College planning is often a large part of a family's financial plan. This week we take some time to talk to an expert about the admissions and college selection process.
My 2 cents on the whole college thing. If you don't know what you want to study right out of high school that's perfectly fine! Take a gap year if you can, it'll be way more valuable than stumbling around your freshman year not knowing really if you're getting any value out of college. And maybe a more *controversial* piece of advice: unless you want to be a doctor, lawyer, or engineer, college is absolutely NOT necessary in order to be successful. Don't listen to everything your high school counselor says.
I completely agree with you on these points, particularly the college need in general. I think the need for college is overplayed. One good thing about the outrageous costs is it does make a lot more people reevaluate if they truly need to attend. With the availability of online education, costs of college, and lack of applications to many college degrees, I think the entire college system will look different in the next decade. The current model does not seem sustainable.
My 2 cents on the whole college thing. If you don't know what you want to study right out of high school that's perfectly fine! Take a gap year if you can, it'll be way more valuable than stumbling around your freshman year not knowing really if you're getting any value out of college. And maybe a more *controversial* piece of advice: unless you want to be a doctor, lawyer, or engineer, college is absolutely NOT necessary in order to be successful. Don't listen to everything your high school counselor says.
I completely agree with you on these points, particularly the college need in general. I think the need for college is overplayed. One good thing about the outrageous costs is it does make a lot more people reevaluate if they truly need to attend. With the availability of online education, costs of college, and lack of applications to many college degrees, I think the entire college system will look different in the next decade. The current model does not seem sustainable.