How many of you actually have college educations?

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Bachelors in Commerce/ Finance
Worked for 4 years and left my job and studying again :D

Well college is fun and it helps you alot, you would come out of college as a more matured person.
 
Went to college for 3 years, then couldn't find the money to keep going, looking at going back eventually.
 
Current freshman with no major selected, yet.

I go to a shit college, where trying to network is like trying to stick your dick into a concrete wall. Then again, there are only 250 students here, 150 of them must be exchange students (Webster University(out of St. Louis) Thailand Campus), so most of them are here to party and drink. There are hardly any Thai students or students that live here permanently so my chances to make any connections are shit as they all are Laos, or Burmese, or Viets. It makes getting an A on any paper I write very simple, though.

I'll be transferring to a real Thai university next semester, a campus with over 1000 students, a majority of them Thai, so that should open up many more chances for me to connect. Most of the Thai students at an international school have money flowing from their pockets, so I expect many free meals, free drinks, and free girls... excuse me... out of it.

Oh yeah, I will major in Marketing. I would drop out now, as it would free up so much time to advertise my services, but I need a student visa to stay in Thailand. Yuck
 
Trademark said:
Bachelor's degree in Finance/Investments.

I attended college because it was the expectation of my family. At 18, I wasn't an independent thinker. So, off I went.

That said, it was a great experience. I didn't learn much from the classes themselves. I skipped my finance classes to hang out with my IB and broker friends. I fell asleep in my marketing classes. My G.E. classes were merely opportunities to flirt and "hook up" (I was young).

I met a lot of great people during my college years.

I found a great gal to backpack through Europe with.

I met entrepreneurial friends who had aspirations far beyond Corporate America.

I spent time with people who were both insightful and engaging in conversation.

I learned how to communicate. I learned how to think logically. And I learned to work well with groups of strangers, each with individual quirks and personalities.

And I met girls. Lots and lots of girls.

I'm a completely different person now. But college molded a part of me, both through the people I met and the events I experienced.

College isn't necessary to succeed. That's obvious. But, it can provide experiences that shape your life (depending on the individual).
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Top post, couldn't agree more with everything you said! Even though i tend to skip a lot of classes because of work.
 
Book Smart VS. Street Smart

Whether you're a college graduate or not, it does not matter anyway. What matters most is how you will earn in an abundant good way without stepping on someone toes.

Having a college diploma can reinforce your credibility as a person. More and more people will respect you if they will know that you are a product of a prestigious scholastic university. As you can see it, the higher your educational attainment, the valuable you are. Perfect examples are doctors, nurses, lawyers and such. What I don't like with so called "book smarts" or the people with diploma, they tend to rely on the book as if it's the only veracity of their existence. Sometimes, these people can't think outside-the-box, that's why, they tend to become limited and boring. Yet, not all book smarts are like that. Generally, book smarts are the reasons why we exist in a voluble civilize world. So don't think twice, finish schooling if you are financially blessed with a top-notch remarks on your TOR. :bowdown: those book smarts!

On the other hand, it is not bad if you are a constant failure during your college days, you only need a certain degree of motivation and a different perspective in life to realize your worth. Street smart as what you are called. It is good to be one. Street smart use their experience to skyrocket their reputation in life. Just always remember that, although experience is the best teacher, knowledge is still power.
 
I use the money I make to get back into college. Since I dropped out of JUCO, I've completely restarted towards my Associates in Accounting. After that I will still continue even more education. As long as I am working from home, I can cut a few hours a week to complete my assignments. I just cut back on the amount of time I spend chit-chatting. I dont even really care about the degree, I chose an area of study where I thought my organizational skills were lacking.
 
High school dropout here, nearly forty, living better than most. Also: know more about a great many topics than people holding a bachelor degree in those fields.

With very few exceptions (mainly medical and higher science fields, where universities tend to offer fairly high quality education) anyone currently in or considering joining college should simply punch himself in the genitals until he thinks of something worthwhile to do with his life.

When I was a kid I used to joke about college being "high school with ashtrays." Now it doesn't even have ashtrays. What a waste of life, time and money.


Frank
 
I have MS in Computer Science. I have no complaints at all about putting that time in. Every contact and real friend I have came out of that experience either directly (met at school) or indirectly (as a result of my schooling), made me the person I am today...
 
I earned a BS from an Ivy League school
biggest fucking waste of time ever
I did it so my parents would get off my back

when I look back, it was 4 years nearly wasted for something I really did not want to do
So many times I wanted to drop out, but I stuck it out and now I have a good job and hate it.
Do what makes you happy, not what people think is good for you. It is hard to make your own decisions when what you are doing looks good to everyone else

I have friends in medical school who genuinely love what they are doing and it isnt a waste of money for them. Same thing goes for PhDs etc. It was only a waste for me because It wasn't what I wanted to do.. hell who knows what they want to do at 18 and once you get started in a direction, its hard to change.
The degree does open doors for me though. It was easy to find a job and I am well compensated. Get the degree, but go where you like and study what you like, not what will sustain you
 
Whether you should go entirely depends on who you are and what you want to do with your life.

