bit of money on the side.

Why is that? Can you elaborate further?

hated almost everyone there and lost the motivation to study
i never wanted to be a lawyer either so i never worked in my field
today i'm neet trying to be goverment employee (should have just studied to get into a public medical school or something else)

I did. I don't really ever use my degree.

what do you do all day

reply to me
i need your help getting a job in japan that lets me live there forever

For engineering, coming from an elite university make things much easier (but the salaries are still garbage)

I went to University of Toronto but so does everyone else. Only select programs are truly elite, and not really the ones I was in. Although, it has a big international rep compared to most Canadian schools, which has helped me get overseas opportunities. Want to get me a gig at Kwansai Gakuin so I can go to Koshien regularly?

Sorry. I am of course aware of the points based system for highly skilled professionals, but I dont know much about it. As far as I know, this system is intended to significantly shorten the time required to apply for permanent residency for highly skilled workers in Japan. If you are planning to work as an employee, I think you will first need get a usual work visa.

As for what kind of company you should apply to, generally speaking, older companies that existed before the war may be more likely to have strict cultures and give you a slightly stiff impression. On the other hand, relatively new companies, especially those with a large proportion of overseas business, may be more compatible with the culture of your country. This is just a random thought, but Tokyo Electron, where my senpai works, seems to have a good reputation.

Technically manage websites right now for a friend. He's got start ups I work with at times. My degrees are in political science and econ. The kind of poli sci I was into was macro level pure empirical data, scatter plot stuff. It translates over to programming and other systems. I noticed patterns and adjust them in short.

Thank you every anon who wrote, I cant respond any more as I have to leave but I have read them all.

Do any of you attend or have attended an elite university in your country?

yes

And if so, how much does it mean to be from an elite institution in your country?

the sticker on my car has gotten me special treatment a couple times even tho I didn't identify myself as anyone of importante to those people, and I've heard jobs put our CVs above others when recruiting people but I haven't gone out job hunting so I wouldn't know

big international rep compared to most Canadian schools

the only truly elite Canadian school is university of waterloo in my opinion
maybe mila institute but not really.

sorry, I should have posted more information.

In order to qualify for a PR in one year, you need 80 points.
One way I could qualify:

under 30

15 points

BS engineering

10 points

UC Berkeley

10 points

work experience

5 points

annual salary

this is the big one. It's 40 points for a 10M yen salary, is that difficult to get in Japan? for a software engineer or mechanical engineer with work experience?

in demand field startups

this is an additional 10 points if funded by METI.

I just need 80 from the 90 points listed here.

No, and I find this country doesn't really find itself that impressed if you graduated from U of T or McGill or UBC. We tend to look more at whether you graduated from a program the uni specializes in, like Waterloo for comp sci and engineering.

I have already finished studying for 2 years now, studied applied geodesy, working as applied geodesist

I studied Neurobiology. I'm hoping to do a PhD program in NYC or San Francisco in a year or so.

I agree. But the marketing of the prestige works on the majority of people in the USA who did not go to either of those schools. Every job interview I've ever done involved the interviewer congratulating me on graduating from UCLA, "one of the best schools in the country", as they all put it. No public school will ever truly compete with an Ivy League in prestige or genuine academic rigor.

I went to KTH Royal Institute of Technology.
Today I drive a shit sucker truck.

It is nice in a way, and I enjoyed lots of my time (at least initially) there. But the infrastructure is genuinely third-world levels of cracked and decaying. And just a skip and hop, and you are in LA proper which is just third-world in every regard, not just the infrastructure.

well i went to the faggiest which is universidade de letras de lixoboa