Recent times have have lead many students entering the college application process, to question themselves and ask: “is it really worth it?” Recent college graduates have faced records of unemployment and do we really want to waste our money on something that will only put us in debt? As a matter of fact, college is not a waste of money for it increases the chances of higher wages and receiving desired jobs, and it improves life in general.
A major factor when deciding to apply to college is money. We often ask ourselves “how much money will I lose” and “how much money will I make?” Well, this is something we do not need to be concerned much for. As shown in source D, when financial aid is taken into consideration, the final cost of college
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A large part of college and education is personal growth. As source B shows, education helps in years after graduation for it helps address problems and potential, and we learn and experience freedom. College has a major impact on how we think, feel, and act, and as shown in Source B, it can only improve our lives. In addition, source B says that we need to be “agents of change” and “become innovators and productive risk takers.” However, this improvement of yourself and bettering the world, can only be accomplished by first attending college. Education is good and necessary for all people and therefore definitely worth the cost. On the contrary, however, Peter Thiel does not believe that college is necessary. Thiel once offered twenty-four students one-hundred-thousand dollars to not attend college. Critics (as they do) critiqued Mr Thiel and said that leaving school and successfully starting a business, applies only to a small percentage of the population. As a matter of fact, as they indicate in source E, Thiel was only able to be successful because of the relationships he forged at school. This showed that school is necessary not just for the education, but for what can be done there. By skipping th chapter in life when connections can be made to advance yourself in life, you are greatly inhibitting your true and full