<p>None of these comments are going to answer why /you/ went to college. What was it that first drew you to college? Why did you apply in the first place? Do you have an idea for what you want to do in the future. If the aspects that made you apply and go to college no longer apply, then perhaps college isn’t right for you. If you see your self 5-10 years in the future in a job or lifestyle that doesn’t require a college education, then maybe you don’t need college. Not everyone needs to go to college. I know that I want to go to college, even if my reasons may be idealistic.</p>
<p>Because graduating from college is the only way I am ever going to be able to live on my own.</p>
<p>Right now, I am having to live with my grandparents who lives five miles away from a community college. I don’t even know how to drive. Being at the college allows me to be independent and to make my own decisions (plus get away from the somewhat depressing atmosphere at home). The last thing I want is to have to live off of someone else for the rest of my life. It won’t be perfect, but at least full independence will life fulfilling.</p>
<p>Well OP…“incestuous small town,” that’s why right there, to get away from it. I guess to fully explain, too smart not to go, not smart enough to land a career I could tolerate without going. Even if i were extremely wealthy though, I’d probably go for a year at least for the experience. Saying you’re too good for it, though, by all means drop out already. Give someone more grateful a spot.</p>
<p>Mostly because I have no clue what I’d be doing if I wasn’t in college. But I also think I want a career which requires a college degree, and luckily I’m getting through without any debt.</p>
<p>I went to learn academic stuff and, more importantly, get a job.</p>
<p>Now it’s mostly learning life stuff and meeting people. I kinda wish I hadn’t gone, at least not right after high school.</p>
<p>All of my interests are scientific, and to have a career based around those interests a college degree is pretty much 100% necessary.
I have had the same feeling as you, however, in regards to not learning anything really new. But that’s the reason I’m transferring c:</p>
<p>I’m going to get a better shot at life than my family’s farm. One of few in my family to try it, so I feel that I have nothing to lose and everything to gain :)</p>
<p>I’m from Singapore (a bustling and academically-driven city in Asia). It is effing expected that I graduate college. All my high school friends/classmates are in college. And it’s almost expected that the major better be a utilitarian one like engineering, accounting, finance or law (we don’t have pre-law, the best and brightest go to law school straight from high school, as with the British system.)</p>
<p>But after I graduate from my Midwestern college, my life is gonna take off like a plane on a runway. And then maybe I can date my 50+ y/o prof who is still unmarried :D</p>
<p>I’m actually glad I didn’t go to college fresh out of high school. At this point in my life I have a much better grasp of what I want to do with my life, what I need to achieve it, and a far greater appreciation for the value of this education than I had back then. I was a very restless 18 year old. (I am 42, applying for fall 2013).</p>
<p>I have multiple reasons for going. Most of all I crave knowledge. I know what really interests me now, and I want to learn as much as possible about those things. Beyond that, I need this degree to pursue my career ambitions. I’m tired of being underemployed and working in jobs that dont mentally stimulate, challenge, or inspire me. It’s time to fulfill my dreams! Last, I need a change, and am excited about the prospect of going to college.</p>