College is becoming more and more essential in today's society. It is good for furthering your education to get the degree of your choice so that you can start your life. From everyone's opinion, it also is an experience and chapter in your life that you will never forget, and one that most people believe everyone should go through. College is made to seen like it is meant for everyone, and that everyone needs it to get any where decent in life. I know of some cases where that isn't entirely true. It depends on the person, but for the most people, it's the smartest decision they could have made.

It seems like every decent job now a days requires a degree to make the higher of salaries. The degree a person chooses should be one that is not near to impossible to obtain a job for. Useless degrees are not as common as some people believe. Just about any degree can have a purpose for a certain job at some point in someone's life. Andrew Bast in his blog "The Case for a Useless Degree" he shares his story of how he found out that many degrees are in fact useful. You just have to know what you would like to do and what interests you in life. You figure that out, your possibilities become almost endless.

So many people talk about "the college experience" and how much fun it is. They say everyone should go through it- including my own mom. It's a chapter in your life where you begin doing things on your own and taking your own responsibilities. Battousai posted a blog talking about the college experience. Depending on what you're studying and how many years you've been studying differentiates your opinion on college. Freshman learn to grow up and mature. They realize that with all their new found freedom comes more responsibility. Everyone has difference opinions about their own experience, but really it all depends on how you approach it all.

Everyone I have ever talked to says that everyone should at some point in life live the college experience. It has always been important, but it is increasingly becoming more important. It may be a great experience but only when it's justified. There was a professor at an Ivy League school who one day was questioned on why students had to do certain things in their classes. He concluded, "Society needs a mechanism for sorting out its more intelligent members from its less intelligent ones…". This in my opinion is very true. Not everyone could probably handle, afford, or pass college. There are a select few who learn how to do a trade and make a lot of money that way. Below is a small table showing the difference in incomes for someone without and with a degree. My cousin is one of the select few of people, and his family is more than well taken care of. He never stepped foot on a campus or in a classroom after high school.

Beginning Midlevel Top No College Required $28,350 $47,200 $79,150 4-year degree or higher $51,250 $85,300 $130,600

College is a huge milestone in a person's life. It's the beginning of the first start of their life. This is where they figure out themselves, the responsibilities of being an independent adult, and what they wish to do with the rest of their lives. It's good to have the degree proving you have the necessary education for your desired job. The experience and maturity it can give a person will stay with them their entire lives. Like my mom said to me before I came, "Just try college. It can't hurt."