college

4 year College away from your parents.

That is where you can have so much fun with people in the same age group with you and you make your permanent best friends. Just don’t have too much fun and flunk out the first semester there.

I went to the University of Illinois at Shampoo-Banana (Champaign-Urbana) and 25% of the freshmen flunked out in the first semester. A lot of them just couldn’t handle the total freedom you experience, 24 hours a day and you can do anything! Anything at all!! Wow. Luckily I didn’t go totally overboard myself…

There are two types of people – you can be a “link” in the “six degrees of separation” or you can be a “connector”, someone who knows everyone or knows someone who knows someone else. I was a connector in college. If anyone wanted to know anything, if I couldn’t answer their question, I knew someone who could, etc. If the Internet existed when I was back in college, I would still be in contact with the 200+ friends and acquaintances I had. Oh well. Tells you how old I am 🙂 No Internet back then. hahaha

So, what were you saying about studies or work or something? Studies and work are secondary to the social fabric you create in college. (Not a local college you commute to, I mean totally away from your parents, that is a must).

It all depends on what you want to do and your likelihood of succeeding in that field. Pretty much any occupation that will allow you to support a family requires some post-highschool education, though it may just be vocational courses or an apprentice program. Moneywise, the best paying occupations require college degrees, but there is an overlap between higher paying blue collar jobs (that generally don’t require BS/BA degrees) and lower paying jobs that do require college degrees. And when you consider what college costs (not only in tuition, but the four years you could have spent working), the overlap is even bigger. And its bigger still if the area you desire to live in has powerful labor unions. Also important to note is that though a college degree may help you become a more astute individual, it doesn’t guarantee you a job. There are many college grads doing jobs that don’t require college degrees simply because they couldn’t get a job in their field, or disliked the job they did get for some reason. What you should probably do is figure out some fields that interest you and determine what it is going to take to enter and work in those fields. Talk to people that work in them too if possible. Of course you could just go to college to get a degree you find interesting and worry about a job later, but I wouldn’t recommend this unless your parents are cool with you being a hipster.

Obviously, people say you should go to college to “better yourself”. Yup, I agree but I must say that college isn’t for everyone. I think that taking time off to get some “real life” experience is important. I personally went to college right after high school and didn’t really know what I wanted to do for the rest of my life. I took about a year off and worked (not at McDonalds, mind you) and then went back to school when I was ready. I don’t regret it and I learned a lot from it.

I’m not sure why you can’t understand why someone can not go to college. Apparently you don’t understand money very well- college is expensive in case you didn’t know.

I don’t think one is better than the other. I’m just glad I did both, thank you very much.

Good luck in your quest.

If you can afford to, and you have the dedication go to college.

Some people do just get lucky and have a personal business become successful enough with out additional schooling. Most don’t. Of those that tend not to go to college and make a comfortable living most still have additional training. Becoming a licenced trademan, nurse, etc. For those that get good “manufacturing plant” jobs a lot of those folk that are pulling in really good money tend to work up to 7 days a week, up to 12 hours a day. The “straight 40” hours doesn’t usually cut it that well, a lot of these people need the overtime to live the lifestyle they want to live.

From what I’ve seen for life in general you may make good money right out of high school…maybe even better money than some recent college grads, but you’ll hit your max earnings pretty quick. Those with licenced training or college degrees will typically max out at a higher level, with more opportunities for job growth, and more desireable job replacement should you find yourself out of work at some point.

in some ways it depends on what you want to do, some business careers or tech careers pay pretty well to someone who has never been to college or dropped out of college and is just naturally talented. However, the problem arises of what do you do if you lose the job or don’t like it. But, if you want to be almost anything else, a doctor, teacher, lawyer, you don’t really have a choice and need to go to college.

I would say it’s always better to go to college in the long run, sure, you may find that great paying job without going, but if you get fired or hate it, you’re going to run into places that won’t hire you without a college degree.

Well if u know of a job that pays the same as going to college well hit it. Many people make more money rather than go to college is by opening ur own business and succesfully runing it. Half of the millionaires are drop outs. But by going to college there is a higher possibility to get a good paying job and also matters what u major in. I would prefer college unless you have any ideas of some good business that would be succesful.

going to college is much better….

studies n surveys usually say things that dont genrally happen to everyone….see urself dint mention anything about the ratio of people who are being equally paid.if u think u have the skills for the job ur aspiring and u dont need a college,go for it,u r saving a lot of time.otherwise its wise to go for a college,u wont be studying for the rest of ur life ,its just a few years.dont even allow the thought of regrets in ur life. sit back,relax,think ,analyse urself and make ur decision.

good luck.

For me, it is going to college. The school prepares us mentally, intellectually and psychologically for work. When i was in college, i worked part-time as a student assistant in the university. So i value my education and work experience I had and looking back, both aspects are useful in my present work.

try to find a schol that promotes both , work and school like co-oping in your field of study. for example, Centre college in KY is knonw for this approach!