Heres the format:

School name:
Area of study:
Current Age:
Year when graduated:
First job after college:
Salary offered (or if you are a student, how much you expect):
Did you negotiate?:
Where are you now in your career?:
Do you think School made a big difference in what you are now?:
How much money you spent when in school out of pocket for tuition etc:
Job Location:


And here I start

School name: University of Southern California
Area of study(degree): MS in Computer Science
Current Age: 24
Year when graduated: 2006
First job after college: Consultant
Salary offered (or if you are a student, how much you expect):64k
Did you negotiate?:Yes 4k
Where are you now in your career?: Beginning of career
Do you think School made a big difference in what you are now?: Yes, coz with Bachelors, I was getting paid 40k. The degree didnt make that much of a difference
How much money you spent when in school out of pocket for tuition etc: 35k loan
Job Location: Los Angeles

PS: Please keep your intentions honest as this is just sharing of information.

School name: Harvard
Area of study: BA in Economics
Current Age: 26
Year when graduated: 2003
First job after college: Human resources admin. asst.
Salary offered (or if you are a student, how much you expect): $23,000
Did you negotiate?: No, pay is based on a government pay grid.
Where are you now in your career?: Beginning of career.
Do you think School made a big difference in what you are now?: No
How much money you spent when in school out of pocket for tuition etc: Spent about $1000/year on flights home, books (checked out the vast majority of books from the library, so I bought very few books), supplies, eating out, etc. I received a lot of financial aid, had some scholarships, and my mom helped a lot with tuition, so no loans.

School name: Wentworth Institute of Technology
Area of study: BS in Computer Engineering
Current Age: 22
Year when graduated: 2006
First job after college: IT Support Specialist
Salary offered (or if you are a student, how much you expect): 45K
Did you negotiate?: 4K
Where are you now in your career?: Beginning
Do you think School made a big difference in what you are now?: Depends
How much money you spent when in school out of pocket for tuition etc: 18K loan and rest was paid for by myself and parents

citydweller said:School name: Harvard
Area of study: BA in Economics
Current Age: 26
Year when graduated: 2003
First job after college: Human resources admin. asst.
Salary offered (or if you are a student, how much you expect): $23,000
Did you negotiate?: No, pay is based on a government pay grid.
Where are you now in your career?: Beginning of career.
Do you think School made a big difference in what you are now?: No
How much money you spent when in school out of pocket for tuition etc: Spent about $1000/year on flights home, books (checked out the vast majority of books from the library, so I bought very few books), supplies, eating out, etc. I received a lot of financial aid, had some scholarships, and my mom helped a lot with tuition, so no loans.

You went to Harvard, received a BA in economics, and your first job was an HR admin asst? What am I missing here?

School name: Tennessee Tech University
Area of study: Mechanical Engineering
Current Age: 23
Year when graduated: 2006
First job after college: Plant Engineer in TN
Salary offered (or if you are a student, how much you expect): $47,000
Did you negotiate?: Nope
Where are you now in your career?: 4 months in and now making $47,940
Do you think School made a big difference in what you are now?: Absolutely
How much money you spent when in school out of pocket for tuition etc: $9,000 in loans and my parents covered the rest

flicken said:Job location would be helpful as well. $45k in New York City is different than $45k in Podunk, PA.

Thats an excellent point. I added Job Location in my first post template. Thanks for inputs

School name: HARD KNOCKS

Area of study: THE PURSUIT OF PLEASURE

Current Age: 33

Year when graduated: 1990 LOWELL HIGH SCHOOL

First job after college: ESCORT SERVICE

Salary offered (or if you are a student, how much you expect): HOW MUCH WOULD YOU LIKE TO PAY??

Did you negotiate?: DOES THE SUN COME UP IN THE EAST???

Where are you now in your career?: SOMETIMES VERTICAL,SOMETIMES HORIZONTAL

Do you think School made a big difference in what you are now?: NO. I'M SELF-TAUGHT

How much money you spent when in school out of pocket for tuition etc: N/A

Job Location: A NUMBER OF HOTELS

I usually avoid these, here we go..

School name: Columbia University - Engineering School
Area of study: Computer Science
Current Age: 25
Year when graduated: 2003
First job after college: Software Development in Finance Firm
Salary offered (or if you are a student, how much you expect): ~$55 + ~$7.5K signing
Did you negotiate?: No, standard package for college hires
Where are you now in your career?: Senior Developer at same firm (~$100K + bonus) .. Planning on getting my MBA and get out of IT/software field.
Do you think School made a big difference in what you are now?: Yes, definitely! Main benefit is in terms of networks. In addition, companies actively recruited at my school
How much money you spent when in school out of pocket for tuition etc: For tuition? took out 20K in student loans. Parents took care of rest. Had a pretty cushy job in college so that afforded me a nice lifestyle college, especially being in NYC.
Job Location: NYC

OK, I'll play along.

School name: Georgetown
Area of study: Int'l Bus & Japanese (BS) / Foreign Service (MS)
Current Age: 30
Year when graduated: 2000
First job after college: Consultant
Salary offered (or if you are a student, how much you expect): $65k
Did you negotiate?: Nope
Where are you now in your career?: In flux
Do you think School made a big difference in what you are now?: *Yes*
How much money you spent when in school out of pocket for tuition etc: $0 (full scholarship, incl. rm/bd/bks/transport)
Job Location: 1st job - Boston; current job - Palo Alto / SF

** Edited to add: I'm giving GREEN to everyone who has the guts to post in this thread. Go Fearless FWFers!

School name: Penn State Univ
Area of study(degree): MS in Operations Research
Current Age: 27
Year when graduated: 2004
First job after college: Senior Analyst
Salary offered (or if you are a student, how much you expect):60k + 5k sign on
Did you negotiate?:No
Where are you now in your career?: 2 yrs work ex
Do you think School made a big difference in what you are now?: Yeah a little, but my undergrad in India makes more difference than my masters here I guess
How much money you spent when in school out of pocket for tuition etc: - $24k, free tuition and made $1000 as a grad assistant
Job Location: Richmond