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ELITE VOL.1, Issue 55, May 2023
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VOL.1, Issue 55, May 2023

"Where is your recommendation?" say no more

Mariam Elsafty, Senior, Political science. mariam.yasser2020@feps.edu.eg

It's been a while, FEPS professors and Allow me to convince you otherwise in this
students! I feel that it is most appropriate to article if you think it's true. Let me tell you
discuss what we refer to as "Wasta," which I that if you believe that your university
will refer to as a recommendation, and how it degree will land you the job of your dreams,
is over-estimated. It is the perfect time to you are utterly mistaken in the world we
discuss this issue. When students finish their live in. This is completely realistic. Your
high school exams, they often wonder which knowledge and awareness will only increase
faculty will benefit them more in the future. as a result of the information you learn
This is a reasonable question to ask because from a particular faculty, like FEPS. No
matter which faculty you choose to apply
no one wants to graduate and find themselves
to, you won't be completely marketable.
unemployed due to shifting market demands.
Start asking yourself whether you are truly
Additionally, as I was browsing Facebook, I
interested in the course material, whether it
noticed people advising students against
will advance your knowledge, and whether
enrolling in a particular faculty because it is
it will improve you as a person, rather than
unimportant to them and only requires a
whether it will make it simple for you to get
"recommendation" for them to have a good
a job out of it. I strongly advise you not to
job. Now let's limit the faculties to FEPS.
say that you are going to study
There is a ton of young people, who are not
programming because that is what the
experienced enough, I've seen telling the
market requires when aspiring to become a
students who inquire about FEPS to avoid it
better person through the knowledge or
because it is useless, and they won't get a job
skill that you want to acquire, for example,
unless someone very important recommends
a certain language or art. Do YOU want to
them for a position they want... What do you pursue a coding degree?
think about this, then?

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