<p>I know so many of you CCers have dreamed of the top universities since you were young, but have you ever stopped and just thought that it's just not worth it? There's so much debt involved with going to college (unless of course you can afford the constantly increasing tuition), and for what-- a piece of paper that may or may not get you a job in this economy?</p>
<p>I'm just regurgitating what I've heard from various videos that are opposed to higher education systems. I, for one, actually do want to get into a top university, but I just want to hear your guys' thoughts on this! The above statements were pretty convincing to me the first time I heard it, so now I want your opinion. :) Let's start a debate!</p>
<p>Not for me. I’ve always known I need a degree for my job and my job is my dream. It’ll make me happy. And my job is one that I should be able to find a job in considering it’s one of the top 10 in demand teaching jobs for my state.</p>
<p>No, because the point isn’t just to get a job. If I can’t afford a private college, I’ll go to a state school. Of course employment has to be a consideration, but I don’t like the purely instrumental view of learning a lot of people have.</p>
<p>I went to a “top” college straight out of high school and I question the value of that decision: due to the effective impossibility of changing majors from the liberal arts division to the engineering division, I’m back at the community college I’d dual-enrolled in as a high school student.</p>
<p>They say college is a place to discover yourself, but is it really worth it to do that at the same place where you intend to do the bulk of your undergraduate studies?</p>
<p>Also, I think schools are an outdated solution to the geographic coordination problem.</p>