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Originally Posted by Retnick
Take it from someone who dropped out of college that it's a bad idea. No one takes dropouts seriously unless you happen to be a genius.
The only jobs I can get are lousy driving positions. Trust me, don't do it.
In fact, I'm considering re-enrolling, but I still have the same mental health issues.
And I swear this is not a plug but I heard of this place on the radio, it's based in Nyc and is non-residential. If you have the money I would consider it:
Collegereentry.org
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I would argue otherwise.
While it is true that it can be harder to obtain jobs in some fields without a college education, we live in a day and age where many normal jobs are becoming obsolete in favor of technology.
Freelance and self employment opportunities via the internet are becoming more and more common place. Becoming an entrepreneur is easier now than it has ever been thanks to the internet. One just needs to be able to think outside the box and take advantage of one of the many opportunities out there.
Even if you do work a regular job, there are plenty of fields that you can get into with certifications or trade school experience alone. Anything in the IT or computer science field or any job that has apprenticeships are some other examples that I can think off the top of my head.
Not to mention, with more and more people getting college degrees and the costs of tuition going up, I would argue that getting a degree at a major university isn't worth it because of how much student debt one would get in from it while the college degree itself being less valuable due to more people having them now than ever before.
I will be sticking it out for now for the sole purpose of utilizing them for resources like employment, free therapists, and other resources to make surviving easier for me. However, my ultimate goal is self employment and as soon as I get to the point to where I can make decent money on my own self employed, you bet I'm dropping out to actually enjoy my life for once.