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are you happy with your decision of college/major?
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i got the idea from this but i'm also bitter about what the perception vs reality is between colleges. in california.. the general thought is you go to a cal state if you can't go to a uc. my sister went to the best uc she could get into (at the time) and hated every minute of it. i went to a uc and hated the major options. after completing the sequence and talking to friends i know i made a horrible mistake.
also, if you're not doing something that requires a degree...maybe its better you just get an associates/trade school cert and avoid the huge debt collge has
edited to say.. this is mostly 2000 + era when the cost of a degree is so large, any college degree won't pay off. it used to be you can get anything and make more than a high school graduate. now paying tons for just the sake of saying you have a degree from a "good" school doesn't pay off.
i got the idea from this but i'm also bitter about what the perception vs reality is between colleges. in california.. the general thought is you go to a cal state if you can't go to a uc. my sister went to the best uc she could get into (at the time) and hated every minute of it. i went to a uc and hated the major options. after completing the sequence and talking to friends i know i made a horrible mistake.
also, if you're not doing something that requires a degree...maybe its better you just get an associates/trade school cert and avoid the huge debt collge has
edited to say.. this is mostly 2000 + era when the cost of a degree is so large, any college degree won't pay off. it used to be you can get anything and make more than a high school graduate. now paying tons for just the sake of saying you have a degree from a "good" school doesn't pay off.
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My buddy is an EE grad but ever since he graduated (2005 or 2006), he's done QA. He hasn't touched any real EE work and probably lost most of the core skills in the field.
Obviously I will be getting an associates first and evaluating my options for work. If I can get into the right thing I'll just take some night classes.
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I am an architectural engineer and I am content with my major choice. I was forced to be an engineer anyway since I sucked at everything else in high school... Heck I couldn't even write well when I was in high school nor can I memorize historical facts. Those were just too much for my brain. Hope people are content with their choices! We live vicariously through one another.
During that time, he applied to all sorts of EE jobs in the area and even started applying to non-EE jobs just for the sake of getting a job.
If it wasn't so easy to get loans, the escalating cost of college would ease at least somewhat IMO (
Our let you kiddies carry on your discussion.
i have friends who were way smarter than me and have a harvard degrees. few outside the network consider the price worth it.. and most of them were there on sports scholarships. those who got into ivy's based on smarts didn't use the degree.
No debt for undergrad, and now applying to master's. Free tuition ftw!
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