Why go to a college where you're going to become heavily in debt?
Why go to a college where you're going to become heavily in debt? Spend more time drinking beer from a keg, then studying for your classes. Finally, to end up going to those classes just enough to pass and be fed the useless information that is needed to get a degree, that quite honestly, you won't use. This is sadly how many people feel college is. They get this image of college largely based from movies such as “Animal House” and “National Lampoon’s Van wilder” , where all you do is simply get wrecked all week and show up for a class here and there. However, college is not only an implement in which to become a professional and make more money for yourself, it is also a place in which you can grow as an individual. In brief, college furthers you not only in the tangible world, but in the intangible world as well.
First, one must ask what makes a skilled professional? I argue that someone who is a skilled professional is a person who is highly capable in a specific field, such as biomedical engineering. Then you need to ask yourself how can I possibly do this? The only way in which to make yourself skilled at anything is by enormous amounts of practice and lessons from others who have already become competent in the field in which you want to learn. I only know of one place in which you can be trained for such highly specialized jobs, college. College is the place in which you can improve as an individual to render yourself a service to society. In an accredited college setting you will be taught by only the best and expected to attain if not supercede their level of knowledge of your subject. Furthermore while you are learning the trade in which you are choosing to go into, you will also be getting a broad basis of other wisdom as well. Through electives college makes you learn about almost every aspect of the world. During your 4 years you are allowed the privilege of briefly touching on any subject you wish too. In doing this, you become more capable as a person and a professional. Now you can not only provide a service to society, but be aware of the society in which you are providing the service, making you a true professional.
