Franklin Pierce University

A few things

01-- Education--middle of the road

02-- Baseball-- excellent as well as great facilites

03-- Coach King is a taskmaster so be ready to bust your butt from day one

Div II or Div III?

"Middle of the road" education compared to. . . In other words, it is not your exclusive Ivy or near-Ivy (Middlebury), but it is a good school from which you can get into a good graduate or professional school?

hobbs


is this a test?

You are asking is it Division II or III ?

You are kidding, right!!! I would think you would know that answer before you even came on the site and asked questions

Yes it is a good school !!!

Div II or Div III?

But is it a stepping stone school or can a degree from F-P stand on its own in the competitive job market kids face today?

II

Maybe.

hobbs

Have you reviewed their website?

TR: In the interest of common courtesy, I am awaiting your answer.

hobbs


Are you playing games or what/

You can go to their website and find out if they are D-II or III

I really get tired of people not doing the required homework and internet research

"common courtesy" also requires people using due diligence and doing the proper research---next you might want people to do your kids homework

This is not meant as a criticism of anyone posting in this thread, but when I read a comment like the one above coming from an Old Timer, I want to assure visitors and newcomers:

It is okay to ask questions in our forums. That's what this site is here for.

Yes, I agree that it's good to do your homework. Check out a school's website, do some reading here, even do a search for the topic you are interested in and read a few of those threads. But it's okay to ask your question, no matter how much or how little research you have done.

Again, I'm not trying to criticize anyone with my post. But I do receive comments from members who say that when they first found this site, they were a little intimidated or uneasy to post a question, especially if they read an Old Timer's post criticizing a "newcomer" type question. So I feel it's important to repeat:

Newcomers, we welcome you, and welcome your questions! We were all newcomers once.

Julie

MN-Mom

Hobbs has been around this site for over a year now so he is not a newcomer

The original posters questions were answered---I would expect a poster like Hobbs to know the answer to his question ----perhaps he just wants to rattle a cage or two---every program tells you what level they play at and you just need to visit their website which I would a poster to do before posting for information

rhobbs,

You've aked two questions.

I prefer looking at the NCAA web site rather than the college site to find the division of play. http://web1.ncaa.org/onlineDir/exec/sponsorship lists all the colleges and the divisions.

For the second question, you'll probably do better to look at something other than a baseball oriented web site to find out the academic reputation of a school.

FP just hosted the D11 conference championships. I guess they spend millions every year to turn out worthless degrees.

quote:

is this a test?

You are asking is it Division II or III ?

You are kidding, right!!! I would think you would know that answer before you even came on the site and asked questions

Frankly, TR, I just found your reply to be arrogant and condescending. As a matter of principle, I would like for you to answer the question politely.

I hold a degree from Franklin Pierce and have had no problem with it. I doubt very much if my employers took into account the school I attended to acquire my degree. I sometimes think that people put a little "too much" into the name at the top of their degree, especially if a basic (BA BS etc..) degree. It may be a slightly different story if an engineer or such, but as an accountant it really doesn't seem to matter much.

As far as I know Franklin Pierce is looked at as a good solid school. Excellent DII baseball program as well. Have had several players drafted in the past few years.

Hobbs

I would think you would be able to look that info up on the internet

Reds
Couldn't agree more !
People get caught up in th BS. Grad school in some areas is a different matter.

redsox

I am in agreement with you regarding where you got the degree--- sometimes your experience is more important and being a college athlete does not hurt either

Funny story regarding this aspect:

The last company I worked for, after I shut down my own business and relocated, had an owner who was a Syracuse grad and I was from St John's ---we talked Big East Basketball more than me in the interviews--the key was his retriever who as it turned out was in the office every day--he jumped into my lap in the middle of the interview--the boss stood up and said "Congratulations !! When can you start? My dog likes you--thats enough for me"


So much for the college stuff--


To this day I swear I was interviewed by the dog !!!

TR it's who ya know.

you got that right bobblehead---good thing dogs like me

Redsox--I thank you for the information.

Thanks for the info everyone.
TR you are right I had a golden for 15 years, came to the office everyday, much better judge of character than me.