To College or Not To College | Crash Course | How to College
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- Опубликовано: 10 июн 2024
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What is college? And should you go? In our first episode of Crash Course How to College, Erica talks us through some of the reasons you may or may not want to go after that degree.
Dr. Erica Brozovsky (from PBS's Otherwords) hosts and breaks down how to apply for, succeed at, and graduate from college. Check out our all new Study Hall Channel (linked above) where you can watch Fast Guides about college majors and even more series.
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Chapters:
0:00 - Introduction
1:28 - What is college? + Types of colleges
5:42 - Why be an educated person
8:06 - Do you want to go to college?
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I’m 28. I’ve always wanted to go to college/university. But never had a clear idea of what I wanted to do. Last year finally found something I like and something that will help me help others. I might be 35 by the time I’m done if everything goes according to plan but I’m still exited
To people over 30. Remember if you are planning to go to university or collage, it's never too late to make a change in your life. I'm 33 and just started my engineering degree and I think that it's the best choice in my life. Why not make a chance and be eager to learn more about the world and what you are interested in. It's always your choice to make the difference. Not someone else's.
If anyone of any age is thinking of college, do community college. Coming out of HS , it has been the best and most amazing experience. So affordable and great education. Smaller class sizes = more personal interactions with professors and easier to learn.
Nick Jenkins, Producer of this show here. This was my path and it was definitely a good move for me. Not only because it saved me (and my parents) money, but it also helped prep me for the more intense world of University.
I understand this video is in partnership with a university, but this seems incredibly biased toward "everyone should go to college and it's just a decision of how you'll do it that you need to make" without really addressing the reasons college may be wrong for people.
Given the cost of college now and how many people get into vast amounts student debt in the process, saying "you'll earn more later in life" doesn't work out for a lot of people. Sometimes, those super specific career paths you dream of taking simply don't have the jobs in the market to really provided any viable career path after graduation.
It talks about the flexibility to do an associate degree before pursuing a bachelors, but fails to mention many of those credits often don't transfer so you're spending more time and money doing it that way. Or you have the ability to totally change directions in the middle of your academic career, which while true, depending on how big the change is, can add years and tens of thousands of dollars to your debt. Yes, it's a great experience to be able to figure out what you want to do in the future, maybe even if you aren't sure. But there are very real costs associated with that, both financial costs, opportunity costs, and time.
I have many friends who have college and university degrees (some have multiple college or university degrees, or have Master's degrees) who couldn't find jobs in their field even after several years of looking and have been working jobs as a server or retail, or call centers, in order to pay their bills, who are working paycheck to paycheck trying to afford rent while also needing to pay off 40k in student debt. I went to community college and 70% of the people I graduated with never found jobs in the field, and had to either go back to school for something more focused to be able to find a job, or who found jobs in completely unrelated industries where they don't use anything we learned in college and who view it as a complete waste of time and money. That's obviously not the case for everyone, it worked out well for me and I know many successful people who did go to college and university. But for everyone person I know who went to college and is successful, I know 3 who found it to be a waste of time and money that they're still paying for, who are in a worse position than they would have been if they'd skipped it.
I guess I've come to expect this channel to provide simple & unbiased, yet nuanced explanations of things like this, and this video feels very specifically biased toward college as the only real choice, it's just a matter of how & when. And for a title like "To college or not to college" this video did not adequately address the "not to college" part.
I am 40 and actually debating to myself and looking into this right now.
I am 31 and seriously looking into this.
I look forward to the next crash course :D
I did community college right out of high school then two years intending to finish a practical bachelors at a university. Then a decade later I went back to a different university and completed a different degree. I've known lots of people with various levels of college education. Here are my lessons learned, by experience and/or observation:
1. If you don't want to go to college and aren't motivated to be there, don't go. You'd be wasting your time, even if you graduate with a degree. Come back later when you're ready.
2. On a closely related note: do not let your parents or anyone else force into a specific college or degree. Be realistic about your options, but you're going to get more out of being somewhere you want to be doing something you want to do than if you're grinding it out. See #1.
