Everyone seems to be hung up about this being a career issue. It's not just about the career or the classes. College offers so much more.
I graduated with a B.S.E. and M.S.E. from U of Michigan. And I wouldn't trade that for anything. Sure, I spent alot of time in classes, and some were useless. But some of them were fasinating, especially those that were taught by very brilliant people. But the most important thing that I got out of college were the things outside of classes. There's nothing like waking up on Saturdays and walking with 10000 other students to the football game. Or the time when everyone stopped studying to go out and have a big snowball fight with 100 other people. Or the number of Spring Break parties with the lacrosse team that I was a part of. Spending late nights in the dorms with your roommates playing Nintendo eating late night specials from the local pizza joint.
When I got out of college, I was upset that I didn't leave earlier. I thought I missed the opportunities. But, with a bit of luck and hard work, I joined a start-up and now I am worth a considerable amount of money. How did I find this start up? It happened to be that a professor that I worked with during my graduate school days was involved in it. If I didn't get a masters, I would have found this job. And it didn't matter that I didn't have the work experience. By going to school, I was able to prove that I can think outside the box.
If you think that you can go to college later in life and still experience the same thing, you're so wrong. You'll never really fit in. You'll be that old guy in class who will never be told where the parties are.
Enjoy your life. There's so much of it. The money will always be there. If you are smart as you think you are, you will survive no matter what happens.
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Everyone seems to be hung up about this being a career issue. It's not just about the career or the classes. College offers so much more. I graduated with a B.S.E. and M.S.E. from U of Michigan. And I wouldn't trade that for anything. Sure, I spent alot of time in classes, and some were useless. But some of them were fasinating, especially those that were taught by very brilliant people. But the most important thing that I got out of college were the things outside of classes. There's nothing like waking up on Saturdays and walking with 10000 other students to the football game. Or the time when everyone stopped studying to go out and have a big snowball fight with 100 other people. Or the number of Spring Break parties with the lacrosse team that I was a part of. Spending late nights in the dorms with your roommates playing Nintendo eating late night specials from the local pizza joint. When I got out of college, I was upset that I didn't leave earlier. I thought I missed the opportunities. But, with a bit of luck and hard work, I joined a start-up and now I am worth a considerable amount of money. How did I find this start up? It happened to be that a professor that I worked with during my graduate school days was involved in it. If I didn't get a masters, I would have found this job. And it didn't matter that I didn't have the work experience. By going to school, I was able to prove that I can think outside the box. If you think that you can go to college later in life and still experience the same thing, you're so wrong. You'll never really fit in. You'll be that old guy in class who will never be told where the parties are. Enjoy your life. There's so much of it. The money will always be there. If you are smart as you think you are, you will survive no matter what happens.