[koala72]

I am from Australia and am seriously looking at applying at UNLV to major in Gaming management.
I have worked as a dealer for the last 12 months in a well respected casino. i don't necessarily like dealing but i find it pretty easy and it pays pretty well over here. But everything else about the industry i absolutely love.

I still have a few doubts about going through with this:

UNLV seems to have a crappy reputation and i'm wondering out of Nevada will the degree even mean anything to potential employees? I'm sure it doesn't help that budget cuts are going to hit the school in the coming years.

Will the degree even be useful for anything in upper management? I'm thinking i should just do a business / finance degree of some sort in my home country which will be 10 times cheaper.

With the economy being so screwed in Vegas and Nevada in general will i be able to get a part time job dealing whilst studying? Or will it be a struggle?

My brother was just over Vegas with his friends on holidays and he checked out the school and some of the surrounding area and said it's not very nice area. Is it really that bad??

Thanks in advanced.

[jfkIII]

The area near the school is congested and could be considered shady, IMO. Disclaimer: Not a LV resident.

[vegas2005]

Originally Posted by koala72

I am from Australia and am seriously looking at applying at UNLV to major in Gaming management.
I have worked as a dealer for the last 12 months in a well respected casino. i don't necessarily like dealing but i find it pretty easy and it pays pretty well over here. But everything else about the industry i absolutely love.

I still have a few doubts about going through with this:

UNLV seems to have a crappy reputation and i'm wondering out of Nevada will the degree even mean anything to potential employees? I'm sure it doesn't help that budget cuts are going to hit the school in the coming years.

Will the degree even be useful for anything in upper management? I'm thinking i should just do a business / finance degree of some sort in my home country which will be 10 times cheaper.

With the economy being so screwed in Vegas and Nevada in general will i be able to get a part time job dealing whilst studying? Or will it be a struggle?

My brother was just over Vegas with his friends on holidays and he checked out the school and some of the surrounding area and said it's not very nice area. Is it really that bad??

Thanks in advanced.

1. Degree means very little outside of Vegas.

2. Not good for upper management. Then again, its who you know, not what you know.

3. Go for the cheaper degree, all day.

4. You can get a part time job easy, but the players are druggies, hookers, losers.

5. The area is OK. Nothing special. The campus life is not bad, actually.

I would run, forrest run, out of Vegas.

Its a great place to vacation, but that's all folks!

[Willy702]

Degree would mean a lot to casinos anywhere. In general a UNLV degree outside Nevada won't be too highly regarded, but in the specialized area of gaming management there is no equal for such a degree. If you are sure you want to be in gaming then by all means give it a go. With casinos of one type or another found in about 35 states, every province in Canada, all over Australia and of course in the booming Asian markets you won't lack for potential opportunities to work. Frankly the opportunities might be better elsewhere than LV anyways. Whether you like the jobs, the locations of the casinos and the pay could be a whole different consideration.