3. College is what you make of it. Not just pure academics or even socially. Look for opportunities: volunteering, interning, and other extracurricular activities that will help you learn, develop, and gain experience.
4. A community college will get you half way to a four-year degree, but it's closer to high school than a university in terms of how challenging it is. You will save money, but you're also usually losing out on half of your college experience (see #3).
5. Develop study skills in high school, whether you need them there or not. You will need them in college.
6. You can get a Bachelors degree without knowing what you're going to do with it (see #3). Not so for grad school; you should only got for a Masters or Doctorate because you've got a specific career in mind that requires it.
7. Go to tech/trade school if you like the work. Don't feel obligated to get a Bachelors. Traditional college isn't for everyone.
8. Most colleges these days have a foreign language requirement. Build a foundation for this in high school.
I never wanted to go to college until senior year of high school. my grades were great but i decided to go to CC since i didnt do my college apps but now transferred to a university and best choice i ever made
i really appreciate this series :) i failed out of university earlier this year and watching all my friends continue through their education/get started in their careers has made me feel like a black sheep. nobody in my family went to college, and they all think that once you leave school you can't go back. i've been stressed out since spring because academia has always been a huge part of my life but now it seems like an ended chapter. after finding this little playlist i feel like i can take a deep breath because i'm not running out of time; my experience is just different :)
You got this Xochitl! Everyone's education timeline is different, and you can go back as many times as you need to!
I would like to make something very clear you do not have to go to college to be successful in life. There is nothing wrong with going to college but just know you have other options. College can be a very big burden and can put you in debt. There is no guarantee you will be successful after you graduate from college. What truly matters is the persons ambition, motivation, hunger to be successful in life.
Community college all the way. I really don't understand why people scoff at the idea of community college. I had a wonderful experience.
So that everyone can see different perspectives, I'll give mine. All my life I had wanted to do science, and dreamed of being a researcher. So I studied biochemistry at university, the first in my family to do so, and in my last year, while doing the research project, I found that I didn't like academia all that much. So after graduating I went into healthcare and worked my way up. While I am not directly using my degree, the knowledge and skills I gained have definitely allowed me to get to where I am now, and shape some of my decisions or approaches in my current job.
My mother, on the other hand, started a part-time degree in her late 40s. Since graduating, she has not gotten a job related to her degree (it's hard to get hired as a philosopher) but the experience of studying at that level has changed her forever, and she wouldn't trade it for anything.
I have no idea what I like to do or passion and it's freaking me out. I can't do college if I don't have a passion/career goal.
Even though I'm a grown up from Argentina, graduated, and in a totally different higher education system (University of Buenos Aires), I totally agree with many of the conclusions at the end of the video. Society can't ask from you to know at age 18 what you wanna do for the rest of your life. It's not fair and is a cause of serious anxiety for many.
I feel like people keep devaluing associated degrees. I am currently getting mine in environmental studies and do not plan on getting a bachelor's degree. For some reason, people keep telling me that I am stupid for not going on further but I am just trying to do what is right for me.
After 12th grade.... dragons 🤣
Who knew!?!?!? :)
Yeah, before I entered college, I really wanted to be a Computer Engineer. I remembered being so passionate even during 1st year, but as time passes by, my passion for the field began to die down. I'm currently in my 3rd year and I am a bit afraid. One factor could be online classes (because in my country, we still do not have face to face classes), but if it's not that, I'm not sure of other reasons. I do hope that my passion for the field rises again in the near future.
But yeah, basically, just because you found what you want to do, doesn't mean it's gonna be consistent. In the end, we're still continuing to explore on what we really want to do in life.
