Essays on College

In this essay I am going to argue that whilst I do not believe there necessarily should be such a high value placed on a college education, there currently is in our society. I will put forward reasons in this paper to back up my…

Going to college without a scholarship can be a scam especially if you can’t financially support it. Many people feel obligated to continue to go to college even though they know they will be in a lot of debt afterward. The hope of obtaining a…

Success is a simple word with many different meanings. Success is achieving life goals and reaching a happy point in life. To be successful it is not necessary to have high education. Many successful people do not have higher education. Also, some people with a…

After young students acquire their General Educational Development (GED), they are faced with the option of continuing their studies at a college/university or pursuing another option. However, not all students are realistically able to obtain a college education. Students who come from a family that…

Should the price of earning a university degree be free? Yes, some students, parents, and educators say that it is completely wrong for a person to attend public schools for free and now have them pay for college. The scholars, parents, and educators all would…

In “College is a Waste of Time and Money,” written by Caroline Bird, demonstrates her beliefs on how college isn’t for everyone. The many reasons Bird lists throughout her article for the individual to understand her point of view and realize that there is more…

The link between a college education and a successful career is in students’ minds across the country every year as they get closer to graduating from high school. We are told as we grow up that education is extremely important, and life usually illustrates this…

Through reading and analyzing the article Is College a Waste of time by, Dale Stevens, Steven claims that students should be attending college specifically based on certain majors and financial status. He believes that students’ main concern should be learning from through experiences and not…

With tuition rising yearly, and students facing the challenge of paying the debt achieving a college degree comes with. ‘Student debt surpassed credit-card debt in June 2010 for the first time in history, rising to about $830 billion — or nearly 6% of the nation’s…

Parents have engraved the thought of college into our heads for a while, but why? Is it because they want us to become the next Thomas Edison? All they want us to do is have a flimsy piece of paper that says you graduated college,…