All your life you are told you need to go to college to be successful. In reality college is a chance to be successful but, doesn’t mean that you will be. In his article “Americas Most Overrated Product” Marty Nemko talks about college student statistics stating, "College is a wise choice for far fewer people than are currently encouraged to consider it” (527). Nemko states, “Among high school students who graduated in the bottom forty percent of their classed, and whose first institutions were four-year colleges, two thirds had not earned diplomas eight years later” (523). People who end up getting college diplomas hardly ever work in the career that they have a degree in, let alone can get jobs that require a degree.
People being educated can be a great influence to people in today’s society. Charles Murray believe that a college degree is like a “a price ticket for employees”. The two reasons Murray says is that “employees do not value what students learned, just that the student has a degree” the other reason is “employees do not even look at applicants who have no college degree”. College is beneficial and plays a big part because we can gain more knowledge and learn how to be a responsible young adult and about our own
The Value of a College Degree Having a college degree is arguably one of the most important things you can achieve in your lifetime. In today’s society, it is getting much more difficult to survive without one. Most places of business that offer substantial wages and benefits require some sort of college degree. This is a problem for most people in the United States due to the fact that only 17% of the U.S. population has earned a college degree (Odland).
Is College Worth the Cost? Life’s success is achieved in different ways. (Director, n.d.) A lot of television programs and magazines instills the idea in us that being successful means; having a fulfilling career, having a lot of money and being powerful. Most religious and spiritual organizations, in contrast, claim that success means being at peace with God and finding spiritual happiness.
The fraction of incoming college freshmen surveyed annually by the Cooperative Institutional Research Program (CIRP) at UCLA who reported that “becoming successful in a business of my own” was “essential” or “very important” to them declined from 52.1 percent in 1988 to 41.0 percent in 2004. In fact, between 2004 and 2012, when student loan levels took off, the fraction of people interested in being successful at business ownership actually increased slightly to 41.2 percent. Similarly, the fraction of students who told the UCLA researchers that entrepreneurship was their intended profession declined from 3.9 percent in 1988 to 3.3 percent in 2004. (The fraction declined to 2.9 percent by 2013). Before the policy makers and pundits conclude that the rise in student loans is the cause of the decline in rates of entrepreneurship among millennials – and decide that debt relief is the way to boost entrepreneurial activity among young people today – they should consider that waning interest in entrepreneurship predates the student loan crisis by many
I wish to attend college to further enhance my education, to be a first generation college student, and to become a better version of myself. First, I wish to enhance and further my education. Knowledge is the key to success and those keys can unlock doors never before seen. A high school diploma is great but it is not enough for me or any huge company.
Let us face the facts, a college education is expensive but the rewards are significant. A college degree will not only progress a graduate’s earnings possibly but their capability to be hired in general. Gillian B. White the writer of “Even with Debt, College Still Pays Off”, Graduated from Northwestern University. She is a senior associate editor at The Atlantic. She is also a Freelance Journalist, writer, and editor.
For many people, college is an important key for their future. Some people go to college for the job opportunities and the new windows it can open. Others go just for the education and experience. A good education is beneficial from many different viewpoints; in truth, it is a possibility that one's adult life could be much harder than people care to think. One can have better wealth, is less likely to be unemployed, and a much higher chance of being closer to your family.
I am pursuing a degree in Business Administration with a specialization in Human Resources. The course of study for the Business Administration degree prepares you to demonstrate information, skills, and honesty that ultimately influence a successful outcome in the business world. The curriculum within the program helps you to demonstrate leadership abilities, bring awareness to technology. The Business program builds a sense of purpose and changes your outlook on services to that of leadership. Within completion of the program I will have developed the necessary skills to work in business areas like accounting, project management, and human resources.
Finding motivation to attend college is easy, keeping the motivation to finish is the difficult part. I decided to enroll in college to earn my Bachelor’s degree in Business with a concentration in Finance. I hope that the degree will give me the opportunity to apply for a better position within the organization that I currently work for. A secondary goal of returning to school is to demonstrate to my son that attending college is required for many jobs and that returning to school as an adult has various difficult challenges. I have been working for the past nine years as an Assistant Financial Officer and am highly competent at my job.
Constant vigilance and preparedness to work is the price to pay for success in life. In today’s world, everyone is competing for the top position professionally. With that said, a post-secondary degree is great but what is done with it is greater. For some success is determined by how many times one attempts to get one’s foot in the door not by the amount of years that was spent in school. For example, Bill Gates attending one of the most prestigious schools Harvard University, and work every single day towards his goal and for that he has achieved not only the work the prosperity of the company but also the title of one of the richest people on earth.
Adversity and change are inevitable: our perspectives shift, conflicts arise, and mistakes are made, but consequently, our minds grow and flourish. In our increasingly complex society, I believe that people need to allow themselves the room to broaden their horizons for the sake of making the most of their abilities, interests, and cognitive capacities. In my case, I believe that the first step toward widening my own breadth of knowledge is the pursuit of a Master of Business Administration degree. My undergraduate majors encompass functions of management, accounting, leadership, communication, marketing, and human resources.
I have decided to earn my Master's in Business Administration from the College of Business at Texas A&M University Corpus Christi. This decision was made entirely on my desire to take the next step in my life, and achieve more for myself. With an MBA degree I will be able to have a deeper understanding of my passion, which is business. I have a passion to lead, overcome obstacles, and succeed where doubt was placed. Looking back, I can honestly say that I never tried near as hard as I could have, and succeeded only to the point of meeting expectations.
But what’s the rush?” This means that a college degree can be a great way to boost your chance of a successful career if you are sure of your path, but it is not the right choice, or the most lucrative, in all situations. In conclusion, people should do what they love. That happiness is far more important than any status symbol or paycheck, no matter what anyone thinks. No dream is too big to achieve.
Although a degree is not essential for those looking to work in the more hands on fields of work, such being a plumber or an electrician, degree holders can look to not only make more, but to also fulfill more brain satisfying tasks in more intellectual fields of work. Even with that in consideration, a degree can help those that work in fields where holding a degree is not commonplace. “Construction workers, police officers, retail salespeople and secretaries, among others, make significantly more with a degree than without one.” (Leonhardt)