One thing I missed from this video, was important, although the admittedly controversial topic of maybe not going to college. I'm from Brazil, so my experience can be wildly different from people in other countries... But in my career, a degree is not necessary in Brazil. Studying at a University was sometimes fun, sometimes exhausting, and sometimes terrifying... but the way it impacted my life the most was the networking possibilities that I got. That being said, it was worth it because I was studying for free. Universities in the US are terribly expensive from my understanding, and I don't think it's worth it, at least in Brasil, to start your adult life in a huge financial debt for the networking. At least in Brasil, there are other cheaper ways of doing that. I'd say that it's important to evaluate first what do you want to work with before enrolling, figuring out if it's necessary to go to college, and, if it's not, first build your financial stability before doing it for fun.
I went to college and majored in art. Then I changed my major to computer science since they make enough money to live in California. It kicked my ass so I went back to majoring in art. I make $15,000/yr selling things on ETSY but I'm married to a guy who makes $190,000/yr as a cybersecurity engineer so things worked out at the end.
REMEMBER THE TRADES! CONSIDER APPRENTICESHIP!
Most Community Colleges these days offer trade educations - They *also* have a small gen-ed base on top of it, but I guarantee your local CC has sponsored trade programs for you. You CAN have both.
Whether or not you go to college, don't stop learning, especially in the STEM fields, history, and art. If you can, find or interlibrary loan the book Priceless Gift by Cornelius Hirschberg, and read it. It's inspiring.
There are many health and other benefits to becoming a life long learner as well, no matter if you do through college and/or your own study, by reading, watching videos from those who know what they're talking about, etc.
This video dropped at just the right time for me, been struggling for a while now with what I want to pursue in life, especially over the last month. Goals change all the time.
I only realized this quite recently myself, but another option people have that I've never really seen talked about is simply taking more community college classes after/instead of getting an associates!
The community colleges are a great transition into either a full-year or work in general, and are super cheap compared to full universities: so it can help a lot more to take advantage of that lower price and close proximity to campus to take more classes-
These classes could be all the gen-eds required for a future degree, or simply opportunities to learn new things and explore hobbies at a low cost (such as taking art classes)!
It's an option I've been greatly considering for myself as I've gone through my first year of community college, and feel it may be a better idea to take another year or two to continue taking these community college classes even after graduation to continue my interests and hobbies at a low price, likely alongside a part-time job to save up for future 4-year tuition!
...and along that note, it feels like a lot of people may not realise you don't *have* to complete these degrees in exactly 2 years or 4 years, and can spread out classes more if need be!
There are a multitude of paths to choose. Find what’s right for YOU!
While I’m currently a third-year college student, I’m still finding out new and potentially helpful info from these sorts of videos. Hope the upcoming ones help me figure out if/what graduate studies might be in my future :)
I needed this series about 15 years ago, so thank you for making it for today's mes.
Thanks for this very confusing times right now
sharing this series with my students asap
Thank you so much for your videos! Even though I'm a sophomore, I still want to learn about my options for college.
Just got my 4year - degree this month, at age 30!
You can do it if you truly want to!
I'm a 27 year old with an ECE degree who's about to start over at a community college to become an ultrasound tech. This series came at the perfect time. Thank you.
The fact that many if not most people don't want to go to college just shows how badly our education systems are failing us. You can accomplish just about anything if you love learning but our schools more often than not accomplish the opposite.
What a title and what a question to ask and answer. The crash course has now transcended to ask bigger questions. Praised.
*Unless you're attempting the Ivy League prestige networking route, pick the cheapest college that gives you the best scholarships and meets your basic requirements. All that matters is the piece of paper, and nobody will care where you got it from 5 years after you graduate. Don't think of the difference between a $100,000 tuition and a $110,000 tuition as 10%. Think of it as $10,000, which most people do not have. Yes, engineering school is brutal. Some majors are glorified continuations of high school, and others are probably not great for your mental health. College should not be "the best years of your life" unless you're in one of the former majors. I learned a lot at college, but it still left gaping holes in my education, and self-directed learning is perfectly possible, and more enjoyable. Again, college is about getting a piece of paper. If your career path doesn't specifically require a piece of paper, college might not be for you.*
Good timing for me for this whole Study Hall channel! I’m excited! Also just commenting for the sake of the algorithm so this reaches more people
Great video with so much helpful information!
