When people are beginning the end to their high school careers, the most popular question asked is, “What college are you going to?” Most people answer with a college name or “I don’t know”. According to Quora, around 30% students will not enroll into a college whenever they graduate high school. While some people may believe college is not worth the time, it can be argued that it is because there is more success rate and character building.
Attaining a college degree helps students get a job that ensures stability and promising for a long extent in their life. In fact, when a company is choosing between a person with a college level education and someone with a high school level education, they will always choose the college level applicant. Obtaining the job also allows the former college student to make more profit resulting in financially stability. For example, “Three decades ago, full-time workers with a bachelor’s degree made 40% more than those with only a high school diploma”
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Students say they feel completely changed and ready for the real world. Pew Social & Demographic Trends clarifies, “Just under half of the public (47%) says the main purpose of a college education is to teach work-related skills and knowledge, while 39% say it is to help a student grow personally and intellectually; the remainder volunteer that both missions are equally important”. The survey points out, “Among survey respondents who graduated from a four-year college, 74% say their college education was very useful in helping them grow intellectually; 69% say it was very useful in helping them grow and mature as a person; and 55% say it was very useful in helping them prepare for a job or career” (Pew Social & Demographic Trends). If these former students would not have gone through the college experience, then they would have matured and become ready for the real