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Once the investment is paid for, it continues to pay dividends through the rest of the worker’s life, leaving college graduates with substantially higher lifetime earnings than their peers with a high school degree. These findings suggest that redoubling the efforts to make college more accessible would be time and money well spent.â€
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Have I mentioned diploma mills that call themselves universities and colleges? Stay away from those.
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Have I mentioned diploma mills that call themselves universities and colleges? Stay away from those.
Never heard of those, but I just searched what they are. Wow, the list is huge, and I have heard of some of those schools.
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My high school all but flat-out told us it'd be impossible to make it in life without college. They made college sound like a life-or-death situation.
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I know plenty of people who don't have college degrees and support themselves just fine; on the other hand, I've seen degreed people spend themselves into financial disaster, believing that their "degreed" status would protect them from ever having money or employment problems.
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Going to college is just like marriage and brats: you're made to think you have to do it because that's just what people do. It's very possible to find success without going six figures in debt. In fact, you probably have a better chance of making your own success than securing employment with your education. I'm at a point where I don't think anyone will hire my ass, so I've been thinking about what I can do to make my own money and be my own boss. Not coming up with a whole lot yet.
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Going to college is just like marriage and brats: you're made to think you have to do it because that's just what people do. It's very possible to find success without going six figures in debt. In fact, you probably have a better chance of making your own success than securing employment with your education. I'm at a point where I don't think anyone will hire my ass, so I've been thinking about what I can do to make my own money and be my own boss. Not coming up with a whole lot yet.
I'm thinking about the same and I've come up with some ideas, but I'm not sure how I would start.
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Just don't get the idea that folks here are against education. I think most of us here are very much for education.
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Just don't get the idea that folks here are against education. I think most of us here are very much for education.
I know you are. Self-employment is something I've been thinking about since I was 17, so it didn't just come to my mind with this thread or that article.
I knew about free college courses, but I thought they were a prerequisite for getting into a certain college. Jeez. I really need to explore more.
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Apprenticeships can be good too. Like it you want to work in a funeral home, you don't even need a degree (I don't think). You just need to be an apprentice for a year or so. Sure, there are degrees in mortuary science, but not all funeral homes require them from potential employees.
If I could go back and do things all over again, I would actually put thought into a real major, do research rather than pointing at a random school, and - especially - decide if I really want to go to college. Yes, a lot of fields require a degree (like medicine and science), but college is not for everyone or for every line of work.
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Keep in mind, majority of colleges out there are there for a reason - to make money for the college. Just like any other business, they use targeted advertising. In this case their "target" is a high school student and the "marketing" is an increase in income. How much more or less you will earn depends on your individual circumstances and not on attendance of a particular school. I know a good number of people who finished college with honors and work at jobs that require no degree of any kind. It is not their fault - economics are what they are.
I agree with Yurble that college "pay off" is no longer as high as it used to be. These are just basics of economics of supply and demand. If everybody has a college degree, then supply is high - price offered for a college graduate comes down. Will colleges tell you that? Of course not! They want you to come and spend money! Will high school warn you? Never! They get perks if their students sign up.
Have I mentioned diploma mills that call themselves universities and colleges? Stay away from those.