As a PhD student and teaching assistant, I always emphasize the importance of internships and other extracurricular opportunities.
For me, getting hands-on experience really helped me understand what types of jobs in my field are like on a day-to-day basis.
Equally as important, internships can illuminate aspects of some work that are not the right fit for you, which is extremely useful information to have early on in your career.
Nice series! I’ll be watching all of the videos!!!
Even going into a trade like plumbing, welding, auto repair, or like they said, electrician work, a good community college can give you a space to learn how that trade actually works, and still give you the networking connections to get work. A lot of my classmates were also people in the field for years who just wanted more opportunities/training.
This helped soooo much, thank you crash course!!
This is fantastic, thank you for explaining so many options.
I enjoy learning too. After six years of college, I learned more from listening to my high school educated father, reading independently, and living my life. I debated with my professors and taught them as much as they taught me. I recently monitored a history course which basically assigned books to read only to drop it because I had already read most of the books for my own learning and entertainment. My father could have debated many of my professors and taught them, as I did.
Thank you!
It's incredible that CC is doing this college course!
And colleges are both an adversity and an opportunity. As well as you know get a chance of working in the field you want to work.
My undergraduate degree is Business Engineering.
After some years of work going part time to college in the 1970’s. But I didn’t know what I wanted to study. I asked my parents, some professors, and clergy what I should study thinking they would know. But everybody Sid the same thing that I need to find it for myself. I can say I never really found what what I’m interested in. But I’m still here and fair at my job and found recreation that I enjoy. And I found satisfaction that I finished in a good way what I set out
This was really interesting! Erica is a great host! Looking forward to more!
Already more than halfway through my freshman year. Thank you :))
Didn't realize this was done in cooperation with ASU! Our university in Europe (UDG) got partnered with them a month ago :)
I really like this series. It seems as though I am not a wandering child not knowing what to do for this next chapter of my life 😅. Hoping for more episodes! -S
I’m about to graduate high school. I decided to take a gap year and save money while I start applying to college. I don’t really know how all of this works, so this will be helpful.
I'm a three-time college dropout that's never had any career plans other than "RUclipsr". Let's see if this series convinces me to go back!
Please take a gap year or something to think about what you want to do with your life. Don't just go straight into something straight after high school just because your teachers and parents tell you to. Figure out what you want to do in your life first before you spend big bucks on courses you are not going to take full advantage of.
Brotip: If what you want is to learn, learn Physics. Even if it's not the whole degree. No matter whatever you do, no matter wherever you go, that thing is going to appear everywhere, because that's how reality works. If you know enough, the brain itself will eventually find uses and applications to it.
Will grad school also be covered in this? If not, you should do a series on master's and doctorate degrees as well! A lot of students that don't have that mentorship are able to find support in various ways for college, but then it drops off the further into academia you go.
Thank you, this really helped
If you’ve never considered a business major, I’d highly recommend it! If you like psychology, sociology, and/or writing, you might be surprised how much you’ll like it. It’s also incredibly useful in life and your career to understand money, communication, and Microsoft excel.
Sending this to my physiology class that just averaged a 62.5 on our exam
This video title is misleading. They only explored one side of should someone or shouldn't someone go to college. The closest they got to the shouldn't side is saying that you should do it down the road. Would have really likes them to touch on alternative to college like trade school or apprentice programs (learning on the job). But of course not, they just pushed the going to college without even weighing if the costs is worth the degree still.
this is going to help me soon!!!!
I go to college in 2 whole years I can't wait
I am 18 currently in my first year studying electrical engineering it's very hard honestly requires too many hours studying since iam studying in one of the most difficult universities in the world "LU " there are times i thought about dropping out but i bounced back and will do all i can to help my family financialy
informative first one.big like for you
I'm a freshman in high school, but I still want to explore my college options! I'm planning on going to a college in the UK (my current idea is London Met.) because I want to move out of the US and live in the UK. However, I'm not sure how to go about it or if it'll be the right decision in the long run. I'm so glad these videos are being made! They'll help ease my mind about the uncertainty, and hopefully make it more clear about what I have to do.
