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Why should I go to college |
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The following is a list of some reasons why you should go to college:
- Explore new interests.
- Find out what you want to do in life.
- Learn specific skills that are career related.
- Expand your employment opportunities.
- Increase your understanding of the world and our society.
- Broaden your experience in life.
- Meet people from different backgrounds and cultures.
- Become independent.
- Develop leadership skills through activities.
- Increase your income potential.
- Raise your standard of living.
- Gain control over your future.
Abilities, interests and limitations are considerations you should weigh when deciding what you want to do with your life.
- What skills do you have and enjoy using?
- Of the courses you have taken in school, which have you enjoyed most?
- What courses have given you difficulty?
- From current experiences or from what you have read or heard discussed, what type of job sounds interesting and challenging to you?
- Do you like working with people, things or ideas?
- What do you imagine yourself doing when you get out of school?
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