Personally, I can only speak for the UK, but uni here is increasingly a pointless racket, unless you want to be an engineer, doctor, lawyer or similar.

The quality of teaching is going through the floor, and all most universities care about now is getting as many (preferably foreign) students through the system as possible for maximum £££

I went to one of the "red brick" universities (10 years ago now), dropped out because it was irrelevant, and went to a less prestigious place which actually offered far better teaching.

-Nobody's ever asked to see my degree certificate (although I've always been self-employed)
-The most useful thing it taught me was that I could finish something
-I have actually used some of the stuff I learned since, but that seems to be unusual. Most people who get a degree that I know never use the stuff again (medics, scientists, engineers etc excepted)
-All in all, it was bloody expensive, but quite good fun. I'd probably be richer by now if I hadn't gone, but I don't regret it.

My better half is a lecturer at a top university in the UK, and the appalling stuff that goes on there (mainly due to changes in higher education system) means I will have serious doubts about whether or not I'd advise my kids to go to uni when the time comes.
 
amateursurgeon said:
-All in all, it was bloody expensive, but quite good fun. I'd probably be richer by now if I hadn't gone, but I don't regret it.
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You sure about that?

I'm going to uni this year not because of the status, job prospects or social standing it gives, but just to have fun and socialise really while learning something which is actually relevant to my online business.

If you don't mind me asking which university did you go to?
 
Another drop-out here too, but agreed it's great for the social aspect especially if you live away from home.
 
I went to a public school, majoring in liberal arts for 3 years and then dropped out/was kicked out. But it was such a phenomenally formative time for me. I learned a lot about how to be an adult, spent time with tons of people nothing like me whom I would never have met in most other contexts, learned so many things in the classroom that I never would have taught myself, and most importantly learned how to read, think, and write critically.

After leaving school, I worked for a few years and then went back part-time while working full-time (to a much higher ranked school). At that point it was just chugging through to get the credential, but that credential opened some doors for me where I proceeded to kick ass.

I quit working 2 years ago, I'm now wrapping up an Ivy League professional degree and was able to cherry-pick from just about any job I wanted (within reason). I've signed on for a low-key 9-5 in a new industry for 6 figures exactly in the city I want to live in, so it's a pretty good deal in my book.

I still want to work for myself eventually, but I don't regret a minute of my schooling. I'm glad I just went to a cheap state school while I was unfocused & unruly, but I also am glad I was in a liberal arts program - some of the smartest, most engaged and successful people I know today are from my time there (plenty of losers I haven't heard from too, of course).

And my later actual degrees have conferred a great deal of credibility and authority - many doors are open to me now that would have been exponentially more difficult to get through if I didn't have them or the connections they have granted me. This will hold true in my side ventures well.

It's not for everybody, I'll grant that, but for me it has been an incredibly worthwhile investment in myself that has been both fulfilling and has given me a strong safety net as well as countless opportunities to pursue.
 
Demon said:
You sure about that?

I'm going to uni this year not because of the status, job prospects or social standing it gives, but just to have fun and socialise really while learning something which is actually relevant to my online business.

If you don't mind me asking which university did you go to?
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Yep - I left very well paid IT contracting work to go to Uni. I've only just started to recover to the same sort of income levels I was on when I went, 10 years later.
 
I dropped out of high school, and got a GED.

Learned a lot about marketing online (ebooks, newsletters, library-card, blogs, message boards.. etc) ... somebody mentioned "passion" .. I'd say thats what it was.

I'm now a manager level marketer for fortune 500 internet company, and make close to 6 figures w/ full benefit suite.

I also have a niche website/blog with many subscribers, and loyal traffic-base which earns a nice residual income off advertising and affiliate sales.

I'm 23.

My social life could be better, but thats what clubs/groups/activities are for.
 
Dropped out of college here.... if you know your sh1t you do not need it.
Although if it wasn't for the internet marketing, probably i would have followed the same sheepish path like all the others.
 
I am a college drop out, to be honest going to college/university is a personal decision and I made the decision that I never wanted to work for the 'man' in a 9 to 5 job as long as I could possibly avoid it.

I wasn't enjoying my course, I wasn't learning a great deal and it was costing me money and more importantly time.

The social aspect was great and all, but I'd argue that I've made just as many friends in the last year than I did in the last year of college.

It really depends on the course your doing and what your life goals are. I personally had no idea what I wanted to do in life after finishing high school. Going to college introduced me to IM and it definitely cemented in my mind what I didn't want to do.

Nobody can tell you what the right decision for you is, but if your going to drop out of college you need a solid fucking plan and you need to be motivated. I still work 14 hour days to get ahead and I save like crazy in case things aren't always this good.

Be warned, if you drop out of college expect 95%+ of people to call you a douchebag and tell you that you're going to fail and end up being a shit kicker and flipping burgers. Just use that to motivate you to make enough money to buy the burger store so you can give all those doubters a big fuck you and maybe even a job.
 
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