Arcobelano
Ok im a senior this year, blah blah. My SAT score was a 1360 over all(includes writing portion) with my highest math and reading scores being 560 and 410. I know my SAT scores arnt great and im deciding if i want to retake it for the third time around this time. Is college honestly worth the debt and considering the unemployment rate of college grad's im wondering what i should do at this point.
I dont have a car nor do i have my liscence yet so that makes getting around to find jobs harder, and even if i do find one the commute would be pretty tedious and long, my parents havent saved any money for college at all. I just feel annoyed and irritated considering all the things that i want to do and the actual reality. Im trying my hardest in school, harder than i've ever been before in my school career, and im actually involving myself into misc school activities.
Honestly what is college going to do for me in this day and age besides a better shot at being the 1 percent? yeah, yeah i know its a higher education and i already know what my major is going to be but will it be worth it in the long run, in this day and age?
advice about anything i just said would help me.
Trust me, just about every other person 18-20 is thinking this exact thing. Colleges charge 25-40k for you to get a piece of paper that thousands of other people are getting on the same damn day as you xD Most majors that truly require you to learn specific skills will take longer than 4 years and have additional certificates/exams you must go through (Law/Accounting/Medical/Science). I love how the comradery of graduation disguises how you're actually standing amongst every other person who will competing against you for a job lol.
But yes, go to college, get that crap over with, you won't be sorry per se. You will regret it if you don't go do it though. My mom hasn't saved any college money for me. No one I know has parents who did that. Take a student loan, or if your family has low income, get some money from FAFSA.
Get the degree and in the meantime you can get a job to pay for bus rides or get a motorcycle or save up for a car. If you've ever had a minimum wage job though, like I have, you'll REALLY be motivated to get a degree lol. You do not want an idiot jerk to be your boss for the rest of your life because you're stuck at a minimum wage job taking s**t from everyone. I'd much rather take my chances on college and , worst comes to worst, I might end up at a stressful job that I hate but at least I'll be getting paid a lot more.
And yes, having a degree will help make your pay days happier days.