What Should I Attend College?
Purpose- When I decided to go to college, I had an overall goal of graduating with an associate’s degree in order to have a better chance of obtaining a favorable career. Also, in doing so this would obviously lead to a better financial outcome, rather than if I was working a minimum wage job. This would also allow me to have a much more wider range of career options because many job requirements include some sort of college degree. Overall, by obtaining this goal, I would live a much more comfortable life financially.
Questions- When I first graduated high school, I knew that I was not even close to prepared to attend college. In turn, I had to ask myself several questions: Should I even go to college? What would I get out of it? Will it really benefit my future? When should I go to college? Do I want to have to pay student loans off for years to come? What college should I go to? What type of degree should I get? Overall, these were the core questions I asked myself personally. I decided that instead of going to college right out of high school, I was going to take a gap year before college. This allowed me to think carefully about the answers to the questions I previously listed. …show more content…
For as long as I can remember, my dad would always talk about how if you don’t go to college you will end up doing either manual work or getting not so great pay. In turn, his experiences and reasons have led me to attend college, so I eventually get a better paying
Questions- When I first graduated high school, I knew that I was not even close to prepared to attend college. In turn, I had to ask myself several questions: Should I even go to college? What would I get out of it? Will it really benefit my future? When should I go to college? Do I want to have to pay student loans off for years to come? What college should I go to? What type of degree should I get? Overall, these were the core questions I asked myself personally. I decided that instead of going to college right out of high school, I was going to take a gap year before college. This allowed me to think carefully about the answers to the questions I previously listed. …show more content…
For as long as I can remember, my dad would always talk about how if you don’t go to college you will end up doing either manual work or getting not so great pay. In turn, his experiences and reasons have led me to attend college, so I eventually get a better paying