Does College really help you get a job?
To get a good job in the US you need a marketable skill and a credential.For example to be an engineer or a teacher you are going to need that credential of all credentials—the appropriate bachelor’s degree.However parents and students have been brainwashed into thinking, “The ONLY valid credential is a bachelor’s degree. You can’t get a job without a four year degree.”It is a lot more complicated than that in our current economy. Most students who matriculate at four year colleges are just wasting their time and their parent’s money. Only one in four will graduate and get a good job. There just aren’t that many suitable jobs given the vast army of students enrolling. Students are entering a competition for a few good jobs, and most of them don’t understand this.With your run-of-the-mill college degree you are just as likely to end up working at Dick’s Sporting Goods peddling Nikes as in some fancy office pulling down $75K. A record twenty-five percent of minimum wage jobs are held by college graduates today.There are plenty of other credentials besides a bachelor’s degree that can lead to financial success. With the cost of four-year colleges skyrocketing and the stock of suitable jobs that have traditionally been filled by college grads in short supply parents and students need to consider their post-secondary choices carefully.
How much does Boys State help out with college?
I went to Boys' State at the college I was planning to go to, so I got a good look at my future home. Which is all irrelevent to your question. Everything helps you get into the college of your choice if that's what your question asked. Being selected to Boys' State is an honor like any other. It shows you are one of the top all-around boys in your class. That has to help. If you can get elected to something, it would help even more. The thing I learned at Boys State - All of the offices were filled by boys from one party except for two. Both of those were black. All other candidates from both parties were white.
What can I do? rejected from 3 colleges!! HELP?
Most good schools look for a 3.8+ GPA and like to see 4. Most look for an SAT of 2000, but some will take 1900. Consider going to a smaller state college. SUNY Buffalo or Rochester may take you. CUNY or CCNY might take you. If you were in CA the state University system would take you in some areas. CSUN and others. You might, indeed, have to CC it and get all As and up your GPA and re-take the SAT or take the ACT and hope for a 27 or 29 You also didn't say what your major was. Also do understand college Liberal Arts people HAVE to take Math 101 (algebra-trig or pre-calc, they review your high school math in the first two sessions and move on from there) English 101 (advanced grammar and composition) Science, engineering and pre-medical has to take Calculus 1 (sometimes 2) Physics 1 with lab (sometimes 2) Chemistry 1 with lab (sometimes 2) Organic Chemistry with lab English 101 Statistics Understand many Lower Division courses at SUNY are in 400-600 student auditoriums. That's a big room, lots of students, a teacher on stage with a black board lecturing with a book assignment on the board and their office hours if you want to talk to them. No raising hands. Small colleges or CCs are 40-50 student classes, friendly teachers who answer questions and sometimes make a circle in the round classroom, they cover the same material as the big schools, teachers know your name after 3 months, there's coffee machines, smoking on campus (not in rooms), walking on the grass is allowed no on yells at you to get off the wall, no one tells you to keep moving no loitering, they don't care if your tongue comes out the back of your lover's head (but don't have sex on campus out in the open, they do frown on that). The also cheaper SUNY is like 6-10K a year quarter system Smaller state colleges are more like 3-5K a year semester system. CCs are $1,000-$1,500 a year semester system.
Does medicaid help pay for college?
Medicaid does not pay for college. I f she is getting social security disability, they would probably pay for her college provided that she has a particular career in mind. The Social Security Administration Disability web site has information on the programs in every state. Type Social Security Disability into your browser and look up the info for your state. If she is not disabled, type National Direct Student Loans into your browser for info on Federal loans at low cost. Also the federal government has other programs that involve both grants and loans . To become eligible, she must first fill out the fasfa application. GO to www.fasfa.gov on the web, and take it from there. I even have friends going for post graduate degrees on grants from the federal government. There is financial help out there for her. I went through college on the Federal Student Loan program. Once I became disabled, after working for many years, I went back to college with the help of the social security "back to work program" to get myself into a career that would accommodate my disability. I wish you and your granddaughter luck.
How much does getting into a good college help?
Quite a bit, really. But read all the way… tl;dr - Yes, it can. But Harvard won't help you if you laze through and don't do anything interesting, and a kid who does awesome projects and seeks out opportunities while attending Podunkville Community College will learn more and be able to speak to their own abilities better than a kid who doesn't take advantage of opportunities while attending Harvard.The top colleges attract top *research* professors (who aren't necessarily the most amazing *teachers*, but bear with me), which gives you incredible opportunities to do some significant work while still in undergrad, and learn “on the job” from some of the best in their fields. Those colleges also attract top visitors… places like Stanford constantly have guest speakers who will blow your mind, and the audiences will be small enough that you might get your own question in.*After* you graduate, people will give your resume a longer look than someone from an unknown or lower ranked school. Really only the very top tier schools matter for this after the first few years, though… by 35, no one much cares anymore unless you've gone far beyond undergrad. (i.e. By 35, your BA from Harvard doesn't matter so much, but your PhD from Yale still does.) But by 35, your BA from Harvard has probably gotten you tons of other opportunities that look great by 35.But the most important thing is constantly seeking out opportunities and constantly pushing yourself to kick ass. While the big name schools might make it easier to access opportunities, they're not worth anything if you don't use them. On the other hand, if you aren't accepted to a big name - because, jeez, it's really hard and people fall through admissions system cracks - you can still find those opportunities and use the heck out of them. It'll just take a little more work on your part.
