Five Reasons Why College Is Important For Your Future

I remember some of my high school friends asking what's the point of going to college in the early 1990s. Many of them wanted to skip college and continue being a teen-ager forever. Where are they now?

COMPLETING a college education is important for many reasons. First, a graduate from a four-year university can expect to earn almost 75% more over a 40 year period than a high school graduate earns over the same period. If money is important to your happiness, than college should be in the picture. Second, college affords you the opportunity to attain knowledge. Do you want to be ignorant or informed on various matters surrounding your daily life? Third, college introduces you to people outside of your hometown. Why is this important? It gives you another perspective and interaction with people from different backgrounds and circumstances. Fourth, college empowers you to communicate. What are the most important skills in life? Reading, writing, speaking, and thinking. College helps build and refine these skills. Finallly, college is fun. What other time in your life do you have to interact with people your same age and learn for the sake of learning?

Fifty-two percent of students at a four year college or university either drop out or transfer before earning an undergraduate degree. Do you want to be part of the statistic or do you want to select a school wisely before enrolling?

College is important and if you plan on going, strongly consider your action plan.

Liam Dunfey
University Advisors