I graduated from SFSU with a BA in Radio & Television...I currently work in radio.

 

I dunno about how it is different from HS - I still to this day wing through classes and just regurgitate the information I have soaked up onto the exam sheet.

That will always happen - there are always classes like that.

The best classes are classes with high analytical purpose - teaches you to look beyond the pale and use your own gray matter rather than be tested on how well you know someone else's.

I learned some of the best information I have held dear to myself from High School - and some of my best teachers that I hold very highly taught me there.

The opposite can be said for college - there is little to no teacher - student relationships short of becoming the Dr.'s personal slave (anyone else TA in college?)

 

College is good....................but its what you make of it. Plenty of people just waste time and money, and have no more idea what they want to do when they graduate than before they started, when they could have been getting into the work world. If you know want to do, and college will benefit it greatly...........go for it.......................if you can get your experience elsewhere..................definitely worth considering........

The worst is all these people who pay an *** load for UC degree in some random subject, and are no closer to getting a job above 10 bucks an hr/ or knowing what they want to do..............that just sucks...............

 

^ I agree completely. On a different note, there are a few people in my graduate classes who have careers in areas where their degree doesn't apply to. For the most part, it's about finding those connections to get a job.

 

Yes, we are called 'Liberal Arts Majors'.

 

I'd suggest that even these degrees only give a glimpse into the real world activities of engineers and computer scientists, hardly really preparing you for the job- rather, what you do get is a good foundation upon which the skills and knowledge needed for these types of jobs can be built.

From my experience that is true even of graduate degrees too, academia is a very different world than the business world, success in school only hints at possibilities in the real world, but it is one less thing to overcome when looking for opportunities.

Other points to consider, the degree might get you in the door, but what you do on the job is going to have a lot more to do with your assignments and compensation after a year or two.

Also while some people might get in the door and actually go quite a ways with only a BS or even no degree at all, eventually we all will reach a level where you will be passed up for those with graduate or higher degrees or more experience than you have, it is just how business tends to work.

I always believed that you need to enjoy what you are doing to have a quality life- whether that's on the job or in school, you can't live up to your potential if you are forced to do something you don't enjoy.

 

QFT. I thought graduate school might do a better job in preparing me for actual work, but I was mistaken. While I can't speak for business/medical school, I can tell you with some degree of certainty that law school teaches you nothing about lawyering.
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i work full time and taking 17 units (full time) at CSU eastbay. life sucks right now...

 

^^ I always had a lot of respect for people who work their way through college. I, on the other hand, took out a ton of student loans, and will be paying them off for longer than I even want to think about. Keep up the good work!

 

I have a Engineering Degree and a Masters in Engineering. This was like 6yrs of university. How much of it do you think of that six years I use in my current job?

However do you think I would be in the position I am now in my career and life - Hell no! I moved here from Ireland 3yrs ago. In Ireland everybody has a degree mainly because education is free (Well as close to free as you can get). So having a masters helped a little getting my job, but now everybody in Ireland has a masters so getting work after college is getting harder and harder.

Now when I came to the US the amount of people without degrees is substantially lower and those with masters even less. Mainly cause Education costs here.

If you can go to college my opinion is go to the best college that you can afford and get in to. There are no downsides to this. Getting that piece of paper that says "Degree" on it is so important in the modern workplace. I know plenty of people that are brilliant at the jobs but lack the piece of paper and it holds them back from eaqrning big bucks and advancing in the career. Now what you should do in College is up to you. I always wanted to be an Engineer since I was like 14 so it was an easy decision. But whatever you are into you need to follow. College gives you life experience, dealing with pressure, focus etc...

With all that said though college isn't the be all and end all, but in my opinion with competition getting harder and harder in the workplace yuou can't go wrong with a college education.

 

Just remember when you have a degree:

1. Your more competitive. . . .

2. Regardless of the economy, you will develop skills, that will allow you to be a head of the game.

3. Being in the military, there is a big difference for those who are in college in/graduated college from those who haven't at all.

4. You can see by their work ethic, how the provide solutions to problems, creating invovative idea's, and who can work effortlessly through stress. . .

5. College is important. But not for everyone. . . Does it help to have a degree? Depends what career field your going for. . . .

6. It's not the type of degree that counts. . . its what you did to achieve the degree you wanted. . . through stress. . .how manage stress. . . how you retained information. . . .how you plan and priortize you day. . .and how fast you complete suspenses in a certain amount of time.

sorry for not doing spell check... i'm kinda buzzin' haha

 

yeah, my dad has taken care of 2 public city pools for 10+ years and the only thing holding him back from his supervisor position which would raise his salary 33% is his fear of computers.

And with my $80,000 "little piece of paper" I could be his boss in a few years! LOL go clean my room! worth every penny!