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    The transfer from high school to college becomes overwhelming and a struggle for some. For students do not comprehend the importance of changing more than their location during the transition. A student must be psychologically, physically, and emotionally mature to pursue college and not venture into a point of no return. Dropping out of college makes the outlook of the conversion difficult to acquire. Individuals should take their time on deciding which college and/or university is the best match

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    The percentage of high school drop outs will be lowered. For example, students would not want to drop out because they are making money from school. More high school drop outs would want to attend school again. For example, the students that dropped out of high school would want to come back and get an education because they are motivated by money. Students will not want to drop out of high school. For example, students that are motivated to do good in school

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    It is apparent that the continued educational development of the young minds in America and beyond prove to be successful. The likelihood that a college-level learner will complete their degree is known as student persistence, and it is worthwhile to study. According to Rong Chen3, approximately “one fifth to one quarter of college students drop out at the end of their freshmen year” (as cited from Ryan 2004). If such a sizable portion of potentially skilled employees is lost, then the impact

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    College Drop Out Rates A major subject that has been brought up by students, parents, reporters etc. is the phenomenon of high student dropout rates in U.S. colleges. Many students over the last few years have changed their majors, and eventually dropped their education in college and went out to find jobs, but we have to consider the causes that led them to do something like that. On the other hand, there are people who that think that this phenomenon is not as a great deal as people make it and

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    Nurture intellectual in college Through more and more famous drop-out students’ succeed stories, such as Bill Gates, David Geffen, Steve Jobs, are propagated, their similar experiences to drop out from colleges then successfully found their own business by their knowledges and intelligent seems giving a strong evidence in supporting the idea that colleges already become a place that probably not good to nurture intellectuals. I would argue that college is still the best place for students to learn

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    ways. Every 26 seconds one high school student drops out, and that is 7,000 students each day (Whitaker 3). More and more students decide to drop out to leave high school because of two main reasons: One, it is too hard, and two, no one cares. When americans drop out it hurts us all - in the wallet (Whitaker 5). High school dropouts are very costly to the american economy. “Four million kids enter high school each year, one million will drop out before graduation”(Whitaker 3).These dropouts are

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    think about who they want to become in their future. Most of the things they want to become, requires certain college degree to achieve that goal. Taking that first step of attaining the degree can be time consuming and involves loads of hard work. Some people have more determination and motivation to be successful, while others lack the motivation and can not finish. Not everyone drop out because they lack the determination to finish, instead they run into other obstacle while equipped with the motivation

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    attend college and gives them a shot at a career. 50 years ago, college was strictly for the elite, high class Americans. Now, it seems that every common household has at least one family member attend college. But with the increasing drop out rate today, students seem less interested in learning at college and their priorities change from their original goal of graduating. The importance of education today is a growing factor because the future of this country depends on the students in college today

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    the age requirement for a student to drop out, for example. A change such as this would have an incredible potential to worsen the situation. There are pros and cons to every decision, regardless of the kind it is. However, in this case, the cons greatly outweigh the pros, enough so that one should tread carefully when coming to a decision. One of the many bad consequences that would occur should the dropout age be reduced is regret. Many students will drop out and realize how much of a mistake it

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    College Dropouts throughout the U.S. There are many reasons why over the years the United States has experienced a high college dropout rate among college students. The dropout rate results in unqualified and poorly skilled workers who eventually apply for low paying jobs and then realize the importance of a college degree. College dropout rates throughout the U.S. are caused by several reasons, including, lack of finance, lack of academic readiness, and stress. Many students have aspirations

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