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RepeatedCrown6

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So I was thinking about whether or not he will return next year and it got me thinking.

Now I know Stanford and Cal are great schools and Rutgers is a pretty good engineering school too. But why do ppl thing it's a foregone conclusion he is going to leave for those schools.

He already works as an intern for IBM (one of the biggest companies in the world) and he plays for a team that gets exposure in NYC.

What door is Stanford or Cal going to open that isn't already open for him? And he choose rutgers over the ivy league schools. Now I get it there was athletic differences there.

But I personally can't imagine a huge difference in opportunities by changing schools. I think he resume currently speaks for itself
 
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ecojew

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I hope he stays. He's one of my favorite players and is a great representative of our university. I've sent links to the articles about his accomplishments off of the court to friends in several states and South Africa, wanting them to know of a great example what it means to be a student-athlete.
 
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RUDave_01

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A friend of mine said that in Engineering, going to a different school for your Masters is viewed as being better for your career... I'm not sure if that is a general statement or applicable to certain areas in Engineering.

If he goes back to Cali for grad school, he would need to go to So Cal for his parents to see him play regularly. Long Beach to the Bay area is a long drive.
 
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The RUT

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It’s Stanford or Harvard. And he is gone guys.

Honestly, I’d advise all of you to not even waste your time on this topic.
 
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RUDave_01 said:
A friend of mine said that in Engineering, going to a different school for your Masters is viewed as being better for your career... I'm not sure if that is a general statement or applicable to certain areas in Engineering.

If he goes back to Cali for grad school, he would need to go to So Cal for his parents to see him play regularly. Long Beach to the Bay area is a long drive.
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I would love for him to stay. But it is true- among academic circles, it is preferred to get advanced degrees at a different school than where you got your undergraduate. The thought is that you get different thoughts and perspectives the more places you go.
 
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PiscatawayMike

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I think Myles will:

1) continue his education and playing career at Rutgers

or

2) attend a different school to continue his studies; he will not play basketball at that school
 
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RepeatedCrown6

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The RUT said:
It’s Stanford or Harvard. And he is gone guys.

Honestly, I’d advise all of you to not even waste your time on this topic.
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But what door does Stanford open that is closed for him? Is a potential employer going to go "ehhh you know I would have hired you if went to Stanford, but rutgers isn't good enough"
 
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RUby RED

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RepeatedCrown6 said:
But what door does Stanford open that is closed for him? Is a potential employer going to go "ehhh you know I would have hired you if went to Stanford, but rutgers isn't good enough"
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Let’s not pretend your opportunities/network are the exact same out of Rutgers and Stanford. That’s no slight on Rutgers, but attempting to equate the two is silly
 
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Mr. Magoo1

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Someone had said he wanted to work in Silicon Valley. Not sure if it’s true, but Cal or Stanford would certainly make sense.
 
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RepeatedCrown6 said:
But what door does Stanford open that is closed for him? Is a potential employer going to go "ehhh you know I would have hired you if went to Stanford, but rutgers isn't good enough"
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No, but a potential employer will say “oh wow, you went to Stanford.”

No matter how much you all want it to be true, they aren’t saying that about Rutgers.

With Rutgers, he’d get an “alright a fellow Big Ten guy!” Or “A Rutgers man!” If the employer went to RU.

I don’t know why it needs to be said, but yes, Stanford is far superior to Rutgers. Sorry to break the news to you guys.
 
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fluoxetine

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The RUT said:
No, but a potential employer will say “oh wow, you went to Stanford.”

No matter how much you all want it to be true, they aren’t saying that about Rutgers.

With Rutgers, he’d get an “alright a fellow Big Ten guy!” Or “A Rutgers man!” If the employer went to RU.

I don’t know why it needs to be said, but yes, Stanford is far superior to Rutgers. Sorry to break the news to you guys.
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this is true of undergrad too, but he still chose Rutgers.

this dude is not going to have any problems whatsoever finding a good job no matter where he goes.
 
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kapyoche

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My advice to Myles is to go to Stanford. That is the best school in the world. You will get to hob nob with Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos. That is his future. It is not the NBA.
He could start a company and become a billionaire in few years You can only do that from Stanford.
This is an easy decision. He goes to Stanford.
 
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bitnez

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I have no idea what Myles will end up doing, and I hope he stays, but anyone comparing RU to Stanford is crazy (and I have two RU degrees). Stanford is probably the best business incubator in the country.
 
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RepeatedCrown6

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The RUT said:
No, but a potential employer will say “oh wow, you went to Stanford.”

No matter how much you all want it to be true, they aren’t saying that about Rutgers.

With Rutgers, he’d get an “alright a fellow Big Ten guy!” Or “A Rutgers man!” If the employer went to RU.

I don’t know why it needs to be said, but yes, Stanford is far superior to Rutgers. Sorry to break the news to you guys.
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That's not what I'm saying. I know Stanford is better than Rutgers academically.

He got an internship at IBM. If he can work at IBM, he can probably work almost anywhere. And he's not a normal college graduate, he's played college basketball at a major d1 college.

I'm not saying RU > STANFORD I'm asking what door is closed that would open only because of Stanford
 
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Mr. Magoo1

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I know it used to be suggested to get your Master’s degree from a different school from where you got your Bachelor’s degree. I haven’t heard that recently and I wondered if other’s have heard it and if it’s still considered preferable.
 
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Mr Magoo said:
I know it used to be suggested to get your Master’s degree from a different school from where you got your Bachelor’s degree. I haven’t heard that recently and I wondered if other’s have heard it and if it’s still considered preferable.
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I dunno but I got a bachelor's and master's from Rutgers and it worked out fine for me.
 
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ColonelRutgers

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The RUT said:
It’s Stanford or Harvard. And he is gone guys.

Honestly, I’d advise all of you to not even waste your time on this topic.
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He said he is going to continue to play basketball as far as it takes him. Unless he’s going to stop playing basketball cold Turkey he can’t do that and go to the Ivy League because grad students aren’t eligible there.
 
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Night Man

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Engineers: does a master's degree even give you much of a leg up? It doesn't in my field (but my field is a little weird like that).
 
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Shelby65

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BigEastPhil...Shelby doesn’t think MJ would be a starter at any notable program so rather than be a reserve in his final year he calls it a basketball career and moves on to bigger and better real world opportunities. He will have plenty of academic & business doors open to him. Basketball, not so much.
 
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The RUT said:
It’s Stanford or Harvard. And he is gone guys.

Honestly, I’d advise all of you to not even waste your time on this topic.
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He can't be a grad transfer to an Ivy if he wants to play basketball. And Harvard isn't where one would go to grad school given his interests- MIT would be the Boston-area school for that. He's a smart guy- unless he gets a complete academic full ride including living expenses, he's going to want to get his masters degree for "free" by being a scholarship athlete, whether at RU, Stanford, Cal, or somewhere else.
 
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