[berettafan]

A clients son just graduated from Capital Tech (i had never heard of it) using the co op program. Spent a semester working for the gov't. Just graduated, gets the gov't job and an 80k salary.

Agree on the utility of the degree. If the boy said he wanted to be a CPA or teacher like his parents he'd be shopping price almost exclusively with secondary considerations on ball and location. What i've read on engineering is you either can do it or you can't when you graduate. No room for BS or 'yeah but i went to the bosses alma mater'. With that in mind we've tried to identify strong programs with hands on teaching and up to date tech.

The risk of course is a change of heart 2 years in to a $50k/yr education but my thinking right now is if you're gonna do it you better do it right. Half assed never helped anyone.


Seahawk thanks. The sports portion has been a hard earned lesson i can tell you that. Whole industries exist to separate hopeful parents from their dollars. Lesson rates of $100/hr are not at all uncommon even in our rural area. We've been to every coastal state from NY to Florida particularly in the 'showcase' years. My son's buddy who started the whole process with him at 9 walked away two years ago and threw himself into work and academics. He's fully funded his Roth two years in a row and has $20k in the bank on top of it. A sr in high school...can you believe it? Not saying he made the better choice but i think most of us never even stop to show the math to our kids.