▲ 291 ▼ My university charges $27K/year and I still had to teach myself everything from YouTube at 2 AM (thelemmy.club) submitted 2 months ago by laurenceOfSuburbia@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.world 51 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] rangber@lemmy.zip 27 points 2 months ago (2 children) You go to college for the degree, networking opportunity, and the experience. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] 100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.it 19 points 2 months ago That shouldn't have you in debt, but... America permalink fedilink source parent [–] JigglySackles@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago Definitely. A good university will have you take courses from multiple disciplines to encourage curiosity and exploring topics that you wouldn't have otherwise. I actually really appreciated my psychology and philosophy courses even though I definitely had no interest in them as careers. I also found that even though I had a lot of interest in being a nuclear engineer I'm not good enough at math, nor do I enjoy math at that level. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.it 19 points 2 months ago That shouldn't have you in debt, but... America permalink fedilink source parent
[–] JigglySackles@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago Definitely. A good university will have you take courses from multiple disciplines to encourage curiosity and exploring topics that you wouldn't have otherwise. I actually really appreciated my psychology and philosophy courses even though I definitely had no interest in them as careers. I also found that even though I had a lot of interest in being a nuclear engineer I'm not good enough at math, nor do I enjoy math at that level. permalink fedilink source parent
