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Originally Posted by Little G

College is overrated IMO

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Originally Posted by WildBillyT

It's a society that says "GO TO COLLEGE" like that's ALWAYS the thing to do when you graduate high school. Not the case. There are a lot of people that go to college that should not be there- it just gives them a ton of debt and an opportunity cost hit. Society places value on the piece of paper even if it's completely not applicable to the situation- which is flat wrong IMO. If I am hiring you as a market research analyst I don't want to see a zoology degree.

I know plenty of people that went to college, graduated, and don't use the degree they payed out the ass for. Some of them are even going back to school for something else! That screams "I was not ready to go at first". Or they go for an easy degree with a lot of subjective coursework and a lot of other students and then wonder why nobody values their degree.

If you go for CS, Math, Engineering, Bio, Economics, etc then you are "playing a different sport" as far as college goes, IMO.

I do agree that not everyone is fit for college, I also believe that we do put emphasis on the degree, even when it is not entirely applicable to your job. When you are applying for a job, and they simply want to see "a degree", they are just looking to see if you have motivation, determination, and are at least somewhat intelligent. It's kind of like an adult's eagle scout award.