I believe that college is worth the cost if you are determine to succeed, if you don't want to be there you won't put your 100% into it. If you aren't going to put your best foot forward you shouldn’t waste your time or money. Considering that, if you want to go and put all your effort into your work and you want a career that you need a college degree for, it is definitely worth the cost. You should do what you feel is best for you and what you will succeed more in. In college you learn to be independent and you flourish. Assuming that most high school seniors are looking at pursuing a career they will be applying to college. Studies show that earing a bachelor's degree pays off in jobs that don't require one, the company will trust you more, you also may receive a higher wage. Another study said that a college degree provides more benefits even if the job doesn’t require a degree. "Thirty years ago full …show more content…
Alan Blinder argued that, peoples services that have to be delivered in person over a person whose services can be done online, they should have different forms of education. "You can't hammer a nail over the internet." Certain jobs don't need a full on college education. They need a hands on way to learn, so what would the point of college be to them. In 2000, young American graduates wages have decreased, many of these student are probably thinking I could have started working earlier in life. Also now that I have student loans to pay off and my time was wasted and I'm not even making more the people with a GED, or high school diploma (Heidi). According to Mr.Theil a co-founder of PayPal, today students have more debt after college. He says that higher education is risky business. Theil's proposition to college gave 24 winners a $100,000 not to attend college for two years and come up wit business ideas