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I know plumbers and electricians etc make a decent enough living without dumping all that money I to a bachelors degree but if I had to install pipes or wire shit up all day I'd wake up every morning and want to shoot myself. It would bore me to death. Glad I went to college.

If you are smart about it college will set you up making 50-80k after undergrad with a bachelors. A lot of the keys to doing that are not handed out by the college, like a good junior year internship and guidance that says in no way should you be pursuing a degree in english, sociology ect...

liberal arts education is important. college is not a trade school. you should take classes that have nothing to do with your major.

i was graduated with a major in biology and in political science and i'm a software engineer. well, now i'm a senior software engineer, thank you very much. college is about opening your mind to the realization that there is so much more to learn.

Agree with Galt. Tunnel vision is not what a four year education is about. If you want a very specialized education, trade school is the way to go. A 4 year degree is supposed to educate you, as opposed to train you. I think that's an important but usually overlooked distinction. There is supposed to be a more holistic and flexible base of knowledge that can lead down different paths.

People are looking at college education like its just a speed bump on the way to a big mortgage and a German car. When I was a kid that's exactly how I saw it. I wanted an employable credential that would allow me to make money. As time goes on the importance of everything else they require you to learn becomes impossible to ignore.

To be fair, there are very few people going to school that are going for the sake of an education. I went to university because I honestly thought it would be a bunch of people like me, who wanted to sit around and talk about important things and organize politically and get access to brilliant people (the professors).

Needless to say, I was sorely disappointed. Almost nobody was there for those reasons. It was about partying, doing what was expected or trying to land a high-paying job. And the professors wouldn't even take you seriously until at least third year - they'd talk about your progress and your writing, but I always felt like it was never really taken seriously, even though I was averaging high 80s to low 90s.

Finished a year, hope to one day go back and get my bachelors for fun.

i only lasted a semester before dropping out. seemed like a waste of time and money. maybe ill go back eventually, I dunno. would prefer not.

Liberal arts education is only important after you've done something with your life. It wraps up your experiences and give them context. But liberal arts as a college major for new high school graduates with no life experience is a waste.