Is College Right For Me? DId you know that people with a college degree earn more money than someone with a high school diploma. It has been proven that you will earn 80-90 percent more with a college degree. I plan go to to college because I want to make money on a job I enjoy doing. College is right for me. College is important to me for many reasons. For example‚ in the article‚ Getting Ready for College Early‚ by U.S. Department of Education‚ states that “one of the major benefits of a acquiring
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Nelson Mandela once said: “An education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” This quote profoundly reflected the attitude displayed by myself in my college selection search. I eventually narrowed my selection down to Indiana University Bloomington and Wabash College as a result of these two stellar college’s history of high scholastic achievement. While these two academic institutions share some characteristics in common‚ their differences in composition‚ academic
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Is the Electoral College a Democratic Institution? Ever since the Constitutional Convention of 1787 there has been constant debate as to whether or not our system of voting‚ the Electoral College‚ is a democratic institution. After all‚ how can an electoral system that grants the power of the presidency to the candidate who did not win the popular vote claim to be truly democratic. This debate over whether or not we should dispense of the Electoral College in favor of a system based on a purely
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people saying college degrees are overrated‚ and that they are more expensive than they are worth. They believe degrees are not necessary anymore for one to have financial and economical security. Has the price of college gone up? Yes. It is called inflation. In comparison‚ the price of gold has more than doubled in the past ten years. (goldprice.org) Also‚ according to supply and demand‚ as the demand for an item increases so does the price. Taking that into mind‚ college degrees are at
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In the Huffington Post they say that college is not worth the debt that you come out with‚ many people think that college is a waste of time and you come out with more debt than you will be earning in your year salary. Well they are wrong‚ yes you come out with roughly $24‚ 804 in debt of student loans for the average person getting a bachelor’s degree. You will start out $66‚ 200‚ that is $26‚ 150 more than someone with a high school diploma would earn in one year. Even if you paid off your student
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Did you know that the expense of college is one the main reason why everyone can not go. In my opinion college is too expensive. The expenses of college is an issue for many high school seniors. Even though I’m not in college yet I know a lot of people struggling to come up with the money to send their child to college. Some do not have the funds to do it. My grandmother said that she believes that the parents should plan to start saving money to send their child or children to school early so that
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My Obstacles as a College Student There are many Obstacles in my life as a college student‚ and I hadn’t prepared myself to get through all of them. Many obstacles lead back to money and not having enough to get to the stable and secure career in the future. My main obstacles are: money‚ procrastinating‚ fear‚ and being unsure of what I want to do. Money is an obstacle that many people face not only in college‚ but in daily life. This semester I had to pay for half of my tuition‚ and that was
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Statement of the Problem Sexual assault occurs on every college campus. It does not matter if the institution is public or private‚ have a higher or small number of students‚ co-ed or same sex‚ urban or rural; students can become a victim of sexual assault at any school. Men can be victims of a women rapist or a male rapist. Women can be victims of a female or male rapists. While‚ sexual assault can happen to anyone. College campuses can be a place that foster sexual assaults. Although
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going to college after high school. To be a college student is something that is very important to me as well as being a college baseball player. There is nothing else I want more right now then to play baseball in college and get a degree. I have worked very hard for the past 12 years of my life‚ doing everything I need to do and am supposed to do. I have always gotten good grades and continuously stayed out of trouble‚ so that I am able to see my dreams finally come true and attend a college or university
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cases of rape that showed the definition wasn’t right. Now‚ there’s a better understanding on it‚ just as not only women can be the victims and that it’s doesn’t have to involve force due to that victims can be drugged. What can we do about rape on college campuses? I’m pretty sure that first that comes to everyone’s mind is education. I don’t know about other schools‚ but UMass Amherst make students take a mini course about sexual assaults‚ rape‚ drinking and another stuff‚ which I think it’s a great
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