Is College Degree Necessary For A SUCCESSFUL CAREER…..????? anita bhandari | Posted On: December 19 2007 Article aimed at potential college students questioning their motives for college. Also for parents who seek advice about whether or not their child is fit for college. Some personal Advice From an experienced former college student. The knowledge attained on a college campus can not only be broaden your mind as an individual, but also as a future employee. Despite this fact, it is my sincere belief that the percentage of High School graduates that choose to attend college is far too high. After viewing this topic from several different standpoints, I have concluded several of the following points that I have chosen to share with the potential college drop-out. Lack of Interest Resulting in Potentially Very Useful Money Wasted. Many High School students will choose to attend college with no actual or realistic goals that they plan on achieving throughout their college career. In these cases, a student will go to college, take classes at random in the hopes that they will come out with a degree, even though they may have little or no interest in the field of study that they have chosen to pursue. In these instances, it is quite uncommon for the student’s degree (or most importantly the money they spent to get the degree) to actually help them attain a career and achieve success in the workplace. If a student does not go into college with a general idea of study that sparks an interest in themselves, then it is not worth them going to study a broad range of courses that act as nothing else but a waste of valuable time and money. Take it from me, I have been in that situation and it did not strike me at the time, but my time and money was indeed being wasted while I was having a blast and college and taking classes that sparked no interest in me. College: The Main Reason For Attending. The main reason for attending college is in hopes of attaining a degree that will eventually help you achieve success in your lifetime. This success I am referring to is financial success, the attainment of a job in a higher position then one that would have been attained by you without the use of that “valuable paper” known as the college degree. In most cases, it is proven to be true that the paper is indeed the most important thing that a student will come out of college with. No actual on the job skills are achieved in many cases and the eventually an educated worker will find themselves less competent then their colleague who may not have attended a college, or university if you will. My overall point for writing this article is for parents and potential college students to analyze their situation before dumping tens, or even hundreds of thousands of dollars into an education that may not be very beneficial for their child in the long run. The work environment can be a scary place, I know this from experience, but a college degree is not the only thing that will help break your fall into the working world. Finding your niche in society should be exactly how it sounds, not necessarily going to college and falling into something that you have no actual interest or talent for. The job market is very broad, and it is yours to search, the most important part is remembering that when you find your passion, stay with it and work as hard as you can to achieve success in that field.