What do you all think of college???

Alright so being that I live in small town, where being a manager at Mcdonalds or a high school teacher are considered about the most succesful jobs you can achieve, I need some input lol. I've been working on learning web coding for years now and still know it's definitely what I want to do in life. I'm about to turn 21 and have decided I definitely need to go to college if I'm going to get anywhere with it...but most people around here tell me it's a dumb idea and I'll regret wasting my time with it. One problem is that the people around here don't realize that in other more "advanced" areas people make really good money in this field. The college I'm working on getting into is super cheap and I got a crap ton of financial aid so it's pretty much free to go lol. All I have to do is adjust some things to pay my rent and all that and I'm good. What do you all think about college, and if it'd be a really good idea for what I'm planning on doing in life???

If what you want to do means you have to go to college, then that what you do.

I personally, don't want to be in college, but I can from an opposite sort of situation, so I'll be here for more years.

I think you should go, though. You have a goal; you want to acheive it. Go to college.

Financially speaking the biggest scam

In terms of earning potential, the extent to which college is a waste of time entirely depends on the degree that one pursues. Degrees in technical areas tend to be worth it, while degrees in the humanities tend not to be.

In terms of broadening one's scope in life, on the other hand, college is never a waste of time.

You haven't said anything about what you plan on doing in life, so...

EDIT: It appears I have short term memory loss. I won't delete my original post because I'm not a wimp. I'll respond here instead. CS and programming majors do well outside of college and quickly. But, you won't move much outside of that initial bracket. If you can develop a passion for the hardware side of things as well, a double major in CS and ECE would make you thoroughly competetive and give you an enhanced appreciation of the implementation of the engineering side of things and the basis of the structure supporting the user side.

You haven't said anything about what you plan on doing in life, so...

-Makaveli-

go to college, seriously.

Costs way too much but to do what I want to do, I need a degree. You're in the same boat. Sometimes you just have to man up and pay for college. I work maintenance around a housing development in the summer. So I know what it's like to work with my hands and work hard every day. I appreciate that and all, but I want a degree so I don't have to do that my whole life. And so I'm in college. Paying money. Lots of money. To learn things I could figure out on my own.dodgerblue13

I also am bothered by the fact I'm having to change my whole lifestyle to learn things from someone else I've been pretty good at teaching my self... :/ lol

[QUOTE="-Makaveli-"]

You haven't said anything about what you plan on doing in life, so...

vadicta

I tried it myself for 2 years and I just couldn't take it anymore and I just quit. Because I was going on a scholarship I had to go full time. The constant group projects and standing in front of the class to present things was too much. When I do go back (once I get a job) I will go back on my own money and take the classes I want to take.