"Two-thirds of employees report regrets about their advanced degrees."
Also regrets are vague. I have regrets, but I don't know that I would do anything different.
Two-thirds of American employees regret their college degrees
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#12"Two-thirds of employees report regrets about their advanced degrees."
The survey report doesn't even use the word "advanced," so it looks like whoever wrote the article just doesn't know what an advanced degree is.
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#13In WA, there is a program where you can finish the last two years of high school at a community college and graduate with a two year degree for free. It was probably the best decision of my life. I basically got to trial and error all of my interests for free much earlier and cheaper than everyone else.
And it went against the guidance of my school counselors. They thought community college would hurt my chances at getting into "Prestigious Schools". They also knew tons of kids who screwed off the minute they were given an ounce of freedom (you know, kids who would have wasted money at college anyway).
Community college is the best. Everyone should do it. And it's actually designed for you to learn, not just get a degree. Take a year off, explore your interests, take an internship if you can. Then decide the degree you want to go for (if you actually want to at this point), and find an affordable place to do it.
Too many of my friends got suckered into "there's a school in Vermont that offers the exact program I want, and they are offering me an arbitrary discount on their huge out of state rates".
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#14We've got to stop letting 18-22 year-olds make incredibly expensive life/career decisions with zero information.
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#15Here’s the underlying survey report: https://www.payscale.com/data/biggest-college-regrets
This should really be the posted article, it has all the original data and conclusions.
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#16It's crazy to spend so much time and money in school and not have a plan for what kind of career you are going to get when you get out. Parents and educators are failing these young people in not guiding them into realistic jobs and careers. The process before anyone attends college should be to decide on potential careers and then pursue the schooling and other qualifications you need to succeed in that career. A study of the job market and relative availability of different jobs should play into that process as well.
Unless you come from a wealthy family, before you spend a dime on higher education you should spend some serious time looking at websites like this one:
Re: Two-thirds of American employees regret their college degrees
#17In WA, there is a program where you can finish the last two years of high school at a community college and graduate with a two year degree for free. It was probably the best decision of my life. I basically got to trial and error all of my interests for free much earlier and cheaper than everyone else. And it went against the guidance of my school counselors. They thought community college would hurt my chances at g…
> And it went against the guidance of my school counselors. They thought community college would hurt my chances at getting into "Prestigious Schools".
I mean, they're not wrong. You will statistically be less likely to get into those schools. Once you're a transfer student, your acceptance rates go down significantly for prestigious private colleges. (And some public universities too)
If your goal is to graduate from a top school, you're less likely to be accepted as a transfer student.
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#18Imagine how much more sane tuitions would be if these people had just done something else with their lives.
Unintended consequences of federal loan guarantees: education becomes more expensive, leaving young graduates who should be finding their financial footing trying to understand what happened to them.
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#19Here’s the underlying survey report: https://www.payscale.com/data/biggest-college-regrets
I looked through the article. I'd be skeptical about interpreting what people actually regret.
Do they regret not choosing another major? Which major? Would they have been successful / happy in that major?
Do they regret not going to a cheaper college?
Do they regret not getting a job after high school? What job? Would they have been happy in that job?
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#20Maybe they don't regret their degrees but their jobs. The current job market totally disregards the passions and aspirations of our generation. Maybe we should treat enrolment per degree as a sort of voting system and allocate financial resources accordingly. After all students are drown from the society, so their aspirations are society's aspirations. Unfortunately capital allocation decisions are made by managers who are rather detached from real communities.