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Yak_Rodeo t1_jdpmur1 wrote

paying to move up here and go to fisher, emmanuel, or lesley is an incredibly massive waste of money

no disrespect to those schools but they simply are not worth moving for

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gateA21 t1_jdqpot1 wrote

i hear you but it’s mostly about the location for me., not the school. i just don’t want to be in my hometown or really anywhere in the south. i applied to bu as well and got rejected but i think if i end up at fisher i’ll spend a year there and try and transfer to bu

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Jayembewasme t1_jdqqekh wrote

If that’s the plan then just come up here. Live off your own means. Get MA residency status. Go to Bunker Hill CC for a year, or better yet two, then transfer in to UMass Boston. You’d get your Boston dream at a fraction of the cost. Plus you’d live in real Boston, not some overpriced dorms.

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2old4badbeer t1_jdsr3c8 wrote

Exactly what I was gonna say. Come up here, find an apartment and go to community college. Ace your classes and you’ll probably get a scholarship to umass Boston or even BU. Fisher is an okay school, but without a full scholarship it doesn’t make much sense in your situation.

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mpjjpm t1_jdqaumh wrote

I was in your position 20ish years ago, graduating high school in North Carolina. I had the choice between a public university in NC, and a private one in Boston. You are way better off going to a UNC system school, then concentrate your job search on Boston in four years.

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downwardspiralstairs t1_jdq2nsv wrote

It's a diploma mill that shits out shity diplomas.

If I had two identical CV's in front of me except one person went to Fisher and the other went to Bunker Hill Community College, the Bunker Hill graduate gets the interview.

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benck202 t1_jdqkay3 wrote

I’d literally never heard of it until today and I hire local graduates consistently. Stay in NC, go to an affordable in state option, and move here once you’ve graduated.

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rcl20 t1_jdqfo81 wrote

Agreed Bunker Hill Community College is a better choice over Fisher for Early Childhood Ed. There are grant supported classes for certain majors like Early Childhood that are in acute shortage here.

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Ordinary_Practice849 t1_jdqhr5s wrote

I went to fisher for a year it's a shithole. I always called it fisher high. Felt like high school lol

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riski_click t1_jdsjdvb wrote

>Felt like high school lol

This is also my experience in dealing with Fisher and Fisher students.

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M_Shulman t1_jdquxgn wrote

Have a degree from a NC school and honestly the larger name schools there carry more weight in the job market here than the tiny Boston schools. I’ve lived here a long time and have only vaguely heard of Fisher. But if it’s about location for college, look at UMASS Boston, Suffolk or go to Bunker Hill CC and transfer.

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KungPowGasol t1_jdql8qt wrote

Of the many colleges in Boston, it is one of them.

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BobSacamano97 t1_jdprzg2 wrote

A relative went to Fisher and she doesn’t have a career to speak for. The other guy I know that went there is a cop.

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Academic_Guava_4190 t1_jdqqt5k wrote

I interviewed for a job at Fisher a few years back. They did not seem to be in the best stead. Having worked in higher Ed, I always recommend students look for a smaller school with more financial aid bc in the end it’s about what you make of the experience more than the name of the school but I’m not sure that applies to Fisher. Of those three, I would pick Emmanuel but idk their standing. Lesley used to be the hallmark for early education but I don’t think they have been handled well administratively as of late. You could as others mentioned stay in NC for the next four years and focus on MA for your career or Masters. Definitely look for a masters program that offers a lot of money. Or if you have time dig a little deeper for other smaller schools with early childhood in MA that are doing better. Check the size of their endowment. That is a huge indicator of the stability of a school and what they can offer. Don’t make it your sole decision - bc that’s how people decide they have to go to Harvard and not everyone does or can. The UMass system is great. Have you checked out Salem State? They were founded as a teacher’s college though might still have the issue of out of state tuition being unaffordable.

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kayleighbird t1_jdqrl6s wrote

I also moved from out of state to go to a small private New England college. This was over 10 years ago and while I enjoyed my college experience I would not recommend it. My school was small, clicky, a big commuter population, and expensive. It had no personality of its own and people transferred out constantly.

