Should College Be Successful?

Alex Tabarrok once said, “Education is the key to the future: You’ve heard it a million times, and it’s not wrong. Educated people have higher wages and lower unemployment rates, and better-educated countries grow faster and innovate more than other countries. But going to college is not enough. You also have to study the right subjects” (Reich par. 5). This quote is a very popular quote because it is a true to connection to education. The general assumption about college consists of how important it is to personal success, our future, and our general lives. However, questioning whether college is really important or not is becoming increasingly more popular in our society. Going to college is commonly one of the biggest decisions that we make in our lives so let me ask you this question, is college necessary for personal success?

The most common reason people want to continue their education in college is with the goal that a degree will propel you towards a better career. Though that may be true, I have many other reasons for my desire to continue my education. High school attempts to prepare you for college with limited exposure to many subjects; however, college allows you the opportunity to focus on areas of study you have a passion for, and allows you to continue developing that passion. I found through my high school experience I enjoy learning about entrepreneurship and the Chinese language and culture. I am extremely eager to attend college in order to delve further into those subjects and have a much better understanding of each area of study.

After four years of high school, there is only one goal I have in mind. That goal is to attend college. This is the next big step in my life. All the late nights I stayed up to complete school assignment was for this moment. All my hard work was has lead me to this point in life. College will open a whole new to me. A world where I can meet new people while working to improve my future. Why do I want to attend college though? Well I have three specific reasons for this decision.

Why did I decide to attend college? I chose this path for my life when I was very young, both of my parents attended some form of higher education. They both ended up living fairly well, I decided that I wanted to be successful in life as well and that going to college would be an integral part of my future. I want to be able to live in comfort; be able to be a productive member of my community still, become an adult, and be able to understand things in a new light.

A majority of people these days are planning or are going to college. These people have many reasons for going to college. The option of going to college is a major decision and there are many factors that are considered in making this decision. One of the many reasons of making the decision to go to college is to receive a bigger salary. Another reason is for the opportunities that become available from going to college. People also decide go to college to be better prepared and successful in the future.

There might be a time where people ask you, “why are you in college” or “why to decide to go to college.” People might reply by saying that they want a degree, that they want a higher paying job, or they need that for a future career that they are pursuing. Those responses are the most typical reason of why people go to college. Sure you can say that having a degree means that a person can get a better job with better pay rather than working in the manual labor fields with minimum pay. A college degree is the fundamental stepping stone to the future, it lays the foundation of where to start. College is everything to me; I’m in college so I’m able to unlock more potential in myself, to be able to make my mother proud with everything that she has done and hopefully becoming the first.

Isn’t twelve plus years of school enough? Who needs college anyway? Working a nine to five job with no chance of a promotion would not be that bad, would it? Do not deny, this is not the desired lifestyle of most young adults. Clearly, the way to achieve a superior job and future is college. College is the most necessary tool in order to be successful in life.

Why do I want to go to college and why should I go? There are many answers to this question and the most common answer would be “Well I want to go to college so I can have a future” or “I should go to college because I want to make my parents proud”. Again there are different reasons why you should go to college and many people attending college help provides opportunities for graduates which aren’t widespread to those who have not received a higher education. College is an opportunity at pursuing your career and being something that you have always wanted to be.

Every year millions of students make the choice to attend college to further their education and obtain a degree. Many of these students have their own purpose for coming to college, most would assume they come to college to get a degree in order to get a job. Some go to college for other reasons, or a combination of reasons. One’s purpose should only be defined by the individual themselves and shouldn’t be assigned to them. This goes the same for making the decision to go to college, one should choose whether they want to attend college. When I made the choice to go to college, I had a plenty of reasons why I should go, but didn’t have many reasons to not go. The one reason I had that would have changed my decision is most likely a concern for most, the cost of attending college. I looked past that and decided to come to college, and I like many thought my purpose was to go to college just to get a degree. After the first moth of college I learned that I have multiple purposes.

As a result of several motivational purposes, there are many excellent motives to go to college. There are many factors that can and will impact someone's life. The most important factor in someone's life is whether they go to college or they don't go to college. Going to college can have a big impact on your life. Also, going to college can make you succeed more in life. There are several good reasons to go to college. The reasons to go to college is to have a better opportunity to get into a better career field, it's a fun experience, and you can also start a tradition in your family.

Not everyone believes, that you have to go to college to be successful. Is it worth going thousands of dollars in debt? Having to pay back student loans for years and years after graduating with your degree. Also, There are successful jobs that need no college education. There are very successful people in this world with no college education whatsoever. It is also common for people who do get there college degree but can't find a job with that degree.There are a lot of things that factor in when you think about if you really have to go to college to be successful in this world. Not everyone's definition of successful is the same.

As a result of several motivational purposes, there are many driving factors to go to college that can and will impact one’s life. Before going to college, I waited 2 ½ years after I graduated high school to finally make my decision to go to college. The reason it took me so long is that I did not know what I wanted to do with my life. First, I wanted to be a probation officer, then I changed my mind to be an OBGYN, then finally I made the decision to become a nurse. I know I have a long road of schooling ahead of me, but that is okay. I have wonderful people in my life that encourage me to continue my studies. Going to college is important since it can open many opportunities to get into a better career field, it is a fun experience, and it can also start a tradition in my family.

The main reasons why I chose to go to college was, get better education for myself, be a role model for my children and to earn my degree to get a high paying job.

I have always had a strong desire to go to college. When I was a child, I wanted to grow up, go to school to become a veterinarian or a nurse. We all know that life happens, and we end up on a different path sometimes, however this has not changed my ambitions on going to college. I grew up in an unstable household and I was so eager to grow up to be on my own. I dropped out of high school at the age of eight-teen, and moved out on my own to supporting myself because my home life was chaotic. I got so caught up in being an adult that the dream of going to college was put on the back burner. Paying bills and surviving on my own was priority one at that time. When I was twenty-three when I had my first child, this forced me to put my life on hold while supporting her needs. After I had my daughter, I realized I needed to put my life back on track to fulfill my dream of going to college; I

I graduated June 2016 before I graduated I had no idea what college I wanted to go to. I was looking forwarding to go UAlbany University at first, my GPA met the standards of attending the school the only thing that kept me back from attending that school was that the fact I was hidden told my SAT's. My counselor explains to me that my SAT was important for me to have to apply to that school. I missed all the due date to take the test so my only option was to go to a community college I was devastated. My friends were talking about how they will be going to buff, Oswego, Miami, and etc I couldn't really relate.