Honestly, go to Germany. University is free for US citizens there.
I’m currently in college and just studied abroad in London- do it, it’s amazing. London is one of the coolest cities in the word and you’ll get to live in the middle of it for a fraction of the cost via student housing. Also, the courses are not even close to as hard in the UK. I worked maybe 2-3 hours a day as opposed to 12+ hrs a day in the US. So much free time to find what you’re actually passionate about in one of the coolest places on earth
could we also get a video for people considering a post-graduate or master's degree?
seems all advice online about it is aimed at how much money you can make as the sole determinant. It's kind of depressing, even tho I know it's an important aspect one must consider.
I was very cynical about college before I went but now that I have I don’t regret it at all. I do wonder if my cynical self, that shares a lot in common with high school seniors today, would have listened to this video. I now know it’s a great fantastic video but I don’t know that it cracks through the anti-college propaganda. But that also might have not been the goal
I graduated from highschool last year and I’ve been struggling on whether or not I should go to college. I’m definitely not the sharpest tool in the shed and I’m afraid that I’m not cut out for it at all.
Two words.. Gap year... Know yourself 1st
You are smart, you just do not know it yet. Tap into your potential, whatever that may be. If you want to go to college, go to college. Once you take the lid off the jar you placed yourself in, you'll realize you are more valuable and capable of much more than you ever thought.
Just the fact that you are seriously thinking about what you should do shows that you care about what you should do in your life. Please know you have different gifts on the inside of you and please know You Are A Sharp Tool in the Shed!!! I will pray that you will use the gifts and talents you have! If you do go to college, I'm sure you will succeed. If you go a different path, you will be successful. Do your best, work with character and integrity, and have a vision for what you want to do!
I finished my Master's degree last year, but I'm still watching the whole series just to learn how US colleges compare to Germany
"Even when we're unsure about our passion, we might still want to go to college simply because we're motivated to become a more well rounded person."
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-A good rule of thumb if you don't know what you want to do yet, go to work. Giving yourself time to figure out what you're good at and what you enjoy is always a good idea and being a teenager who doesn't know what he or she wants to do and going into debt to figure that out, is a bad life plan. Save up now as you learn more about yourself so that if you determine college is the right choice, you at least have some savings now to help pay for it (scholarships don't pay for everything).
"One great option which everyone should consider, is college... In college we finally get to chart our own course."
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-It's only a great option sometimes... It needs to be taken on a case by case basis.
-If for example your goal is to get a degree that will help you get a job, you should only go to college if that job actually requires a degree (eg. Engineering, Doctor, etc.). Many jobs that colleges say you need a degree for, you don't.
-Also, the job you are poised to get has to actually be financially rewarding (eg. Engineering, Doctor, etc.).
-Another example would be if you have to go into debt to go to college. If you can't either work through college to pay for it or use scholarships to pay for it then college is not worth it.
One last comment would be that it is SO important to have good professors in college that know how to teach. That one fact can make or break college. It's hard to know who will be teaching classes before you join a program, but trying to learn as much about the professors as possible from people who have gone through a program that you're looking to join it INVALUABLE. I can't emphasize enough how many bad professors there are and how important it is to learn about the program from seniors who are currently in the program.
All of this was terribly anecdotal. It ignores all the less quantifiable benefits such as networking, social capital, and friends you'll make. Not to mention all the exploration and personally development that comes with being in a learning environment.
It also ignores the crazy amount of financial aid, the variety of mentors and professionals you'll meet, and the internships exclusive to college students.
The type of degree also matters less now these days as it's usually a filter for job apps anyways. So might as well study what you enjoy. This notion that you should only go to college if your career requires it is ridiculous. Many of my friends got a job in what they studied but others have also pivoted into industries outside of their majors.
