Comments on: College : My Failed $15,000 Experiment

By: Megan Bucher

Megan Bucher — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 17:13:07 +0000

A college education is expensive, and it is hard. Whether you go right after high school or later in life is your choice, but go. I have seen a lot of people around me fail miserably with out that ‘piece of paper.’
The car business was like this in it’s prime. You didn’t need a degree, because you could make a killing selling cars and work your way up the ladder into management. I was made fun of constantly for have a Marketing/PR degree and ‘selling cars,’ by customers and co-workers. My journey (just shy of a decade in the car biz…renting, sales, then business development) paid off because I was able to apply my education to my current job, no matter what it was.
My point in all this is to stick with it and get a degree. Sooner or later, you’re going to need that basic qualification to fall back on or lead you into your dream job. Every journey is different, and some are more costly than others…but you get what you pay for.
There are no shortcuts to the ‘dream job.’
Once everyone figures this Interent Marketing and Social Media out, there will be degrees and phd’s in it, and college professors who make a living teaching it.
The connections I’ve made and kept from being an alumni and NCAA athlete and member of the Greek community are pricesless. I continue to learn from that ‘expensive’ experience every day of my life.
So, good luck to all of you, whichever way you choose…but to the 4 year degree grads…I say props to you.

By: Sinavlar

Sinavlar — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 14:16:54 +0000

I think colleges hamper our capabilities.First,we should see our our capabilities and choose a future job and try to imrove ourselves on this.No need colleges.

By: Consolidation School Loan

Consolidation School Loan — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 08:07:48 +0000

Well, I agree with your comment… not because I think a college degree is 100% necessary but because it is important to finish things you start…

By: Melvin

Melvin — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 07:32:41 +0000

dud, this post is sweet and real informative. Most of my friends who decided to quit college interestingly failed with whatever they planned and to be fair I think college won’t really help a lot in real life especially if you’re really not pursuing high paying courses like being and doctor or lawyer and stuffs..

By: SUP3RNOVA

SUP3RNOVA — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 13:41:59 +0000

Ummm not sure if you’ve checked the school in a few years, but the average SAT score for admittance this year had to be above 1300. They’re actually highly selective now.