What Do They Do When They Graduate?

One question that comes to mind when graduating high school is, “should I attend college?” For many graduates this question have a very obvious answer. A high school graduate may state that, “college is the best option if one is trying to get a higher level of education, and will help one compete for a higher paying job.” However, in my opinion most graduates do not consider the fact that going to college is a very big decision to make and that the schoolwork will not be easy. Going to college is not the best choice for every high school graduate because many students cannot handle college, colleges’ lower standards, and not all jobs require a college degree.

To many high school students, college seems like a far away land, a mysterious place where everyone wants to be yet not many know how to get there. As children, our parents tell us how much time we have to think about college, and that it is too far down the line to think about. The truth is it is never too early to think about your future. I, like many people, put little thought into my future career and now am lost in an unfortunate mix of indecision and anxiety. Not knowing where you want to be in the future is a hard burden to bear. Many of us tend to find out that we only know what we do not want, not what we actually do want. Do we want to be poor? Absolutely not. Do we want a boring job? Of course we don’t. We all want our

Some people will not take college seriously or they are just not smart enough and they will end up wasting money failing college. In Richard Vedders article "Why College Isn't for Everyone" he explains that those who did better in high school had a better chance at graduating in college than someone who did bad in high school. The

Class sizes are a lot smaller at a community college than a university. Some people are afraid to attend a university because

As a senior in high school, questions regarding college and my plans for the years following graduation are asked to me on a day-to-day basis. College is definitely the most important thing I am focused on this year, and although a college degree is highly valued in the job field today, many argue that not everyone should attend college due to the fact that it brings a new level of responsibility that many cannot handle, many careers now do not require a four-year degree, and because students no longer have the desire to learn.

There is a stigma that surrounds college. I absolutely detest the statement that college is not for everyone. College is not about the struggles of the tedious work or the sports that are offered, the food, nor the housing. College is primarily about the education and networking. Putting in the effort and the time is all one has to do to be a success. I truly believe that statement as I used the mantra throughout my educational career. Once I attended Philadelphia Military Academy my ideals and values have changed. Attending Philadelphia Military Academy kept me disciplined and grounded. Going to a high school where physical training, marching, and saluting is required I have acquired respect for the order placed in my life. I am now at a

Everyone looks forward to their senior year, whether it’s to rule the school, or just to simply graduate. There are many changes that go along with a final year in high school. At every family gathering one is asked those loaded questions about where they want to go to school or what they want to be in five or ten years. Those questions are what some students dread being asked, especially those who have absolutely no idea what their plan is. Today’s society has made it the social norm for young people to know what they want to do, and have made it difficult to go to college not having already declared a major on an application. Often this request is unrealistic. For some students, going to college is not what he or she wants to do. Students

When thinking about the future, college is usually the first option on student’s mind. It is the place to go if someone wants to have a successful life, but there is more than one way to get to a destination and that applies to life after high school to. College is important, but careful considerations need to be put in on the debt that would have to be paid back, the other options that are available that could earn as much as a person with a degree, and the stigma of not going to college because there are many different roads that can lead to success.

Many high school students cannot wait to get into a university to live their life to the fullest, or at least that is what they believe will happen. All students talk about is how they cannot wait to get into Mississippi State, Ole Miss, or other universities to get into a fraternity or sorority. High school students do not realize just how tough universities are until it is too late. Some students, on the other hand, are going to universities strictly to get the best education they can get, which normally is only a select few. At universities, the classes are larger than community colleges, usually they have around a couple hundred students in a classroom. While at a community college there is no more than forty students in a classroom at a time. At a university, a professor has multiple papers to read, tests to grade, and many other teaching duties, which enables him or her to be able to develop a relationship with their students. On the

Community college is a nonresidential junior college offering courses to people living in a particular area. With community college you’re able to achieve a two-year degree called the associates. This can give people some type of stepping stone of getting on the right track towards their futures. With an associate's (depending on what they majored in) they could most likely find some type of decent job offer that’ll pay them more than minimum wage. According to www.associate's degrees.com, with an associate's degree your weekly pay could jump to 785 dollars. With this they could began to put money to the side to save for a state or privileged school to further their education and say get a bachelor's, master’s or doctoral degree if they choose to do so. I feel as though this is only right because at least this gives student some type of help instead of coming out of high school jumping to a huge amount of

When making the decision to go to college you may ask yourself whether you want to go to a community college or a University. Then you may ask yourself if you want to go to a real college or not. Community college is very much considered a real college. They offer the same type of degrees that are offered at a 4 year college. For example a student that would like to pursue a career in nursing can go to a community college and graduate with a nursing degree. They can work in the same place and have the same job as a nurse that

The knowledge students gain from college is like no other, other institutions can not even compare to it. You always hear freshman say that college is nothing like high school, you can not slack off even a bit. I have had some experience with college, not going to the actual institution but taking a course. At my previous school, Cesar Chavez High, classes were offered to us by San Joaquin Delta College. I never planned on taking any college courses but it turned out when I was signing up for classes that Psychology was a college course. The class was very different compared to my normal classes, it was more of lecturing and taking

To support my answer on this on blog.prepschool.org and it claims, “The main reason that junior is the most important year for your college applications is because it's the last full year of high school that colleges see. ... It should most closely approximate a college course load, so that colleges can get a sense of how you would handle that level of work.” This supports my evidence because colleges do look into junior year the

The question I have been wondering has been thought about for many years. In their article “ Skip senior year and go straight to college?” from the Hechinger Report the writers, Sarah Butrymowicz and Scott Elliot provide interesting views on this topic of whether senior should be skipped

Barack Obama says “community colleges play an important role in helping people transition between careers by providing the retooling they need to take on a new career”. Junior year of high school is where students starts to think, and prepare for college. There’re some students that are well prepared, and knows exactly what career path to take. Also, there’s those students that are set to go to their dream school, but there’re also those students who struggles until they reach college school still trying to figure out what they want to do in the future. Although the 2-year program and the 4-year program both offer degrees, the amount of benefits that the student can obtain have a significant difference. Compare to the 4-year program 2-year program is more flexible in admission, tuition fee is a lot cheaper, and has distinct types of degrees to offer.