Is College Worth It? 20/20 ABC News

shabarivas

I work at a pretty well known establishment - and do quite technical software work... now.. with that said... I absolutely did not learn jack **** at college that I could not pick up myself / already knew... but what I DID learn from college is - networking skills, dealing with nice people and douche bags all mixed at the same place (someone say work floor?) and independence - maybe not financial but personal. You develop essential people skills and a lot of very important things are made easy to absorb. However - for a select few people college is an utter waste and they pick up their skills just living life.

College at the end - is as valuable as you make it... it can be a complete waste (as it is mostly for a lot of ppl in the states) but it can also be the best 4-5 years of your life. I would honestly stay in college if someone paid for my expenses forever

ChrisSlicks

You actually used to be able to do that in Australia back in the 80's. The state run schools were free to attend, and they would continue to pay for you to go including giving you some living expenses (small amount) provided that each degree that you did was higher than the previous one. Now you have to pay towards tuition but it is still cheap.

And yes, Bill Gates is a Harvard drop-out, he received an honorary degree from them 2 years ago.