Who benefited from college?

[Reddish Neck 10+ year member]

College is so effing expensive and getting worse, I've had two cheap-*** subs sitting in their box and I am so broke I cant afford an enclosure, head unit, or amp to install them. I could afford so much more if I wasnt paying for a "higher education". Who here went to college and actually benefited from it?

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[MisterDeadeye 10+ year member]

No one. Academia, and the US education system in itself is designed to create a larger gap between the super rich and everyone else.

 

[Reddish Neck 10+ year member]

No one. Academia, and the US education system in itself is designed to create a larger gap between the super rich and everyone else.

WTF... So college IS a waste

 

[MisterDeadeye 10+ year member]

WTF... So college IS a waste

Well, they've effectively moved all of our jobs to foreign countries so the majority of people are forced to either get a crap job for most of their life, or go to college, and pay off huge amounts of debt for the rest of their life.

If, however, you're lucky enough to be poor enough(lol, wut?) to get a nice amount of financial aid, you'll be fine. Or, on the other hand, if you're born into mass amounts of money, you don't need to really worry about money.

Education shouldn't cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, especially considering it's not much more of an education than high school. The majority of learning in college settings comes from kids growing up and forming their own ideas and advancing them. Colleges need students; people don't need college.

 

[i2ain2thunder 10+ year member]

my best friend and I have the same degree that we both don't use at all. waste of money or something to fall back on...yet to find out.

 

[i2ain2thunder 10+ year member]

On a bright note I have a cheap amp and HU for sale.

 

[Reddish Neck 10+ year member]

The stupid thing is my parents are above average when it comes to money but they are making me pay for college so I dont get much financial aid.

 

[TheUnderFighter 10+ year member]

Read this thread.

http://www.caraudio.com/forums/thunderdome-forum-members-only/519488-those-went-graduated-college-university.html

 

[mast240 10+ year member]

wife has a BA in buisness, and is finishing up her masters

i have an AAS (which i didnt even really mean to get, lol), and yet, i still make 4x more then her... tell you much?

 

[Reddish Neck 10+ year member]

wife has a BA in buisness, and is finishing up her masters
i have a high school diploma, and yet, i still make 4x more then her... tell you much?

What do you do?

 

[mast240 10+ year member]

i'm a civilian contractor for the DOD

 

[bubbagumper6 5,000+ posts]

Read this thread.http://www.caraudio.com/forums/thunderdome-forum-members-only/519488-those-went-graduated-college-university.html

This.

I don't feel like getting into this debate again...basically if you go to school for a real degree (doctors, lawyers, engineers), something that takes actual knowledge to perform, you'll be fine. But if you go for political science or drama or some BS like that, well....you might as well just mail your money to me, I'll put it to better use //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[kpozr2 10+ year member]

The stupid thing is my parents are above average when it comes to money but they are making me pay for college so I dont get much financial aid.

you'll try harder if you are the one paying for it.

I have a B.A. in Biology, graduated in 2010 from a private college, work in a biotech lab, made my last student loan last month. Will be attending grad school next year for optometry. College worked for me, because I worked at it. If you think simply showing up to class is going to get you 75k a year after graduation you deserve a crap job.

 

[Reddish Neck 10+ year member]

This.

I don't feel like getting into this debate again...basically if you go to school for a real degree (doctors, lawyers, engineers), something that takes actual knowledge to perform, you'll be fine. But if you go for political science or drama or some BS like that, well....you might as well just mail your money to me, I'll put it to better use //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

Yeah but is it worth it to pay off the debt with a degree or just work a slightly lower paying job. Because technically you dont make much until that debt is paid off but if you dont have that debt you pretty much get a head start?

 

[mast240 10+ year member]

Yeah but is it worth it to pay off the debt with a degree or just work a slightly lower paying job. Because technically you dont make much until that debt is paid off but if you dont have that debt you pretty much get a head start?

depends... i know ppl who went for their PHD, and will be in debt the rest of their lives... and still are only making 60k a year... and i know others making 150k a year... really depends on your career field