Serious school question

get a boner and go whichever way it points

How could you drop out with zero debt or accumulate $40,000 debt from a school with a bad reputation?

If your going to community college get a job, no excuse for debt.

there are a lot more things you can do in life that don't require a university degree or starting a business.  Ever thought of something in the trades? you can make a killing if you're good. And if you go the route of getting a trades school they're far less expensive than university.  Or if you really want a uni degree spread it our over a few more years and work in between so you don't have debt when you graduate.  I'd say the worst option would be to have no plan and just hope you can start up a successful business out of nothing.

Get a job you'll love man that's what's important.

you have some of the worst most unfunny posts on this site.

With a college degree you will earn more than a million dollars more in a life time than you will with out one. Stay in college and dont be dumb. I dont have a good gpa but aslong as you sell yourself right to employers they will hire you.

Actually yesterday I was talking to my girlfriend about dreams and stuff, and we were both saying we just want to be happy in life. I was saying I'd so much rather be poor and happy than rich and unhappy, and she agreed. Then she was saying "If you're rich, but unhappy, then really what's the point of being rich." It all kind of made sense. This kinda applies to your predicament, just do whatever will make you happy.

Now, I'm just a junior in highschool so I know I don't have the experience when it comes to making decisions like this. You'll be much better off listening to someone who has been through it and can give you advice on what they personally would have done.

I think you just need to make sure you have a solid business plan down. Also realize that owning your own business is a ton of work. If you think you'll be happier with the business plan then, hell I say go for it.

Think it through and make sure you get advice from other members who are more knowledgeable then myself too.

deal with it.

why would you just got to ratemyprofessor.com and find some fluff classes at your university... take a semester with all fluffers and do well... and stop lying to your self saying you try... you obviously aren't trying hard enough. tough love.

wasn't looking for haters. i work my ass off. For example studied 38 hours one week for an accounting test, only to get a 65 on it. I think i might attempt to start a business. I have lots of years to improve and correct problems in it, hopefully one day be succesful

this is what most universities claim, but they're basing this off statistics covering the entire population. which includes all the unemployed and homeless and those in prison and general failures at life.  If you have the ability to get a university degree then you also have the ability to no doubt do very well in any other job you might happen to do.  If you become a successful welder or electrician you're going to be making much more than probably the vast majority of university graduates.

How are into your degree are you? If you are just starting, whatever, but if you are in like your 3rd or 4th year, finish up. At least you'll have something to show for it.

I wish instead of letting me go 40-50 k in debt with loans they'd let me borrow that for a house.


Buy house.



Have friends as roomates help pay it off. Have a house = profit

DO NOT START A BUSINESS unless you have a brilliant idea. It will fail.

get your degree...what's it in anyway?

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dont be this guy

Personally I don't think a college degree is what it use to be. Twenty + years ago, employers used a college degree requirement for potential candidates to try and weed out less qualified applicants. The problem now, is that most everyone goes to college. The leg up that a degree gave in the past just isn't there anymore.

To be fair, the "new" bachelors degree is a masters, and almost all grad school programs require a college degree. So if you're looking to go into a specialized profession which requires an advanced degree, you've obviously got to stick it out. If not, I would think hard before taking on a bunch of debt based on the nebulous idea that you should get a college degree because....well just because that's what your "supposed" to do.

I personally had a great gig working on a fishing boat which enabled me to graduate with essentially no debt. My college degree got me my first job, which I was at for about 5 months. From there, what mattered is how I did at my first job!

Since then, I have hired over 300 people while building my company and interviewed about a thousand more. What I can tell you is that at least with my company, there is absolutely no correlation between having a college degree, and getting hired and advancing. I don't even list it as a requirement. I want dedicated, smart people who will bust their ass and be loyal and I could give two shits where or if they went to college. In fact 5 of my 6 highest paid employees never went to college.

To be fair, my business is a strange one but it serves as an example of a line of work in which your merits (and not the degree on your wall) carry you higher.

If I had it all to do over again and were in your position, I would probably not take on the debt unless you have a very serious and achievable plan for what you want to do that will require a degree. Otherwise, go get good at something. Be the best at it. It doesn't matter what it is, just work your ass off. You may have some hurdles to overcome at the beginning that you wouldn't have with a college degree, but that's probably just at the beginning.

Also...don't start your own business without working in the industry first. It's just one of those things.......

Ok I'll shut up now.

FAIL. lol Have you been asleep for the last ten years or are you only 10? My house was built in 2001. I bought it in 2006. It is now worth $30K less then when I bought it. Right now I would question personal property as a wise investment.

Only in the USA!

2006 was a boom in housing prices yes?

thats why its worth less, were in a recession dummy

buy low sell high!

yo, i'm in the same boat. i'll have 25k in debt after college with a 2.5 prolly and the school is good, but there's no guarantee of a job after school.

what it really comes down to is your work ethic and experience. interviews are designed to determine what you will do in situations, NOT what you've done or haven't done in the past. focus on work ethic and experience and you'll land something, guaranteed! (i landed a sick internship because they could see my work ethic. that internship will help me get a job after college. keep that in mind)

what are you majoring in? I feel like that plays a large part as well

"D"s get degrees...

When you find a bank that will authorize a loan to some kid (yes even though you're 18 you're still a kid) tell me, especially a loan for 40k.

If college isn't on your to do list go to a tech school
I'm not talking itt tech or shit like that, I'm talking learn how to be an electrician, plumber, IT person. anything.

You will not make it in this world on a high school education. Unless making it to you is flipping burgers, working at a grocery store, or collecting food stamps.

being poor would make me much more unhappy than being rich. think about it, hard time paying your bills, shitty house, crappy cars, debts, not being able to afford the luxuries you have now. Being rich would be much easier than being poor.

and to add to this, more educated workers earn higher wages not because education raises productivity but because workers with higher natural ability use education as a way to signal their high ability to employers. By attending college you are increasing your human capital no matter where your degree is from and workers with more human capital on average earn more than those with less human capital.

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real estate prices in my area climbed from 1998 to early 2008.

Depends on what you really want to do.

as long as you pass all your classes and put your best effort in, it doesnt matter how much you suck.  I'd stay in school. you open so many more oportunities.