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kangaeru · 06-27-2005, 04:20 PM

College, like most of you seem to think, is not a waste of time. Like anything else in life, it is what you make of it.

I've been a computer / IT whiz my whole life. I'm 20 right now, working at ESPN, and I've been offered several 35kish starting salaries just since I returned home from studying abroad. I could be making 75k by the time I'm 30, and doing well for myself.

But i'm staying in college, I'm learning what I want to learn, and then I'm leaving. Maybe because my school is very liberal (umass, amherst) I am able to do this, by designing my own major and picking all my own courses. As of now I'd been focusing on intense japanese classes (I read/write on a first grade level and speak conversationally after 4 semesters), and now I am going to change focus to economics and accounting.

I have plans to start my own business using all these skills, and I'm taking hand picked classes in school which are going to lead me to exactly where I need to be. It seems everyone goes to grad school after they have their bachelors...I don't want to be a student forever. I want to get out there and do things.

But I do need an education for that. Plus, it's fun partying in college.

The point of this is that you can get a LOT out of college, if you are smart enough to recognize that while you're there. I have tons of friends who are 2.5 gpa psychology majors who smoke weed and kill 30's all week long--they'll be mediocre their whole lives, and probably unhappy. Some people just don't have vision or motivation, and whether they stay in school or drop out isn't going to change that.

College is an amazing place to have fun, learn what you need to succeed, and bridge the realm of teen and adult. If you make it that.

06-27-2005, 04:20 PM	#47 (permalink)
kangaeru Crazy Location: on the road to where I want to be...	College, like most of you seem to think, is not a waste of time. Like anything else in life, it is what you make of it. I've been a computer / IT whiz my whole life. I'm 20 right now, working at ESPN, and I've been offered several 35kish starting salaries just since I returned home from studying abroad. I could be making 75k by the time I'm 30, and doing well for myself. But i'm staying in college, I'm learning what I want to learn, and then I'm leaving. Maybe because my school is very liberal (umass, amherst) I am able to do this, by designing my own major and picking all my own courses. As of now I'd been focusing on intense japanese classes (I read/write on a first grade level and speak conversationally after 4 semesters), and now I am going to change focus to economics and accounting. I have plans to start my own business using all these skills, and I'm taking hand picked classes in school which are going to lead me to exactly where I need to be. It seems everyone goes to grad school after they have their bachelors...I don't want to be a student forever. I want to get out there and do things. But I do need an education for that. Plus, it's fun partying in college. The point of this is that you can get a LOT out of college, if you are smart enough to recognize that while you're there. I have tons of friends who are 2.5 gpa psychology majors who smoke weed and kill 30's all week long--they'll be mediocre their whole lives, and probably unhappy. Some people just don't have vision or motivation, and whether they stay in school or drop out isn't going to change that. College is an amazing place to have fun, learn what you need to succeed, and bridge the realm of teen and adult. If you make it that.