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    Inflation In College

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    According to College Board in 2015 the average cost of college at a private school is 32,405 dollars an year. The cost of a state school is 9,410 dollars and for out of state students the out-of-state tuition is more like 23,893 dollars. The United States economy and like other countries has relative inflation through time. For example the average cost of a loaf of bread in 1950 was ninety-nine cents. Now a loaf of bread goes for about two dollars and thirty cents. That is about a one hundred…

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    College Readiness

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    Tips for College Readiness Who will motivate me? How will I get my homework done? What classes should I take? Who will do my laundry? Am I even ready for the next step? A College and Career Readiness survey of 165,000 students found that 45 percent of students feel prepared for college, but what about the rest of us?.(Leal 2). This percent could gradually increase if more students began to use their resources to prepare for college. Students can take the steps to prepare themselves mentally and…

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    Free College

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    If community college were free what would happen? Would students take college seriously? Would students try to get good grades and graduate on time? Would students realize what a huge benefit free college would be in their future? Free college has a lot of advantages, but along with advantages comes disadvantages. First, when you receive things for free people have a tendency to take things for granite. you don’t appreciate it as much as if you had to work for it. Second, taxes will have to be…

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    College Decisions

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    Decisions in Real Life What to do after high school? That’s the question. Do I enter the work force, go to a vocational school, attend college, the options are endless to what I could do? Floyd Norris states in his article “Fewer U.S. Graduates Opt for College After High School,” 65.9% of high school graduates enrolled in a college after graduation. This percentage was the lowest recorded in the last decade (Norris 14). Even though this is the lowest recorded number of the decade, this…

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    Go To College

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    College education is one of the most important elements that people see on a resume. College was once seen as a place where people went to discover courses and majors before settling on a career. Recently, an article from a Washington Post states that “…college students have increasingly seen a bachelor’s degree as a means to an end: a job.” Also, in an annual UCLA survey of Freshmen, first-year students think that getting a better job is the most important reasons to go to college. This leads…

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    College Stereotypes

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    College is the best four years of your life, they say. As I entered my freshman year of college, it was filled with a variety of emotions and uncertainty. Moving 6 hours away from my hometown, in a completely unknown environment, and not knowing a single sole was the hardest thing i’ve ever gone through. The first weeks of college was a culture shock to say the least. I was exposed to so much more then I thought I would. Thee first few weeks I couldn’t believe how sheltered I was back in my…

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    Responsibility In College

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    inducted college student may consider the responsibilities thrown at their preppy, bright-smiling faces, the ability to realize these so-called “responsibilities” affect a great deal of college students across the entire globe. To some of these students, the ability to merely wake up from their hung-over slumber and walk dreary-eyed to their morning lectures classify as their “responsibility”. However, for other students who believe planning and prepping for their future days in college are key,…

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    Insecure In College

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    first year of college, David Yeager discovered students feel insecure in college. College persistence is the ability to survive college – self-control, self-sufficient, and feeling as though you belong. Self-control is mandatory meanwhile attending college because there are distractions surrounding you at all times. Students may feel as though they cannot control their actions, but there are precautionary measures to take in order to thrive in school. Self-control throughout college can be…

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    Going To College

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    Going to college can be the best time of your life. For many alumni of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, they describe their college experience as beyond exceptional. The suburban, public, co-ed university has much to offer to their students. The college has superb academic programs, faculty, and sports teams. The university has diverse demographics and cultural clubs for several different ethnic groups. At the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, every student has…

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    Is College Worth It

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    house? A college level job could pay for this house in less than three years. So, is the debt worth it in the long term? In the articles “Is College Worth It?” by Quinton Skinner and “College Calculus” John Cassidy, the authors point out the advantages and disadvantages of attending college. One statistic is seventy five percent of high school seniors get accepted to their first-choice schools, but only fifty seven percent have the money to afford it. In looking at the issue of is college worth…

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