Genuinely, it's a bit crazy to pretend someone who studied biology is stuck doing that for the rest of their life. As if they don't have transferable skills that would allow a career change into a different industry like EdTech (which was my case).
There are a lot of other issues in higher ed, like declining retention rates and competitive admission apps, but ultimately what she said was right.
Simple: If you know what you want to do and college / University is required to do that thing. Then do it. Otherwise, don't.
If you devote your time and energy into schoolwork, you're going to have trouble finding a job because you have little work experience. If you get a part-time job and work hard at it, you won't get hired because your grades are slipping. I understand there is a fine work life balance that you have to plan out but in the end just because you have a paper expressing your qualifications, it does not garunteer a job. So many baristas or other sorts of workers have college degrees and yet cannot do anything with said degree and have sunk thousands of dollars into. I'm kind of happy I never went but I remember senior year watching a documentary called The Ivory Tower that made me very jaded about higher education and the costs of it.
You're into math, linguistics and humanities? What are you... ME?
if possible you should go to college but do not do it on debt... the point of going is to prove yourself you are mature and structured enough to pursue your own education interests by your own means.
Is there going to begin this course as College Preparedness? College for Beginners?
We gotta accept that we cant learn and explore all the things we feel/think we feel passionate about. Life is short and there will always be doubt about your choices😏😏
College was an absolute 100% rip off.
It was worse than a rip off, it left me scared for life.
I walked away with only $800 in debt, which I paid off asap with a little mall job, but screwed up for life. I was at the top of my class 1%, but going into an Ivy Leage univiersity on scholarship was absolute 100% trauma.
I’m in college now and I’m finding it hard to stay motivated and finish school. Any tips to overcome this?
It is funny to watch this after graduating from the Medical School... Aaah, I regret pursuing medicine 😂
Sure college is potentially a great path, but don't just go to college for the sake of it. Getting into a huge pile of debt and not completing a degree, or completing one that's of no use to you, is a terrible path to go down. If you're going to pursue specialized education, you need to either have a plan for a career before you start, or else figure one out pretty early on. I made this mistake myself. I figured that as someone with good grades, and that is perceived as being "smart", I should go to college. Decided to do a Bachelor's of Science because I liked physics, math, chemistry, and engineering. I did a year focused on chemistry and hated it. Did a year focused on physics and hated the last half of it. Did way worse in Calculus than I should have because the subject was uninteresting and the professor uninspiring, and also because I lacked motivation. Mandatory English class was awful. After two years of school, I realized I was essentially still at square one in my pursuit of a degree, and already ten thousand dollars in debt, so I dropped out. Now I work a depressing labour job, but at least I'm saving money and paying the bills. So yeah, college is great, for some people, but not all. And if you're going to do it, even if you're intelligent and driven, you NEED a path early on. It's a huge risk, with some potential for reward only if you do it right.
This is an informational video that is helpful for students struggling with if they should continue, or even attend college.
This video is too one sided, given its name.
There are a lot of issues with collages, and a lot of alternative ways to get really good education that isn't formal.
Also, a lot of modern jobs are more and more open to people who took alternative routs.
I'm not saying the good points aren't true, just that this is one sided (speaking as someone who just finished his BA).
Chose the wrong major and I really hate it. What do I do now?
Don’t do a niche major that makes you take very specific niche classes.
In the end it just costs more and you probably wont get a job that pays enough in that field without a masters.
I think the title of this video is misleading and should be changed.
Real answer to the question of whether of not to go to college depends on two key things, in my opinion:
1) Figure out how much it's going to cost you / your family. If you're going to get decent financial aid and not take on much debt, then getting an associates degree at a community college is a great opportunity for someone who hasn't figured out what to do next. You get to explore interests, meet new people, get a head start on a BA, and possibly get some of your living expenses covered. You DON'T have to pay off scholarships and government aid. But if all the aid you're getting is loans, then college becomes a risk, and you have to weigh the cost v benefit. There are way cheaper ways to explore interests, like volunteering, internships, or even just learning on coursera. Don't take on debt without a plan.
