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How will I get into college?

How will people get meaningful employment if college isn't worth it?

  • The talk today is that 1 in 2 college graduates are jobless or underemployed. A lot of college graduates are doing low paying jobs just to get by. On a radio survey today the question was do you think college is worth it today. Only 30% on average so far say it is worth it. I felt most people always say it is worth it. Since people often go to college in hopes of getting a good job how else will people today get a good enough of a job? Why do people say college isn't worth it today?

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    People say a lot of stupid and false things. It may be difficult to find a job because of the soft economy; it's impossible without the credentials. The people on the radio show could have been high school dropouts, or earning $100K but wanted to hear themselves on the radio and knew who was being allowed to speak. What is "good enough"? What percentage of grads consider themselves underemployed when there are more jobs than applicants? (some people are never satisfied, some are never competent)

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In days of old, the minority of people actually needed degrees for their line of work, and so fewer people attended colleges. Now you require a fancy piece of paper that takes you four years and thousands of dollars to get, to walk out and find that : (1) Heaps of people have the exact same qualification as you, so what makes you any more attractive to an employer than the thousands of other applicants that have the exact same degree you have? (2) College hasn't prepared you at all for the workforce. While high school and community college prepare you to enter into society, college prepared you for the academic society - a society largely run by thinkers rather than doers. Reality is that the vast majority of what you learn in your degree won't have applicable relevance to your eventual job, and the organization that hires you will have their own methodologies that they use to train their employees. It's no doubt a skewed system putting a lot of people in debt with little chance of ever repaying.

It's only worth it if you major in something useful like computer science, engineering, nursing, a hard science, or accounting.

People are stupid, get art or communications degrees and wonder why they don't have a 6 figure job or even a mid-range 5 figure job. YOU, not the college, not your mom but YOU need to do research on jobs that are in demand in the area you want to live and what fields, you need to figure out how to get that job and what you'll need to get [looking at government job applications for the career you want will give you an idea of the best qualifications you'll need] then you work with your school to cater your education toward that. If the job demands work experience, go to a school that has internship opportunities. If it is science or medical, make sure you understand how to get licensed in your state and the nation. If you don't do this, don't expect and advisor who works with hundreds of programs and students to know every little detail. TL:DR version: Young people do not have personal responsibility.

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