Chestnut Hill College

Date: Jul 08 2016
Major: English (This Major's Salary over time)
I attended Chestnut Hill College the first year that they accepted males to the college. Even now, almost 10 years later, I can say that I have amazing friends from my time spent at CHC. That being said, I don't think anyone should pay $120K just for friendships. I have to agree with a lot of these posts, I didn't find my time at CHC academically challenging. I found that I grew a lot as a person, but wasn't as mentally challenged as I should have been.

The biggest advice that I can offer to a high school student or college student looking to transfer is, look at a university or colleges career center first. Will they be able to get you a job once you graduate? Do they have great resources for internship or a large list of companies that hire students? When I graduated from CHC it was during the great recession and the only places that CHC recommended I get a job was Lowe's or Home Depot. I personally do not think that a $120K education should result in a job at Lowe's or Home Depot.

I can say however that since graduating, I've had the pleasure of moving up quickly in various organizations and each time I've reached out to CHC to extend a hand and open up my office to CHC graduates and interns, I've been ignored. I haven't received a single email back or an acknowledgement from the career office. I find it sad that even as an alum, I would love to help other students get great jobs, but the college isn't doing all that it can to benefit its students.