[2012-Sep-09] Is college worth it?

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Re: [2012-Sep-09] Is college worth it?

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Re: [2012-Sep-09] Is college worth it?

by Heridan » Mon Apr 24, 2023 4:12 am

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Re: [2012-Sep-09] Is college worth it?

by Verolla » Mon Apr 24, 2023 3:07 am

Of course everyone needs a good education. But I think it's better to graduate from university than college.

Re: [2012-Sep-09] Is college worth it?

by nickofernandes » Thu Sep 01, 2022 10:19 pm

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Re: [2012-Sep-09] Is college worth it?

by lumusislight » Fri May 15, 2020 9:28 am

One of the main reasons for going to college is a lot of people with similar interests, respectively, among these people you will find your friends who stay for a long time and there is something to remember. That is not school, in college you are free not to do all homework yourself, you can get it done by any writemyessaysonline.

Re: [2012-Sep-09] Is college worth it?

by Kaharz » Tue Sep 10, 2013 10:10 am

Can we murder it now?
Liriodendron_fagotti wrote:Really interesting article - I haven't finished reading it, but so far it looks worth sharing.

http://www9.georgetown.edu/grad/gppi/hp ... mplete.pdf
I just skimmed some of the tables of statistics. It made me feel a good bit better about my slow, painful slog through my second degree in civil engineering. Especially since I'm focusing on geotechnical so I can cross over into mining and petroleum exploration if I ever wanted to, which so far I don't.

Re: [2012-Sep-09] Is college worth it?

by Edminster » Tue Sep 10, 2013 3:04 am

happy birthday, thread

Re: [2012-Sep-09] Is college worth it?

by Liriodendron_fagotti » Tue Sep 10, 2013 2:58 am

Really interesting article - I haven't finished reading it, but so far it looks worth sharing.

http://www9.georgetown.edu/grad/gppi/hp ... mplete.pdf

Re: [2012-Sep-09] Is college worth it?

by aaa » Sun Sep 01, 2013 12:17 am

Well a Math PhD gets you any job 300k starting

Re: [2012-Sep-09] Is college worth it?

by Lethal Interjection » Sat Aug 31, 2013 7:37 pm

smiley_cow wrote:
Kaharz wrote:I never saw this, I must have not been reading the forums for a bit and just marked all as read when I came back. Thanks for insulting him back Smiley. I'd defend myself, but it is about a year too late at this point and would have been pointless in the first place.

It was such a weirdly disproportionately angry response, I'm glad past me was on the ball. Also scrolling back, past Lethal.
You are assuming that I was being sarcastic.

Which is accurate a large percentage of the time.

Including this time.

Re: [2012-Sep-09] Is college worth it?

by smiley_cow » Sat Aug 31, 2013 4:30 pm

Kaharz wrote:I never saw this, I must have not been reading the forums for a bit and just marked all as read when I came back. Thanks for insulting him back Smiley. I'd defend myself, but it is about a year too late at this point and would have been pointless in the first place.

It was such a weirdly disproportionately angry response, I'm glad past me was on the ball. Also scrolling back, past Lethal.

Re: [2012-Sep-09] Is college worth it?

by Liriodendron_fagotti » Sat Aug 31, 2013 12:40 pm

Kaharz wrote:My friend's brother has his doctorate in tuba. When he can get a sub gig, he makes insane money, but those are only a few a year. He has had his PHD for close to a decade now and has been auditioning for much longer and has never managed to grab a permanent seat. He makes most of his money teaching now. Music is great if you can get steady work, but that is hard to do. It is good that you have choices.
Definitely. I'm not relying on the income from music right now, so it's a nice supplement. Glad I'm not running the audition circuit, or plan to, ever.

Re: [2012-Sep-09] Is college worth it?

by Kaharz » Sat Aug 31, 2013 4:43 am

My friend's brother has his doctorate in tuba. When he can get a sub gig, he makes insane money, but those are only a few a year. He has had his PHD for close to a decade now and has been auditioning for much longer and has never managed to grab a permanent seat. He makes most of his money teaching now. Music is great if you can get steady work, but that is hard to do. It is good that you have choices.
smiley_cow wrote:
Jewlian wrote:Dumb-asses who drop out of comp sci don't deserve a job.
My, aren't you charming?
I never saw this, I must have not been reading the forums for a bit and just marked all as read when I came back. Thanks for insulting him back Smiley. I'd defend myself, but it is about a year too late at this point and would have been pointless in the first place.

Re: [2012-Sep-09] Is college worth it?

by Liriodendron_fagotti » Fri Aug 30, 2013 3:41 pm

MrPotatoHead, I'm doing the exact same thing (with different subjects).

I'm double majoring in biology and music. I always expected for music to just be a hobby (I didn't even plan on continuing in college till I got a letter from the bassoon professor at a university I was applying to asking if I wanted to come visit and have a lesson with him). I'm loving both subjects, and am quite good at both.

Funnily enough, I've made way, way more money with music so far than with biology. Bassoonists are generally in high demand everywhere, and I make about $500 per gig subbing at various regional symphony orchestras. I'm continuing on in graduate school for biology, and I'll probably continue to gig around with bassoon for the rest of my life to make some money on the side (and I really enjoy it).

As for getting jobs in areas unrelated to your major, my mom got her undergraduate degree in business administration (because her dad wanted her to), her Masters in biology, and now she works as a researcher in highway traffic safety. My dad, on the other hand, got his undergraduate in biology, his Masters in biology, and his Ph.D in Botany/Ecology, was a professor for about 12 years and now is the director for conservation at the main botanical garden in the state and adjunct faculty at the university (where my mom is also adjunct faculty). So things can turn out either way, clearly.

I'd recommend double majoring in things you love to everyone in college, but it's certainly demanding. Scheduling is a nightmare, between night labs in chemistry and university orchestra concerts, seminars and quintet performances, etc. Though I know that this is a lot more feasible in American universities than European (and I'm assuming Canadian and Australian universities too).


Edit: responding to the original question, the mindset that's developed in the past couple of decades that everyone has to get a college education is really dumb, for several reasons. One, not all jobs need it; two, not everyone is cut out for the demands and as a result; three, the quality of the education you're getting has gone down in a lot of places. The high cost is one reason I'm double majoring - I want to get as much out of my money as possible.

Re: [2012-Sep-09] Is college worth it?

by jelly1 » Fri Aug 30, 2013 10:10 am

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