College Student Earns 4.0 GPA, Then Drops Out: "You Are Being Scammed!"

[atribecalledgabi]

I also wish more ppl took a gap year. Hell I wish I took one. I wasted my first few years in college not knowing how to apply myself and when I took time off and came back, I realized I wasn't alone.

 

[Cabana_Da_Don]

People are dumb.There´s a lot of things you probably only know if you went to college.Also the connects and that diploma will open up doors that don´t got keyholes.90% of people don´t got the luck and focus that Bill Gates got.Fuck that sacrifice couple years and get that diploma.

That says more about 90% of people, no ?

Doesn't negate the point

It depends on what you want, you don't just sacrifice years just in case

Figure out what you want and how to get it, a lot of times, a degree ain't necessary

Btw name one thing you'll only know by going to college outside of the college experience(bitches, party, games, dorm shit)

I aint telling you you gotta go to college b.No free games over here.

 

[Los216]

How come there's always so much push back from the pro college people. We all know it's not for everybody. Anytime someone on here explains why college is not the option they're met with replies that sound lile shit you would hear from a recruiter.....

Also, the funniest thing is watching people continue to play the IT field card lol. That's the go to field of choice when someone wants to tell you how you're doing it wrong. Just get an IT degree and make your 80k and it's all good right? Nope. I've been in the IT field for years. It's the most competitive field out there. Stop telling people that they can flock to it and flourish. It's very cutthroat b.

 

[Peace_79]

This is when you have to look at idealism vs. Pragmatism.

Like a pragmatist doesnt care about right or wrong. Yea what the guy said is true, but what does that do for me? Can you be succesful without a degree? Yea. But practically, go to school for something like IT or Med, get scammed for 4 years, and after your 22-25, you get a 100-200k job and be comfortable for the rest of your life.

/thread.

Using the system to get ahead >>>

Complaining about it

 

[jono]

College ain't a silver bullet.

That said compare going to college versus not going

 

[Peace_79]

We can support support changing a flawed system without being paralyzed by fact that the system is flawed.

This logic applies to more than just the education system in America .

 

[soul rattler]

Not that I disagree, but freshman year has a lot of bullshit courses.

 

[aneed123]

Not that I disagree, but freshman year has a lot of bullshit courses.

It's to weed people out. The system can't have everyone getting a degree. That's why every major has a bullshit hard statistics class

 

[D. Morgan]

Not that I disagree, but freshman year has a lot of bullshit courses.

It's to weed people out. The system can't have everyone getting a degree. That's why every major has a bullshit hard statistics class

The system ain't working cause that is a major problem right now. Damn near everyone got a degree so way too many degrees damn near no matter what its in ain't worth shit especially if its just a BA.

If it ain't a master's or higher they don't care.

BA is basically the equivalent of a high school diploma right now in the work force.

 

[jetlifebih]

Not that I disagree, but freshman year has a lot of bullshit courses.

It's to weed people out. The system can't have everyone getting a degree. That's why every major has a bullshit hard statistics class

Mane you ain't neva lied....I even had to take a stats class disguised as a psych class to get my associates...

 

[soul rattler]

Not that I disagree, but freshman year has a lot of bullshit courses.

It's to weed people out. The system can't have everyone getting a degree. That's why every major has a bullshit hard statistics class

The system ain't working cause that is a major problem right now. Damn near everyone got a degree so way too many degrees damn near no matter what its in ain't worth shit especially if its just a BA.

If it ain't a master's or higher they don't care.



BA is basically the equivalent of a high school diploma right now in the work force.

I know this is the cool thing to say nowadays, but it's just not true.

 

[blackrain]

I also wish more ppl took a gap year. Hell I wish I took one. I wasted my first few years in college not knowing how to apply myself and when I took time off and came back, I realized I wasn't alone.

