s/o Poll: Education level

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Thought we might get more realistic results with a clicky poll.

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BUMP! Need more votes!

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bumpety bump for you

[AAM2012]

I am confused. I voted Master's because I have my MBA but then you included MBA under professional advanced degree. Oh well.

[emptygee]

Sept 18, 2012 17:16:44 GMT -5 AAM2012 said:

I am confused. I voted Master's because I have my MBA but then you included MBA under professional advanced degree. Oh well.

Yeah, I don't think MBA should be under Professional Advanced Degree. It's a Master's.

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Sept 18, 2012 18:11:33 GMT -5 emptygee said:

Sept 18, 2012 17:16:44 GMT -5 AAM2012 said:

I am confused. I voted Master's because I have my MBA but then you included MBA under professional advanced degree. Oh well.

Yeah, I don't think MBA should be under Professional Advanced Degree. It's a Master's.

agreed.

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Yeah, not sure about my MArch. It's a professional degree but also a Masters. I voted Masters FWIW.

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I AM A DOCTOR TOO, DAMMIT!


(I am totally kidding)

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Sept 18, 2012 18:11:33 GMT -5 emptygee said:

Sept 18, 2012 17:16:44 GMT -5 AAM2012 said:

I am confused. I voted Master's because I have my MBA but then you included MBA under professional advanced degree. Oh well.

Yeah, I don't think MBA should be under Professional Advanced Degree. It's a Master's.

My apologies.

[LoveTrains]

yeah, I would have arranged this poll differently. I would put MBA with masters (it is a masters degree, just a specific type of one) and then I think I would have even done JD separately from MD, DMD, VMD, etc.

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Sept 19, 2012 9:42:35 GMT -5 LoveTrains said:

yeah, I would have arranged this poll differently. I would put MBA with masters (it is a masters degree, just a specific type of one) and then I think I would have even done JD separately from MD, DMD, VMD, etc.

Ok. People are always talking about how an MBA is a terminal degree (even though it isn't). I don't know anything about it but thought it had more in common with other professional degrees than with academic masters degrees.

Also, I don't see how a JD is any more different from an MD than a BA vs. BSN, etc.

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This is what the census categories are, btw (and I agree with you that I'd put MBA in the professional category, but the gov't is unclear on that)


No schooling completed, or less than 1 year
Nursery, kindergarten, and elementary (grades 1-8)
High school (grades 9-12, no degree)
High school graduate (or equivalent)
Some college (1-4 years, no degree)
Associate’s degree (including occupational or academic degrees)
Bachelor’s degree (BA, BS, AB, etc)
Master’s degree (MA, MS, MENG, MSW, etc)
Professional school degree (MD, DDC, JD, etc)
Doctorate degree (PhD, EdD, etc)

[LoveTrains]

Sept 19, 2012 9:45:54 GMT -5 @redbellpeppers said:

Sept 19, 2012 9:42:35 GMT -5 LoveTrains said:

yeah, I would have arranged this poll differently. I would put MBA with masters (it is a masters degree, just a specific type of one) and then I think I would have even done JD separately from MD, DMD, VMD, etc.

Ok. People are always talking about how an MBA is a terminal degree (even though it isn't). I don't know anything about it but thought it had more in common with other professional degrees than with academic masters degrees.

Also, I don't see how a JD is any more different from an MD than a BA vs. BSN, etc.

I guess I was just thinking that a JD only took three years to complete and an MD seems harder, but since the D stands for doctor I will concede that my initital reaction is probably incorrect.

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Sept 18, 2012 18:18:40 GMT -5 v said:

I AM A DOCTOR TOO, DAMMIT!


(I am totally kidding)

dr.h was a little bit bitter that I got to wear the goofy hood after only 3 years while it took him approximately twenty billion to get his.

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Sept 19, 2012 10:03:50 GMT -5 @angryharpy said:

Sept 18, 2012 18:18:40 GMT -5 v said:

I AM A DOCTOR TOO, DAMMIT!


(I am totally kidding)

dr.h was a little bit bitter that I got to wear the goofy hood after only 3 years while it took him approximately twenty billion to get his.

Hahahaha. :-(

I am right there with Dr. H.