College ties you down to one skillset, and most likely working for someone. Becoming and entrepreneur has become a lot more popular because of the freedom if carries with it.

Let's not assume that everyone WANTS to be an entrepreneur. There are many people that like and thrive in a corporate environment. For them, college is VERY necessary. . This argument should be in the other column.

Not all college graduates are successful.

The market place is no longer a level playing field. Gone are the days where you attend 4 years of college, get a great job, and skate through life. Most jobs that once required a Bachelors Degree now require a

Obviously you can still be a very successful entrepreneur with a college degree, but its definitely not necessary, and some (including myself) see it as a waste of time.

This is clearly an issue of preference. I strongly believe that it is not required in life to have a college education to become successful. I saw that someone said that it greatly boosts your odds if you DO have an education. I have seen many who fail

While you can learn a ton attending college most do it for the wrong reason and never use 98% of everything they "learn". I had the comment from an attendee at my recent workshop that they got more from 3 days than their 4 year degree.

Education in any setting should be because the individual wants to learn that topic specifically for a specific purpose. Much in College is useless to the majority of attending students. Education to me is enjoyable and so I'm enrolled. .

I've been to college. I possess a doctorate in cultural anthropology, emphasis on social psychology therein and thereof. I learned nothing that I could not have acquired myself with the books, materials and sound strategy. In fact, if I had taught myself, I would not have been limited by the curriculum. If I had been presented with a guideline rather than a dictated array of boxed coursework, I'd be far better off than I am now. So, after seven years of education, my actual, valuable education begins now, with me at the helm, not a professor or doctoral board of administrators.

College is a business out to make a profit. The product is an occasionally solid, sometimes useful accreditation in the form of a piece of paper that essentially says "you learned something". . As it happens, you don't always need to know anything to walk off with a degree. The quality of your education depends on the quality of your educators as well as your stick-to-it-ivness. As I see it, there is nothing taught in a college that could not be learned on-the-job in a quarter of the time (or less). Jobs aren't guaranteed to college graduates, nor are college graduates necessarily more able to do the jobs they find.

Great point. Besides, just because someone is good at school does not necessarily mean they are intelligent or competent. Most of the morons i knew in high school have degrees and are still dumb and unsuccessful.

A highly competitive job market and a flood of people with degrees means there are hundreds of applicants for every "good" job. A trade school diploma or specialize training is more valuable. tjgjllnj. fhjf.

I know several recent grads who have to resort to minimum wage jobs. I am in the same boat, and hoping to find something until I hit grad school. Maybe then my degree will be worth something.

I'm doing 4 year degree n this placement year, I couldn't find any place as they got experienced students. & i'm still working in small restaurant from past 3 years as all jobs I apply 4 never reply. so degree doesn't count at all. its just a name.

Pick a new major.. This argument should be in the other column.

Many employers hold 4 years of experience way above a 4 year degree. For example, instead of getting a journalism degree, you can bust your ass and get published on freelance.

It's not even that it's filled with degrees. The company is looking out for the bottom line and their shareholders. A degree means they have to pay someone more. No degree means they make a profit still.

There are times when you will find a highly qualified person working as a waiter in a restaurant. So no, it is not necessary for a person to attend college in order to be successful. .

I agree with you. I'm just doing that. .

With a good knowledge of the business that you want to go into and a good portfolio, you can easily shave 8 years off of the prep time needed to get a good job.

The portfolio proves experience which college can't provide. And in the course of building it (freelance if necessary), you'll learn the real-world things that college can't teach.

It helps if you can negotiate a 'trial run' as a contractor, and excel at the project that determines whether or not you get hired.

It also really helps if you know someone on the inside. They can both give you the knowledge of what you _really_ need to know (vs what college would teach) and explain to others what you can do (when you don't have a degree to show it).

College is valuable, but not absolutely necessary. An understanding of the business beyond just your job duties is absolutely necessary, as is the ability to prove that you can do those job duties.

That said, you may still have a difficult time without a degree, but you'll be better off when you succeed than someone with a degree who can't do their job (or worse, someone with a degree who can't get the job).