College: Worth the Cost?
It’s crazy to think that where a person goes in life depends on what they do when they are teenagers and in their young twenties. Getting a good education is an important part of a person’s life, especially if they want to make a lot of money. If a student drops out of high school, their chances of getting a good paying job slipped to almost nothing. They will most likely be working fast food the rest of their life. On the other hand, a person that graduates college with an associate's or bachelor's degree will be able to make $50,000-$100,000 a year. If a person wants to be financially successful in their life, college is a great place to get the education they need to make it happen.
There are so many colleges in …show more content…
Parties, fraternities, sororities, sports, free time, etc.. They’re not locked up in a building 7 hours everyday. Well, some of them might be, but not all of them. Many of them go to class for 4 hours a day two or three times a week. “When students arrive at college, there is a high likelihood that they will find others with similar interests, values, and sense of humor.” (McGuire 4)
College can be expensive. Some people can’t afford to pay for a 4 year degree at a state university. A big college like Harvard makes an expensive state university look dirt cheap. ($60,000 compared to $16,000 a year) (Tuition and Expenses) Schools like those are also much harder to get accepted into. Most of them require a student to take a bunch of advanced classes in high school, like trigonometry, calculus, physics, chemistry, anatomy, etc. They also require students to have a certain GPA, get a good ACT score, and write a letter
“A college degree is certainly no guarantee of financial success, but it is nearly a prerequisite for moving up the ladder if you’re poor.” (Rampell) Just because a person goes to college doesn’t mean that they will make all the money in the world. Once they get their degree, they have to find a job, which is hard to do when the economy is rough. If they really want to make money, they have to find a job that requires the degree that they just
It’s crazy to think that where a person goes in life depends on what they do when they are teenagers and in their young twenties. Getting a good education is an important part of a person’s life, especially if they want to make a lot of money. If a student drops out of high school, their chances of getting a good paying job slipped to almost nothing. They will most likely be working fast food the rest of their life. On the other hand, a person that graduates college with an associate's or bachelor's degree will be able to make $50,000-$100,000 a year. If a person wants to be financially successful in their life, college is a great place to get the education they need to make it happen.
There are so many colleges in …show more content…
Parties, fraternities, sororities, sports, free time, etc.. They’re not locked up in a building 7 hours everyday. Well, some of them might be, but not all of them. Many of them go to class for 4 hours a day two or three times a week. “When students arrive at college, there is a high likelihood that they will find others with similar interests, values, and sense of humor.” (McGuire 4)
College can be expensive. Some people can’t afford to pay for a 4 year degree at a state university. A big college like Harvard makes an expensive state university look dirt cheap. ($60,000 compared to $16,000 a year) (Tuition and Expenses) Schools like those are also much harder to get accepted into. Most of them require a student to take a bunch of advanced classes in high school, like trigonometry, calculus, physics, chemistry, anatomy, etc. They also require students to have a certain GPA, get a good ACT score, and write a letter
“A college degree is certainly no guarantee of financial success, but it is nearly a prerequisite for moving up the ladder if you’re poor.” (Rampell) Just because a person goes to college doesn’t mean that they will make all the money in the world. Once they get their degree, they have to find a job, which is hard to do when the economy is rough. If they really want to make money, they have to find a job that requires the degree that they just