I took 2 years off before I went. It helped immensely. I already knew shit about the world outside of college that many there didn't and it helped me weed through alot of bullshit people usually get caught in

 

[Los216]

Not that I disagree, but freshman year has a lot of bullshit courses.

It's to weed people out. The system can't have everyone getting a degree. That's why every major has a bullshit hard statistics class

The system ain't working cause that is a major problem right now. Damn near everyone got a degree so way too many degrees damn near no matter what its in ain't worth shit especially if its just a BA.

If it ain't a master's or higher they don't care.



BA is basically the equivalent of a high school diploma right now in the work force.

I know this is the cool thing to say nowadays, but it's just not true.

Thak you. I hate seeing that. If a BA was equivalent to a HS Diploma then public school wouldn't be free. I thinkt the reason most people have that take is because the gap in what's being learned getting a HS Diploma and a BA has shrunk. Now is that on the HS or the College?

 

[blackrain]

How come there's always so much push back from the pro college people. We all know it's not for everybody. Anytime someone on here explains why college is not the option they're met with replies that sound lile shit you would hear from a recruiter.....

Also, the funniest thing is watching people continue to play the IT field card lol. That's the go to field of choice when someone wants to tell you how you're doing it wrong. Just get an IT degree and make your 80k and it's all good right? Nope. I've been in the IT field for years. It's the most competitive field out there. Stop telling people that they can flock to it and flourish. It's very cutthroat b.

Your 2ND paragraph answers your first. Sometimes people who speak against college offer either no alternative or one without much detail. Like when people just say "start a business" without detailing how many businesses fail, how much work it actually takes to not only get it up and running but maintaining it etc.

 

[Los216]

The real focus should be on HS education (while it's still free).

 

[mryounggun]

I can't say that I disagree with much of what he said. Me and my sister have this convo every so often. We both went to college and she kept going and got a masters in Public Health. If we could gonna back and do it over, she would have stopped at her bachelors and I wouldn't have gone to college at all. For me, that time would have been better spent living abroad while working and learning a language, etc, or moving to California right out of high school instead of in my 20s.

Now there are some professions where you NEED college. Doctor, engineer, etc. But outside of those career paths, I'd tell any young kid to seriously consider whether college is right for them and to actually weigh he pros and cons.

There are certain people who need college. The kids who thrive on that sort of learning environment, who need that sort of built in networking, etc. And there are certain things that you learn in college that are not related to academics at all but are valuable just in terms of being an adult. Some people didn't learn those skills at home and have to learn them in college. I'm just not one of those people. For the most part, I feel like college was a colossal waste of time.

 

[The_Jackal]

Free education>>>>>>>

 

[Los216]

I can't say that I disagree with much of what he said. Me and my sister have this convo every so often. We both went to college and she kept going and got a masters in Public Health. If we could gonna back and do it over, she would have stopped at her bachelors and I wouldn't have gone to college at all. For me, that time would have been better spent living abroad while working and learning a language, etc, or moving to California right out of high school instead of in my 20s.

Now there are some professions where you NEED college. Doctor, engineer, etc. But outside of those career paths, I'd tell any young kid to seriously consider whether college is right for them and to actually weigh he pros and cons.

There are certain people who need college. The kids who thrive on that sort of learning environment, who need that sort of built in networking, etc. And there are certain things that you learn in college that are not related to academics at all but are valuable just in terms of being an adult. Some people didn't learn those skills at home and have to learn them in college. I'm just not one of those people. For the most part, I feel like college was a colossal waste of time.

I agree with this however I think this applies to HS even more so. I mean there are HS's only a few miles apart that will offer a vastly different educational experience. It gets worse in college because now there's money involved.

 

[R0mp]

K den.

 

[MarcusGarvey]

If you black, this ain't for you unless you have familial support. Time and time again data points to the importance of education for black people (even though it will not close the wealth gap, but more is good no?)

College is overrated in acquiring on the job training, it's really for developing a skeptical mind. I'd say go two years at a community college then transfer to get a degree.