College!!!!!

and a willingness to get in on the ground floor. To many waiters and waitresses are holding out for the mid-level jobs while those who took lower level positions are moving up.

 

Yes.. add that to the list.

 

It's 'St. Joe' not St Joe's. They re-named it St Joe after Philly's greatest son: Joe Frazer.
Don't go there. It borders West Philly/Overbrook on one side which is mid-level in terms of it's sh!thole-ness.
Then on the other side of City Ave are the rich, entitled Main Liners in Lower Merion, where ironically, Kobe Bryant is now the greatest son.
If you want to go to a college in PA, go to West Chester University. The girls there are off the hook. We are doing a job there and I can't go to the work site without pitching a tent in my drawers.
Plus, Bam Margera is West Chester's greatest son.

 

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One other note, fer what it's worth: if you have to go into debt for a college degree (as most of us did), figure it out to where you take on an amount of debt that you pay off. Don't just take on massive debt or any debt at all, actually, 'to get a degree' or 'for the college thought process experience.'

You go into reasonable debt for two reasons & two reasons only: one, to put a roof of some sort over your head (and that's only buying a house, not renting);
and two, to generate a solid ROI.
That's it.

A car would qualify but only if it gets you to a good-paying job. Otherwise, it's a luxury & a huge drain on your finances that sits idle 95% of any given day.
Flat screen tv? No.
And so on.

Of course, if mummsy & da-da are footing the university bill, then all bets are off.

 

I think you're missing the #1 B school in Filthadelphia, and #1 in the nation.

V for Victory #catswin

Also, I was able to make it out the shore a decent amount on the weekends. Ditching class to catch a swell isn't as hard as you might think, although you will have to put up with living in the City of Brotherly Scum for 4 years and a lifetime of sports futility.

 

Hard work and diligence. Liberal arts degrees are great, as long as that's not the end game. They teach you to think critically and be well rounded. However, you better have a plan for a post-graduate degree. If you want to go to college and then get a decent job, the others are right... accounting, engineering, math, computer science... that's the way to go. If you want to go to law school, get an MBA, MSA, MPP or go to med school... then you should do something fun and interesting in college. I personally went for political science, economics and American History. I still look back and miss those days of studying how our founding fathers intentionally set up a nation of factions to avoid the "tyranny of the majority", then Galbraith's views of the Chicago school of economics, and then how the world evolved around technological advances aimed at killing. Pretty awesome, thought its not going to help you get a job... I'm a more well-rounded person than I would have been if I had to take nothing but math classes.

 

I wish your Dad blew your load into your Mom's ass instead of her vagina.

 

Well he didn't... though he may have shot a load on your mother's face a time or two, while visiting the Jersey shore... perhaps that's why you have the screen name you do...

 

I think you underestimate what engineering majors are required to take outside of the requirements within the field (at least 30 credit hours of studies in other disciplines -- and they don't allow any cup cake classes -- at least that is the way it was for me, and those I know currently in some engineering programs).

Besides, you could get a liberal arts education for a buck fifty in late charges at the public library.

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go some where that chicks see the board on your way to and from the beach! that'll at least get you laid!

 

sharky is that you?

 

I'm not saying that you're not a well rounded person if you don't have a liberal arts degree... ALL I am saying was that it was right for me, and that I am a more well rounded person than I would have been. The rest of my post was just to say that its OKAY to not have a technical degree if you plan to go to grad school for something useful...

 

Glad it worked out for you. To be honest, I was very fortunate and have my parents to thank that I was raised to be a well rounded, critical thinker so that when I hit campus, had a good amount of discernment at the trough of knowledge. Likewise, I've tried to impart the same to my offspring.

Be well.

 

So I didn't read *all* of the responses, but my response is to those who argue that college really isn't worth it anymore given the costs. I call total bullsh*t on this. All data on income and educational attainment demonstrate that college *is* worth it despite the rising costs of tuition, especially over a lifetime. Household income is significantly higher for college graduates vs. non-college graduates (and even way more so vs. non-high school graduates). So get your degree for sure.

And for majors, how can you be sure what you want to major in at 17 or 18 without having taken courses in fields that you aren't so familiar with? That's what college is for: to discover what appeals to you. So don't worry about going to schools that have a better program in this or that major. Find a campus where you can SURF (if that's what you really enjoy; and if it isn't, wtf are you posting in here for ... hahaha). Seriously.

 

College is not for you to discover what appeals to you. Know what your doing and do your research. I'd recommend just working if you don't know what you wanna do yet. You can always go to school later.

College is a huge time and money investment don't walk in half cocked. Know your purpose and get in and get out so you can start having some real fun.

 

I kinda have to agree with bubs here. I didn't go away to college. Went to a community college. And even that wasn't for me. I had no idea what I wanted to do and didn't realize what I really wanted to do till I was in my early 20s. Learned a trade and now work for a commercial HVAC/R company with a goal of starting my own company...possibly.

Business/accounting sounds terribly boring. To ME atleast. But if you find it interesting, by all means go for it. But like bubs said, college is way to expensive to "figure things out". And I'd be willing to bet that a few years from now, your view on what you want out of life will change. In this day and age, 17/18 years old is still a kid. Working and making money while you figure things out isn't bad advice at all.

I know quite a few people who got degrees with very good paying jobs, but they have no money for themselves because of student loans. I have a degree ill never do anything with and wasted thousands of dollars on.

Kind of rambling. Just my opinion. Regardless, good luck. Accounting...yawn

 

WTF! LOLZ......HOF Plat post nominated ^^ as AsstailHonky gets owned for being the pretentious jackrabbit, again

 

^ agreed, Y that was stupid.

 

I agree with this.
Hell, I am 65 yrs old, I went to college a long time ago, and I STILL do not know what I want to do when I grow up!!