Wow- the comment about not being college material because of one C is just flat wrong. I was a lazy MG kid. Used a semi photographic memory and a great memory retention for spoken word to just get by in school( frustrated my parents). I also was one of the top athletes in the country and was recruited by every University that had a soccer team- yes I turned down Harvard( my Mom cried). This C/B student got into a top university due to sports- coasted in colleges with less than a 3 point-(never really studied-ever!) took 3 languages to get out of serious math( took logic as my one math) and have been very professionally and financially successful. Math does not equate success. I also graduated with a degree in International Studies( a lot of different liberal arts) I now run financial numbers with ease- have no use for trig or calculus- never took it and never will. I have relatives that were more studious and mathy and guess what- no where near as successful( at least according to a typical assessment of looking at financial success as the benchmark). Part of it is when it counted I have a drive and they don't, when I choose to apply myself I tend to accomplish what I focus on. So i probably did not look like college material when i was young but 2 degrees later from 2 different top universities, I would disagree. I think the individual is the only one that can tell if a college degree will benefit them and how they plan on using it. If they are lazy and plan on being lazy in their career- it is not going to help as much as someone who is driven and hungry to accomplsh things with their life and only they can define what success looks like to them. Someone may look at my life and say I am not successful because I work too much and would prefer to be paid less and have more free time. ( there is part of me that would agree :))
I do think education is always a good thing- HOWEVER- Only an individual can assess how much debt they are willing to take on and is the cost benefit analysis is worth it. A C is not a college deal breaker- trust me I had plenty and have done just fine smile
Brandy

Last edited by bgbarnes; 11/23/11 05:26 AM.