Check out the resources here:
https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/pages/do-i-go-to-college-dropout/
And be sure to read this:
https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/threads/i-am-not-responsible-required-reading.20271/
That said, there's something I rarely see mentioned when these threads come up. And it's strange because it actually makes a big difference later on in your life.
I'm not a college graduate. I'm not currently enrolled, and I don't have any plans to.
And here's what sucks the most about that decision. It's not the pay cut. It's not the dance I have to do in interviews when they ask about my qualifications. It's not even the disapproval of my mother at Thanksgiving.
What sucks the most is, like me, you intend to hang around with successful people. In the beginning, a lot of these successful people will be Slowlane folks who've worked their way up the corporate ladder. Or, they might be Fastlane people who've broken free from their cubicle.
But when you meet them, after you finish the how-are-yous, nice-weather-todays, and how-bout-them-sports-teams, they always ask you:
Girls ask this when they're sizing you up. Guys asks this when they're looking for new friends.
It sucks.
You can't take part in conversations about "Senior year," or "graduation parties," or how you got so wasted that one time when…
And I know this seems trivial, but it's not. It takes a lot of effort to break down this barrier between you and other young people.
So yeah, college will probably get you a bigger paycheck. College will probably leave you with a powerful business network to use later. Your degree will probably make it easier to get jobs and I imagine you will have a lot of fun getting it.
But I don't know if any of those are true. What I do know, is not going to college alienates you from your peers. You're an outsider by default, and have to work damn hard not to be.
And that's enough to make me wonder if I should have just sucked it up, put in the four years, and been done with it.
You only have two years left:
https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/pages/do-i-go-to-college-dropout/
And be sure to read this:
https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/community/threads/i-am-not-responsible-required-reading.20271/
That said, there's something I rarely see mentioned when these threads come up. And it's strange because it actually makes a big difference later on in your life.
I'm not a college graduate. I'm not currently enrolled, and I don't have any plans to.
And here's what sucks the most about that decision. It's not the pay cut. It's not the dance I have to do in interviews when they ask about my qualifications. It's not even the disapproval of my mother at Thanksgiving.
What sucks the most is, like me, you intend to hang around with successful people. In the beginning, a lot of these successful people will be Slowlane folks who've worked their way up the corporate ladder. Or, they might be Fastlane people who've broken free from their cubicle.
But when you meet them, after you finish the how-are-yous, nice-weather-todays, and how-bout-them-sports-teams, they always ask you:
"So, did you just finish school? What school did you go to? What was your major?"
Girls ask this when they're sizing you up. Guys asks this when they're looking for new friends.
It sucks.
You can't take part in conversations about "Senior year," or "graduation parties," or how you got so wasted that one time when…
And I know this seems trivial, but it's not. It takes a lot of effort to break down this barrier between you and other young people.
So yeah, college will probably get you a bigger paycheck. College will probably leave you with a powerful business network to use later. Your degree will probably make it easier to get jobs and I imagine you will have a lot of fun getting it.
But I don't know if any of those are true. What I do know, is not going to college alienates you from your peers. You're an outsider by default, and have to work damn hard not to be.
And that's enough to make me wonder if I should have just sucked it up, put in the four years, and been done with it.
You only have two years left:
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