I did get my undergraduate from there and moved onto a masters at a big state school when I had already established myself as a Mass resident. About 5 years after I graduated my undergrad, as many small private New England colleges do, closed down. Absorbed into a larger school system and I am still stuck paying that tens of thousands for a school that no longer exists.

I would encourage you to go big for undergrad and move here when you’re older, don’t spend all that money just because this is “where you want to be”. Give yourself some time, Boston will be here whenever you’re ready.

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blue_orchard t1_jdqzfir wrote

I have lived here for years and this is the first I’ve heard of Fisher. I have heard of Emmanuel and know people who have grad degrees from Lesley.

Don’t go to any school just to move to the area, especially an expensive area. That is a waste of time and money. Look into community colleges or state schools in NC and then transfer.

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kobuta99 t1_jdqzfik wrote

Let me start with: your experience in school is what you make of it and put into it. If you are going there because there is a program you want to attend and it's financially viable, it's worth a shot.

I used to be a recruiter, and we went to Fisher college for a small recruiting event. These were for entry level operational jobs. I didn't care that their space for the career fair was smaller than a lunch room with some tables, but this place had the least prepared students I've ever encountered at a school career fair. People looked like they literally rolled out of bed and stopped by on the way to the bathroom. I had folks with curlers in their hair picking up materials and none had any questions or bothered much to engage. Wow... It was the one school we took of our list and never visited again.

This was many years ago, and hard to say if this was the school inadequately preparing the students and how to present to prospective companies, or if the students just didn't care. My guess it was probably both. Emmanuel and Lesley in my opinion are much better, in that order.

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BobbyBrownsBoston t1_jdt4xk8 wrote

That’s not even a real school my dawg. Unless you graduated Boston Public School with a 2.8GPA Fisher is just a place you stop by to get weed and shroom edibles..

Might as well go to Urban College of Boston or Roxbury Community College.

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Present-Evidence-560 t1_jduflag wrote

I know a couple people who went there and quit after a year because it’s impossible with the amount of people who go just to party. Do not, I repeat do not go to fisher if you are a female student, it’s not safe at all.

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gateA21 t1_jdv22jl wrote

not female but a little eccentric (very visibly and obviously gay)….what are my chances of safety looking like you think?

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Present-Evidence-560 t1_jdvltub wrote

I’m not gonna try to guess what your safety may look like there but I have a friend who has told me she’s witnessed multiple rapes in public on the campus. Both the campus police and the local police really don’t care and don’t respond to those types of calls. Basically if you are in a situation, you are on your own.

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gateA21 t1_jdvqgul wrote

in public?????? jesus fucking christ

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botulizard t1_jdsw3a8 wrote

I went to Suffolk, pretty close by. I don't think I ever met anybody who went to Fisher, and even having been just down the street, I'd forget it existed unless I walked by it or something.

It's not prestigious or even remarkable is what I'm saying- and Suffolk's not exactly the Sorbonne either, so take from that what you will.

Although, speaking of my alma mater- you might be interested to hear that while Suffolk isn't the best school in town, it is recognizable, respectable, and rigorous enough, and I studied with people who went on to do all kinds of important and interesting things with great success. Not being a top-tier school, though, means it's pretty easy to get into. I was there 2010-2014, and I'm pretty sure the admission rate was like 70% or something. Consequently, it was a very popular destination for students who applied because they just wanted to be in Boston, and an acceptance letter from Suffolk is basically guaranteed if you were at least a C+ student in high school. If it tells you anything about the desirability of Suffolk's location, another huge subset of Suffolk students in my day were those who made it their second choice after Emerson, which is a very different school that specializes in very different sorts of programs- it just happens that the schools are physically separated by a matter of mere yards (this was me, lol- I had a major academic change of plans, but I was glad to be downtown anyway).

If location is the most important thing to you, if you just want to get in someplace and be in Boston, but you still want a degree with a name people recognize, Suffolk is actually worth looking into, I'd say.

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