Comments on: Thinking About Ditching School? Think again.

By: komodo dragon

komodo dragon — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 02:10:57 +0000

it is necessary, the statistics are unquestionable, a college degree is vital to a profitable degree these days!

By: Offering Graduate Degrees

Offering Graduate Degrees — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 18:58:18 +0000

Pharmaceutical Sales Careers for Business Degree Graduates…

So you graduated with a business degree or even a MBA and you don’t want to become an accountant or get too heavily involved in the finance or banking areas….

By: January

January — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 14:29:16 +0000

I just don’t understand this idea of student loans that are incurred on an annual basis in North America. Here in Nigeria, parents are financially responsible for their children’s university education. so there’s no question of student loans. Furthermore, we have a lot of public universities and this takes care of tertiary education for our teeming undergraduates. I agree to a large extent that a degree is necessary in today’s corporate world. However, I would prefer if we really gave a deep thought to what we study when we go to university. Saves us the stress of cramming through school. that’s my only regret. If I had known that brand advocacy would have been my career path, I would not have read Economics.

By: pfblogsround 18th August 2007 : plonkee money

pfblogsround 18th August 2007 : plonkee money — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 12:35:20 +0000

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By: My New Choice

My New Choice — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 22:07:13 +0000

Absolutely. Even though I had dirt cheap rates with various discounts and everything, it was still painful to do every month. I’m happy to say that I paid off my student loans almost two years ago but that money could have been a very nice addition to my retirement savings instead.

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 21:46:02 +0000

I agree with your second point. I also attended a private university and do regret choosing them over a public college. My student loan payments continue to be burdensome even at a low interest rate because of the size of the amount I owe.

By: My New Choice

My New Choice — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 21:22:19 +0000

I’m torn on this topic because I do think a college degree is necessary for most people that plan to join the ranks of the working world. If you see yourself as more of an entrepreneur, you can certainly benefit from taking courses in college but the degree may be unnecessary.

I’ve written before that one thing I regret was my selection of schools for my education. While I loved the experience and received a quality education, I never really “needed” the college degree after I landed my first job. It would have been a much wiser decision to attend the state school rather than a private university that resulted in a hefty student loan balance upon graduation.