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Originally Posted by flerchin
College was worth it for me, but may not be for everyone. It's kinda ridiculous that we make 18 year olds decide the course of the rest of their lives and load them up with undischargeable debt by default.
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It's really gross. My whole undergraduate education cost my family roughly $25k. I lived at home and tuition at state schools in the late 90's was pretty reasonable. (That has since changed...) Some of my grad school friends had gone to ivy league schools as undergrads and paid 5-10 times more for their education, just to end up on the same academic footing as me after graduation.
I was also really fortunate that I went to grad school for science... they pay you to get your degree. It's not much money, but it's way better than going into debt.