So... to recap:

a) you kind of HAVE to go, at least in most fields, or you have ZERO chance of even getting through the door with any employer, (barring some other career paths like entrepreneurship or military service/training); but

b) having that bit of paper in and of itself doesn't mean that your odds are good, they are just "improved" over the alternative, and

c) the eye-watering cost has become a crushing factor in this decision.


Pretty much?


Schrödinger's cat walks into a bar. And doesn't.