Watch This BEFORE You Go To College!

Watch This BEFORE You Go To College!

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[dr.bradshaw]

Community college graduate and transferred. So glad I did

[joevasconcelos]

I graduated a state school with a computer science degree (after finishing an associates degree) for a whopping 15k dollars, and hired to 70k before graduation. Take advantage of your states grants, take advantage of scholarships, work while you’re in school and live like a college student

[Cary]

I'm at a community college. It's about 2000$ per year.

[poohlyngirl]

Gosh I just love Anthony! Very respectful and funny.

I agree with both of you. It doesn’t matter which school you go to. It’s the drive that’s makes your life successful in whatever you do.

[TK-lvyj]

Dave’s right on this one. I went to one of those big name schools they mentioned. Biggest mistake of my life. I have the same job as some guys with just a two year vocational program or military tech school and I make about the same amount of money of course. It took me so long to pay those student loans off. At one point I owed more on those than my house was worth. I was eating rice and beans, beans and rice having now fun. The other guys with no debt we’re buying boats and big trucks. I was jealous but I did what I had to do. Kept those habits though for another 10 years after breaking even and now I look around and realize I’m way ahead of my coworkers on retirement accounts etc. Wife and I have been saving 30-50% of our incomes because we got so used to living on so little. I’ll end up in a better position in the end than most of my coworkers that didn’t have the big student loans but if I had been scrimping the same way this whole time and putting that all to retirement I would be retired early by now. (Retirement to me just means striking out to start my own business without fear of failing and being about to hunt and fish a bit more.)

[Petruskinhap]

I went to nursing school at a super ghetto public school (CUNY) in NYC. Total cost: zero. The tuition is $4800 a year for NYC residents . I received financial aid because I was dirt poor. Financial aid covered everything.
Meanwhile, literally across the street people are spending $30k per semester to attend NYU to receive the exact same nursing degree, earn the exact same amount.
It boggles my mind. 🤔

[averyjackson]

My uncle went to a community college with no debt and is now a big time nurse getting paid more than 100k a year and is paying for his sons college degree at UF. Universities are there to take your money.

[whitbabi]

Sooo thankful that I went to community college first and was able to land a full time career at the same time that paid for my school and half of the cost to finish at a 4 year school. Just paid off the rest!!!

[learzetur]

I'm starting my education at Dallas County Community College and I am proud of that 😁

[randalcampbell]

Every generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than The one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it. George Orwell

[jazzyj]

This is why I went to community college and obtained my associate in applied science in Legal Studies also known as Paralegal, Legal Assistant and the pay is pretty good.

[klusps]

Part of it is societal pressure and we care more about the image of ourself than we do about the education. Nobody wants proudly say they attended a community college, all your peers view you as being poor. They would however post all over social media about being accepted into Harvard.

It’s only after I finished college, and found a career, many of my peers would say, community college was the smarter route.

[FrankS]

The problem are the useless degrees that they peddle and the smooth brains consume. Paying a lot for a good ROI isn’t bad but paying a lot for a poor ROI is the problem

[David-rgvj]

Hey you, yes you reading this, I hope you achieve everything you ever wanted and more

[hazelwood]

Here is the best ROI I ever heard of. I worked in retail, and it was a dead-end low paying job. I got my CAMS certificate (cost only $1500) from ACAMS and got a job with a bank starting at $55k.

[jdl]

I live in Wilmington, NC. Actually only UNCP, not UNCW offers the NC Promise Tuition of $500 tuition. Currently completing my Business Administration degree online from UNCP. Great School and I will graduate debt free 😅

[gureno]

I have no idea why people pay money to study history or arts etc.

Go to the library and use the money you would have spent at college to travel the world.

[nicholeknight]

I wish I saw this years ago. I had a full ride scholarship and my mother told me not to go that school. Go to work. Now I'm 42 in nursing school and racking up debt. That's ok, I'm passing this knowledge to my kids.

[shllshockr]

Every once in awhile I comment
“Best Episode I’ve Ever watched”

You guys are Awesome and continue to improve with Time.. I enjoy very much seeing this 😊

[BrillianceAutoSpa]

Kids get tied up on the "experience" of going to a specific college or university. People are willing to pay extra just to go to a "better" college/university and they're also doing It just because that's where they want to go.

People are looking at a higher education way too subjectively instead of objectively.