College

Went to one of my classes for the first time this semester (it's week 5) because I heard there was a test. Got 100% and realized I'm paying to show I already know everything they teach.

So, you're a freshman then?

GAMEchief wrote:

So, you're a freshman then?

I'm on my second year of a three year program.

Exactly why I don't want to go to college. I'll pay 120k for a piece of paper and wait 5 years for it. I could spend that 5 years making that money or going further in debt.

MattSmith wrote:

Exactly why I don't want to go to college. I'll pay 120k for a piece of paper and wait 5 years for it. I could spend that 5 years making that money or going further in debt.

I only go when there's a test on an assignment is due (they post them online) and the lowest mark I've gotten so far is a 75. I'm really hoping the third year will have some challenge to it. As of now my advice would be to skip post-secondary if you're confident you can be successful without it.

I know plenty of people ( and people in my family do ) who have gone to college and it hasn't helped them whatsoever in snagging a good job. I don't really see the point of college unless you really enjoy learning ( which I do, but I'm not going to go into huge debt doing it )

Yeah, don't go to college. Cause everyone will just believe you have the skills you say you do.
Aside from that you're in a 3 year program, what did you expect?

This is going to sound bad.

College has a strong emphasis on networking.

Classes are great for learning, but it's a big time sink for skills you "may" use.

LinkedIn is a great tool because you can actually talk to employers, opposed to where I've found that it's my college professors who bring them in.

It'll be interesting to see how the whole education system changes.

I love the stuff they are doing with free online classes lately.

C0FFINCASE wrote:

Yeah, don't go to college. Cause everyone will just believe you have the skills you say you do.
Aside from that you're in a 3 year program, what did you expect?

I expect to learn things.

Stapled wrote:

I expect to learn things.

Then you should have done a traditional program.

C0FFINCASE wrote:

Then you should have done a traditional program.

What do you mean? Isn't this is "traditional"? The other options are paying to do the courses you want and not getting a diploma or university.

Stapled wrote:

What do you mean? Isn't this is "traditional"? The other options are paying to do the courses you want and not getting a diploma or university.

Takes 4 years to get a BA or BS, 3 year programs are accelerated or a technical/vocational program. The former is a full education and the latter is simply training in skips need to preform the job the program relates to. Often if you could do said job before starting the program you learn nothing and merely codify that you have training.
At least in the US that's how it works.

C0FFINCASE wrote:

Takes 4 years to get a BA or BS, 3 year programs are accelerated or a technical/vocational program. The former is a full education and the latter is simply training in skips need to preform the job the program relates to. Often if you could do said job before starting the program you learn nothing and merely codify that you have training.
At least in the US that's how it works.

I looked in to it and it runs out that's pretty much how it works in Canada too. The down side is few schools offer bachelor programs and the happen to cost almost 3 times as much as a diploma program.

Yeah, college is expensive. I want to go to grad school but I'll need trk a few years before I can swing it.

Stapled wrote:

I looked in to it and it runs out that's pretty much how it works in Canada too. The down side is few schools offer bachelor programs and the happen to cost almost 3 times as much as a diploma program.

For cost things..
Look for all the hidden scholarships and stuff.
There are people who apply for every single one, but there's only a handful of them.
Sometimes if you get lucky and you've got requisites they don't you can win them by default.
Other times you just hope. Sometimes school's also have little ones they put up in announcements on school site things, when companies are trying to look good or advertise by giving away a little something something.

Vesparia wrote:

For cost things..
Look for all the hidden scholarships and stuff.
There are people who apply for every single one, but there's only a handful of them.
Sometimes if you get lucky and you've got requisites they don't you can win them by default.
Other times you just hope. Sometimes school's also have little ones they put up in announcements on school site things, when companies are trying to look good or advertise by giving away a little something something.

Yeah, there is a lot of money to be had if you just look for it.

its kinda a waste paying alot of money to go to school to prove ur smart