<p>Undergrad degree is BA with Honors in Chemistry (I met reqs for both BA and BS, liked the white tassel better than the yellow one-and it didn’t matter). Went to medical school (decided I didn’t want to do research), residency, worked… Diplomas, certificates, licenses are in the fireproof safe. Agree with the college degree representing an education, both in and out of the classroom. The college experience can never be taken from you, regardless of “where life takes you”. Despite having learned a lot of material in many different subjects and never specifically needing a lot of it again it all contributed to my understanding of how the physical world and people work- and despite forgetting so much through disuse I feel a sense of WHY things are as they are, even when I can’t dredge the information from the recesses of my brain.</p>