My parents do not want to help me pay for college?
If you don't qualify for financial aid that means your parents have enough to help you out. If they don't own a business to pass on to you or in some other way have prepared you for life above college, they owe you college help. I think scholarships only go to very gifted people and minorities. You will have to get loans and be an indentured servant to the banks like many.
How much do college sports help in your future career?
I think if you are asking this question you probably have already made a decision. This isn't the question you asked exactly, but my advice is that participation in college sports -- particularly at the D1 level where a full-time commitment is expected -- has to be done first and foremost out of a strong desire to be there and not out of any resume-padding or other secondary motives. I will disagree with Matan Shelomi -- there are absolutely cases where participating in sports opens doors. Prescisely how much this is true depends highly on the sport, the school, and the relative importance of the sport and school in the community, but cannot be underestimated. As a student one of my children did work-study for one year in the operations office of one of the glamor sports at a well-known state University. It was this experience -- including the opportunity to work directly with household-name coaches, players, and alumni -- that led to a paid internship with a local professional sports team that in turn became a resume capstone that helped bring in multiple offers at graduation. This is admittedly different in several ways from being an athlete but illustrates the ways that even peripheral involvement in big-time college athletics can provide a leg up. But, assuming you aren't going pro long-term, open doors only help if you can follow up that initial contact with everything else a potential employer is looking for. Four years of track won't get you too far if you have to take "gentleman's C" grades in blow-off classes to do it. On the other hand, some of the most impressive and all-around solid candidates for career and life I've ever met were academic all-Americans (mostly outside the glamor sports and not on a pro-sports career track) who had the discipline, time-management skills, and maturity to handle full-on participation in D1 sports, excel academically, and be community leaders. Bottom line: if you love it, and can do it as part of a balanced college experience, do it -- regrets are the poison of life and I've honestly never met anyone who regretted participating in college sports, while I have met a few who regretted not doing it or dropping it. If you have fallen out of love with the sport but are thinking you should keep it up just to beef up your resume, then it's time to start considering the many other ways you can distinguish yourself and make connections prior to graduation.
Will college really help me get a better job?
My dad keeps bugging me to go to college. I dont really like school. I have been working after i got out of high school but i dont make much. If i go to college will it really help me get a better job?
Does college really help you make more money in life?
A college graduate will make $1,000,000 than a high school graduate.This is a “fact” that shows up on Quora, your newspaper, blogs, etc. all the time. The College Board produces a report, Education Pays, every three years. Years ago the economist who produces this report published raw BLS data in an appendix. Someone at The College Board who didn’t understand statistics saw the raw data and put it up on the College Board website. It went viral.There was pushback from people who do understand statistics and The College Board took the information off their website, but it was too late. Intuitively it feels right, and now everyone believes it.It is not true. I’ve addressed this subject multiple times. Here is an abbreviated explanation:On the first day of Statistics 101 we are taught, “Correlation is not causation.” Smart people go to college. The economy rewards smart people.You pay for college with today’s dollars. The financial rewards, if any, are paid with future dollars.In the studies much of the data comes from people who graduated before the Great Recession of 2008. Our nation’s GDP for the last eight years mirrors The Great Depression, and wages are flat.The data is sometimes gathered by using surveys. Guess who is more likely to answer a survey. The guy with a $200,000 software engineering job? The guy who ended up working part time for Starbucks?Over half of recent grads earn $35,000 or less, and, on average, they lost five earning years to achieve their “munificent” salary.There’s more, but you get the drift.When the economist in question was interviewed on the subject, she, being well versed in statistics, remarked that a college education is probably worth about $400,000.Notes:James Altucher goes overboard in labeling college a scam, but he does a very nice job of explaining why the $1,000,000 is a myth.The College Board may be a non-profit, but they aren’t neutral on the subject of attending college. The more young people who attend college in the US, the more money the College Board makes.I did some volunteer work in a local high school that sends 65% of their graduates to college. I was doing some work for an Economics teacher. This subject came up in class. When I questioned the $1,000,000 figure he adamantly pushed back. I didn’t embarrass him in front of his class, but he, of course, had taken Statistics. I don’t know if he straightened this out later with his students or not.
How much does it help for college admissions if you can pay full tuition?
Cash?? Wonderful!!!!The Vast majority of colleges in the USA, including all of the public colleges, are Not need blind. Their review of your application for acceptance will include your ability to pay as part of their overall decision.Money speaks, and most colleges Love to listen.....