2) Figure out if you NEED to go to college. If you want to go into a field where hands on experience matters more than degrees, get an unpaid internship or something and skip the degree. If you need the degree because you want to be a doctor or a lawyer or something, then taking on debt and going to college might be worth it. But it still depends on a few additional factors:
a) whether you think you can actually finish your degree (rather than quit with a bunch of debt)
b) whether you think you'll be able to get that job relatively easily after you graduate (rather than a fancy degree and no job prospects), and
c) whether that job will pay enough to pay off your debt in a reasonable amount of time (vs trying to pay off an expensive degree over decades)
That being said, don't give up your dreams because you want to take the safe route. Take the middle route and weigh your dream against a realistic and objective understanding of what your prospects will look like once you graduate. If the dream wins, so be it, so long as you understand the risks.
Real Estate Agents make more money with a 150ish hour class then most Bachelor's Degrees.
Well, i had a lot of fun learning about america aha. Would be good to see a less specific and more nuanced discussion on the pros and cons of tertiary education against self educating and the applicability for different fields and career goals/personal needs, that sorta stuff (though this might not be the channel for it)
I be turning 20 this year and sadly due to a lot of pressure from my relatives and all telling me now I can't go to collage and I can't persue any engineering degree or anything... Cause I m too late for that I still have a lot of doubts and due to that been loosing my mental peace and health all this pressure I think by 20 or 21 I be in college but should I go or not like they all said is it okay to be in college by the age of 20 or 21
can someone summarize the whole video for me
"You might even change your goal in the middle of your academic career."
Colleges: Yeah ofc, we'll just need another 200k from you.
If you have a strong idea of what you want to study and you either get amazing financial aid or go to a state school: go for it. Otherwise I'd hold off. We were sold a lie - that you're just supposed to know what you wanna do at 18 and you should pay 100-250k for the privilege of maybe learning sorta about something that might eventually let you work in your desired field. It's a joke. With the exception of access to expensive facilities, you can learn just about everything you could in undergrad and even graduate school, online for little or no money. Take some time and work some crappy jobs while figuring out what you actually would like to do then pursue that whether it be through college or not. Traditional 4 year college is another class divider enjoyed and enforced by the richest Americans.
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Try not to see a professor as a teacher, which is what education has been up until now, but as a colleague. You will bring insight into _each other_ and while you help each other professionaly you are likely to form good personal realtionships where you have a quick chat about coffee before lectures or meet them in the local bar or give them a car ride home!
9:20 This bit made me a little worried. Because I know many of people get into undergrad courses and realise midway that this course isn't for them and finish with a degree that they don't really care about and feel like they wasted the past 3-4 years. A good bit of advice to to anyone thinking about college is that a bachelors should be a fairly broad field of knowledge like math or media studies, not any thing too specific. Once you graduate, you can do a masters or enter a graduate role at a company and there you will start to learn a very specific craft that will define your professional career.
The ultimate thing to do is to seek a careers adviser at school or seek the support of your nearest and dearest. Mum and dad, familly or your girl/boyfriend, husband/wife.
But the amount of older students is increasing and at 1:55 I'm shocked and pleased this is really high.
4 years opprotunutues cost and 30k in debt for love of learning and exploration? You know, there is this thing call career counselor and this thing call library or just the internet if you just wanna explore and learn
Can you talk about gate keeping in college and the disparities among people of color going to college?
Shout out to my fellow Linguistics BAs!
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As someone who has 4 degrees (aerospace, general IT, network engineering, and a higher networking degree with a focus on cyber security). I will say college is pure BS and most need it as a check box to get a job. 99.9999% of the info you can get for free online, and it is too broad. Like learning about negative space in art has never helped me in the work place and it has jack to do with what my majors were in.
Get the degree to get the job. Get the job to live. Do not live to get the degree or live to work.
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If any Canadian see's this, forget University, go to trade school. It's our generation's future.
to go to college or to not go to college, sponsored by a college 😂
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lol it cost so much to go to college...