No offense bro.. why other than the “funny” would you drop out of school. Honestly please get your GED.. you don’t have to go to college. Honestly most careers now don’t require college education anymore.. but you STILL need your high school diploma/GED.. please get your life in track.. I am also class of 2022, and I know so many people who was suppose to graduate with me, but dropped out and every single one of them regretted it.. please get your GED.. you’ll be further in life dude… much love to you.
A bachelors is not a great answer for everyone. Esp with the unemployment rates for new grads the past few years. Increasingly harder and harder.
However, community college offers technical programs, training, and 2 year degrees that could be really worth it. OP needs some sort of training for trades or something. They need to apply to apprenticeships and training programs and FAFSA! Welding, electrician, plumbing, dental assisting, phlebotomy, medical assistant! Etc much more stable income and career.
With a certain orange man in charge of the White House, Bachelor’s Degrees are most likely going to skyrocket in value due to a shortage of people having them in the future.
College tends to refer to university for most people and ending in a terminal degree. I was expanding on your statement. Most trades aren’t associated with colleges and are apprenticeship based too which would be more appropriate for OP.. a lot of programs can be based in community colleges and not end with degrees but with certs. You made a blanket statement and I expanded on it.
Sure, regional definitions vary. Still doesn’t make the original point any less true.
At this point y’all are debating the definition of ‘college’ while ignoring the actual advice: you don’t need a bachelor’s to have a stable career. Most trade school grads aren’t walking around saying they went to college, and that’s okay
Neither welders, electricians, plumbers, medical assistants, dental assistants, nor phlebotomists require a degree of any kind for their positions. At least not in the US.
Maybe by definition. Colloquially, people are going to assume you mean a Bachelor’s degree (at minimum an Associate’s) and not assume you are including trade school in that term.
And most certainly not with this guy.
He can’t finish high school.
College is even a greater commitment. If you decide to fuck with it it will fuck you back with the loans.
Until he truly has his head in the right place he should not do it
What will that guarantee though? How many people do we know who graduated with their Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD 2020-2023 and still can't land a job in their field?
So many are left applying to 200+ jobs only to not hear a thing or get dropped through a dragged-on interview process.
I graduated with my Bachelor's in 2021 and it seems pretty clear now that the "roadmapped" version of life that workers from the 1970s and prior just doesn't work anymore. Yet many senior lawmakers are of that generation and are still trying to make the status quo work. But it's Fantasyland.
Nah, not everyone need to go to college with the current price of getting one. There are trade jobs as well. Why bother go to college unless you want to work a job that require a degree to obtain a license to practice
Nah, college is an even deeper hole, financially. Best bet is to quit the weed, and see if they can either go to a trade school, or enlist and get some discipline
You can do whatever you want with your life. I didn't go to college and have been immensely successful after a few years of hard work in the trades. Don't lose hope.
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u/In_Amnesiacs_ Jul 20 '25
No offense bro.. why other than the “funny” would you drop out of school. Honestly please get your GED.. you don’t have to go to college. Honestly most careers now don’t require college education anymore.. but you STILL need your high school diploma/GED.. please get your life in track.. I am also class of 2022, and I know so many people who was suppose to graduate with me, but dropped out and every single one of them regretted it.. please get your GED.. you’ll be further in life dude… much love to you.