Idk
I'm in college and I feel like I'm just wasting my time, honestly.
I'm devoting time and money that I don't have just to come out and get paid dog piss for a living when it's over.
I don't like when people act like academia is some automatic ticket to a life of fulfillment,
or worse when people bash others for not going to college.
Everyone doesn't have the means or the money to go to school, and the reality is that unless you plan on studying under a STEM major, then you can pretty much kiss the idea of a high paying job goodbye.
It can certainly help you improve your skills depending on where you go and what you study, but you also have to factor in whether or not you'll get accepted to that school and if you'll actually be able to afford it.
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I would say that whether or not college is or isn't necessary would be based on what you aspire to be because that fairy tale of just going to a university for 4 years and coming out "not broke," is rarely the case for most.