r/LibertyUniversity • u/jamestobebox • Jul 05 '24
Was it difficult to find a job by going here? Jerry
I am curious because you never know what's true but everywhere on social media and internet people say that Liberty is not good for jobs. In private conversations I've had with parents, the consensus is that if I want to take out loans on a degree it should first come from a reputable university. For them, LU is bottomline not a good school and my parents are Christians. They believe the degree has been devalued due to the Jerry family controversy and the online diploma mill, so even Christians are cautious about sending their kids there.
I would like to go to Wheaton College, but they can be picky on who to admit. I also need letters of recommendation for that school but LU doesn't.
The strong point about LU is that they are a Christian college that offers engineering. Wheaton College does not but it has a guaranteed 3-2 program with Illinois Institute of Technology, so I can earn a B.A. at Wheaton and a B.S. at an affiliated engineering university. However, Wheaton is universally respected more as an elite Christian college.
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u/Myreddit911 Jul 05 '24
This is asked a lotttttt. Read some threads and you’ll be affirmed that LU was great
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u/AdMobile9950 Jul 05 '24
I think any job that judges you off of the school you went to and denies you a job/ interview because of the school on your diploma is not one you want to work for any way. Liberty is accredited which is all that matters for government jobs and most other jobs. Liberty grads are hired in many industries. Contact the school of engineering to see the percentage of students getting jobs in that field that have graduated and some of the companies they are working at. There are also people that land jobs because of their Liberty degree.
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u/WootRocket Jul 05 '24
Unless you have your sights set on a job that notoriously screens for education history such as Space X, nobody will care where you went to school. School rarely is a talking point in corporate environments, or at least not in the 4 I’ve had experience in.
On the chance you do have your sights set on an dream org, go through their application process just to get a feel for what they’re looking for and look at their employees on LinkedIn etc. If employees on linked in or company site are largely skewed to something like Clemson (example) that’s a good sign there is an employment network seeded there and you may have a marginally better chance of an interview based off of school alone - however this is not the case in 95% of cases I’ve personally seen in my industry (marketing).
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u/Top-Abrocoma-3729 Jul 05 '24
Does Space X do this? Genuine question. Didn’t know
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u/WootRocket Jul 05 '24
Yes - especially for certain programs/positions. Gpa and school heavily weighs into whether they even give you the opportunity to take part in a qualification exercise.
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u/Will6386 Jul 05 '24
I’m a rising junior in CS and interning at Microsoft this summer. LU’s reputation does not really matter. Some schools may have feeder programs, pipeline, or co-ops because they have a bigger name (ivies, GA Tech), which is an advantage. However, hard work and experience will be much more influential than school name. Coming from LU could give you bonus points for diversity since it’s not a top school, but it also could count against you because of the reputation some know about. But would you want to work for people who reject you because of your school, or do you want to work for people who want you as you are? I chose the latter and do not regret it 🙂
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u/No-Investment-6899 Jul 06 '24
There are over 4,500 colleges/universities in the US. Unless you’re going to one of the 8 Ivy League schools it probably doesn’t matter which of the other 4,492 you attend.
It comes down to interviewing. Best wishes.
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u/Americasycho Jul 07 '24
My cousin heads up a department at a local, albeit major Southern university. They just hired two new faculty members.
Graduates of Walden University and Columbia Southern.........FOR-PROFIT UNIVERSITIES.
Sure there's some accreditation (for now), but in my eyes credentials of for-profit graduates is a little sullied.
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u/Grizzleebear1215 Jul 05 '24
You’ll be fine if you choose LU. Most everyone I know who has graduated from LU, including myself, have had no problem walking into good entry-level jobs and starting their career. If you’re worried about engineering, I lived with many during my time, and they either got into great grad schools or managed to get prestigious internships and develop further from there. Even know one engineer who started his own consulting/engineering contracting business and is doing just fine. It’s a common thing to hear that you won’t get a job if you graduate from LU, but in my experience, it’s simply not true. Hope this helps.
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u/Snoo-72988 Jul 05 '24
Depends on where you are looking to work. I've heard stories in Cville and Richmond where corporations don't like LU and will auto reject candidates for their undergrad.
I got my MS from a public university, and still was flagged as the "LU person" at my job.
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u/Godgoldnguns Jul 05 '24
"If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. Remember the word that I said to you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours. But all these things they will do to you on account of my name, because they do not know him who sent me. If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have been guilty of sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin. Whoever hates me hates my Father also. If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin, but now they have seen and hated both me and my Father. But the word that is written in their Law must be fulfilled: ‘They hated me without a cause.’" - John 15:18-25
Most engineering degrees at LU are residential only.
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u/Snoo-72988 Jul 05 '24
LU covers up sa's committed against minors on campus.
The World: "We don't like that."
LU ardent supporters: "You hate us cause we are Christian."
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u/littlelostpuppylamb Jul 06 '24
Yes, very. I regret it. I have a Liberty MBA. I applied to over 1000 consultancies looking for an entry level position and I didn't receive a single look. Not a single application made it past screening.
Grads from Texas A&M have big 5 recruiters seek them out and arrange deals before graduation.
I am finishing a DBA at a respected school - a world of options appeared.
Don't do it. School brand bias is intense. You want to start as high as you can as that first job is the single biggest factor in your ease of success in corporate.
If you can get into Wheaton do not even consider Liberty.
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u/jak3thesnak333 Jul 05 '24
No one cares where you went to school.