| Life is about opportunities and options. The more | | | | improved understanding, then college is mandatory. |
| opportunities you create for yourself in life, the more | | | | 3. College is a process of continual maturation |
| options you'll have at any given point in time. Gaining | | | | College is freedom. When you attend college, you are |
| control of your options and opportunities is the key | | | | free to live on your own, according to your own |
| to personal and professional success. Simply put, if | | | | priorities. As you carve out your own custom tailored |
| you want to become master of your own destiny, | | | | living and learning experience, you can't help but grow |
| then you need to go to college. | | | | as a person. College is a time for self-improvement |
| Here are the top five Reasons why should choose to | | | | and development, so if you want to grow and |
| go to college: | | | | mature as an individual, college is the perfect |
| 1. The undergraduate degree is the new high school | | | | playground for self-progress. |
| diploma | | | | 4. College is all about networking |
| There was once a time when college was entirely | | | | In college, you have the unique ability to create |
| optional. Even today, smart, hard working people can | | | | life-long associations in a structured environment. |
| develop excellent careers and stable lives without the | | | | Networking is important, but it can also be difficult. If |
| aid of a university education. College is by no means | | | | you want to build relations with students and faculty |
| mandatory, but when you're ready to start building a | | | | members, you have to put forth effort. Unlike the |
| career for yourself, you will increasingly discover that | | | | real world, in college, it's easy to combine your |
| a college degree is a prerequisite for many entry-level | | | | individual interests with supportive allies who subscribe |
| employment opportunities. | | | | to those same interests. Take advantage of this |
| Companies and organizations want to hire employees | | | | environment and build up relationships that will help |
| who illustrate commitment and perseverance. A | | | | you in the future. |
| college degree will show your future employer that | | | | 5. College exposes you to things you would not |
| you're dedicated to achieving your goals in life. | | | | normally experience |
| Whether it's justified or not, a job applicant with a | | | | When you set about choosing your path through life, |
| degree is going to be more valuable to an | | | | it's important to remember that finding yourself is as |
| organization than an applicant who chose to forgo | | | | much a process of elimination as it is a process of |
| college. If you want to possess marketable job skills, | | | | discovery. Just as you seek out interests and |
| higher wages and the stigma of being smart and | | | | identities, you need to rule out certain life-options and |
| qualified, then choosing college is the way to go. | | | | mental frameworks that you do not agree with. |
| 2. College will satisfy and expand your curiosity | | | | College exposes you to new risks, rewards, people, |
| If you possess a general curiosity about how and | | | | places, ideas, lifestyles, eating habits and career |
| why the world works the way it does, then you | | | | choices. Exposure is critical. You can't form a genuine |
| owe it to yourself to attend college. Education is a | | | | opinion on something if you've never been exposed |
| personal project. If you want to develop your mental | | | | to it. |
| faculties and increase your knowledge base, then you | | | | College is a place for you to improve yourself, to |
| have to college. If you feel that you've learned all | | | | satiate your curiosities, to mature, to network, and |
| you possibly can in high school, if you think that | | | | to be exposed to new things. College is an important, |
| there's nothing else that you need to absorb, then | | | | irreplaceable experience in life. Going to college is |
| don't go to college. If you have a passion for | | | | highly recommended. |