degree will be useless. A two-year degree is much quicker than a four- year, although the world only focuses on four-year colleges. Two-year colleges are primarily focused on pre-requisites for a major at a four-year school. Attending a two-year college can save money, and it will give the student a faster time to start their career with little or no debt. Additionally, it serves as a starting point to earn credits towards a degree at a four-year college. Also, a two-year is convenient for commuters
Fees that you pay at a two year college is just about over the amount of you just paying for one year at a four year college. Nearly half of the students that graduate with a four year degree had school experience with a two year college before graduating. Going to a two year colleges has its advantages there are many ways why; It saves you money by choosing the two year college over the four year, they help students earn jobs by the time they are graduating out of high school and you can use it
No level of four-year college education guarantees a well-paying job. In today’s world, the college experience typically offers many things: exposure to a new environment, support, connection building, and the ability to learn how to live independently. College is the best choice for some but it is not for everyone. College is for those people with ambition that want to be doctors, lawyers and engineers. High school students/incoming college freshmen deal with pressures of choosing whether they
traditionally earned within a four year period. Students usually take up to five years or an extra semester to complete this degree. The time spent at four year universities is increasing and so is the cost. The whole point of college is to further your education and obtain more opportunities that the normal high school graduate. High paying jobs that were once obtainable by high school graduates and decreasing in opportunity and are going toward more college or four year degree graduates. College serves
A four year college education, otherwise called a baccalaureate degree, regularly requires four years of full-time study. Four year college educations are accessible in an extensive variety of scholastic fields. A four year college education shows an understudy has a general and wide instruction with an emphasis on a particular subject. The major commonly contains 25 percent or to a greater degree a four year college education's aggregate credits. In 2012 33% of Americans from 25 to 29 years old
course, if you decide to take the four-year college road. There are many other way cheaper ways to attend college. To begin with, one could go to a community college, it is much less expensive and it is usually close to home, so the room and board costs can be eliminated. Other options include the ROTC, transferring to a four-year college after spending two years in a community college, working while studying, etc. I will explain how to partially finance a four-year university and analyze how this
choose to get a full-time job after graduation to begin earning money instead of going to college. Some people join the military. For the people who choose to go to college, the closer it gets to senior year, they start deciding which college is the right one for them. Some students think that a four-year college degree is worth the expensive cost of tuition, but others feel it is not. Earning a bachelor’s degree is a great accomplishment, but going to a community college and beginning work sooner could
Than Four? Does college really matter? Has college lost its rite to passage appeal? Can one still go to college and be successful in the pursuit of self-discovery? These are the types of questions that Liz Addison challenges in her short essay “Two Years Are Better Than Four”. By taking into account my own experience as a current community college student and advocate, in this response to Addison’s essay I choose to elaborate on her views of community college being better than a four year university
Avery Krieg Ms. Mars English 12- 1st 14 April 2023 Four-Year College I picture that feeling of throwing my graduation cap in the air. I am surrounded by family, teachers, and classmates, some of which I have known since Kindergarten. I am looking back at all of the memories, lessons, and hard work from high school. I am looking forward to all of the new adventures ahead. What will I choose to do in the future? Making a decision about what to do after high school can be overwhelming and scary. There
Over the past few years, there have been many arguments on the status of the original four-year college path, and how for most people, you only need to attend a two-year community college or take a few online courses to earn your degree. In Murray’s text, the classic four-year college experience is being challenged by recent findings that state it only take two years to learn the material necessary for a degree. From Murray’s examples, we can see that the internet is a little bit to blame for
As the semester of my freshman year come to a closer, now it’s time to think about my future plans at Virginia Wesleyan College. The first semester of my freshman year been an up and down journey. As I move to the second semester the process of creating the Four Year Plan schedule I found out that it can takes time and a lot thought because I realized that I don’t know what to take in the next four. Making plans for future is something I found out I can be kind of bad of because I just don’t plan
The social and emotional development milestones in a four year old are enjoys doing new thing, Is more and more creative with make-believe play, Talks about what she or he likes and what they is interested in. language and communication development milestones are basic and correct use of grammar, such as he
What is a college education? What is it meant for? Are too many high school graduates attending a four-year post-secondary education? James Adams said, “There are two educations. One should teach us how to make a living and the other how to live.” In Charles Murray’s essay, he argues that to many people are going to college and colleges are teaching students how to be good humans rather than how to be good at what they decide to do. The graduates going to vocational schools, or schools that teach
Why four-year college is a waste of time, energy, and money A four-year college is a waste of time, energy, and money because most professors teach you information that is outdated upon graduation. Students have been fooled into believing they could be somebody, often by ex-hippies with kale scented flatulence. But students are in for a rude awakening in the field of work. The United States labor market has left students either underemployed or jobless in positions that do not fully use their potential
Prior to reading Elizabeth Keckley’s Behind the Scenes; or, Thirty Years a Slave and Four Years in the White House, I anticipated I would be reading about a woman in slavery with an unhappy past. I did not expect her story to end in a positive way. My expectations were to read of a woman bound in slavery that wrote memoirs of her saddened life and that life would continue until the day she died. I expected her to leave the home of a master and possibly become a maid or cook in the White House.
Opportunity cost for attending a four-year college (full-time) can vary and the decision can be based on whether or not the outcome causes a deeper debt or higher income compared to people who chose to start a career without further education. Some consider losing four years of salary while getting your degree and hope to earn more when your career officially starts. Examples of expenses when attending a four-year college: 1. Added tuition (not covered by scholarships and grants) can accumulate
Two Years is better Than Four in a Nutshell Fired up Liz Addison similar to a flash of lighting responses to Rick Perlstein’s “What’s the Matter with College” (which is about how colleges have change from then to now) in her own publication “Two Years are better than Four” (More of a rant that American colleges are not dying or doesn’t matter that it doesn’t exist anymore because community college is Americas secret gem). Addison aiming with the precision to shoot down Pearlstein’s opinions one
In my four years of highschool I have had many different events happen that have slowly helped me grow and mature. Many of these events were accomplishments and many were mistakes but I would always use them to my advantage and learn from them. Some of the mistakes weren’t even mine but I would see the event happen and see the consequences of it and it would help me learn not to make that same mistake. These events that helped me transition happened mostly with my family and friends. One big one
The article written on how choosing a two year community college over a four year degree shows a clear thoughts starting from the first paragraph by which the writer dresses his thesis statement. Considering a good thesis characters the writer addressed his knowledge regarding the topic which intern validates the whole article. From my persecutive, the paper clearly shows significant figures on possible opportunities for employment and career advancements by comparing and contrasting different thoughts
There are several thing to think about when you want to pursue your education. Always go the rout that you will get the most out of. Community college and four year universities have many differences through the cost, atmosphere, and academics, but most people would rather go to a four-year university. The cost of community college and four year universities are different in many ways. Students that attend community college usually live at home because the school is close. For instance, the students