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I don't care if you go to Yale. When "getting in is the hardest part about attending an Ivy League school," I have to ask, if the problem the system, or the pro

I don't care if you go to Yale. When "getting in is the hardest part about attending an Ivy League school," I have to ask, if the problem the system, or the problem the school? He later writes: "Most of the foundation in communication, writing, and quantitative reasoning I developed in middle school and high school, and not in college." That's plain screwed up. If you developed no communication, writing, or quantitative reasoning skills in college, then your college education was a waste of time. But it's because you made an (apparently) crappy decision to go to that college, not college in general. Here in this thread, and many similar on Reddit, it is often advised to go to a state school or community college, get a technical degree, etc...But we're joking ourselves if we think a technical degree can lead to better reading, writing, or reasoning skills. Of course, if you can develop those on your own, sure, go for the technical degree. But, in this liberal arts student's opinion, the problem with college is that, instead of either studying a pure technical degree, or immersing yourself in the true liberal arts, people go to large state schools and attempt to do both, but end up doing neither. /rant

justin 16y ago
"That's plain screwed up. If you developed no communication, writing, or quantitative reasoning skills in college, then your college education was a waste of time. But it's because you made an (apparently) crappy decision to go to that college, not college in general." You might be right -- I don't think I took advantage of all the opportunities going to Yale afforded. I don't think the decision was crappy though, considering I made amazing friends who I later founded my company with, and I had a great time in general. In fact, I think it was one of the best decisions of my life!
aik 16y ago
From my knowledge no one really says that a technical degree leads to better reading/writing/reasoning skills. Then again not very many say what a technical degree really teaches you either. Funny system. Pure liberal arts programs are interesting structures on their own. Can you name a high school student who thinks, "you know, I want to improve my reading, writing, and reasoning skills and for this reason I will spend 4 years in a Liberal Arts program taking a mostly random stream and number of unrelated courses."

justin 16y ago

"That's plain screwed up. If you developed no communication, writing, or quantitative reasoning skills in college, then your college education was a waste of time. But it's because you made an (apparently) crappy decision to go to that college, not college in general." You might be right -- I don't think I took advantage of all the opportunities going to Yale afforded. I don't think the decision was crappy though, considering I made amazing friends who I later founded my company with, and I had a great time in general. In fact, I think it was one of the best decisions of my life!

aik 16y ago

From my knowledge no one really says that a technical degree leads to better reading/writing/reasoning skills. Then again not very many say what a technical degree really teaches you either. Funny system. Pure liberal arts programs are interesting structures on their own. Can you name a high school student who thinks, "you know, I want to improve my reading, writing, and reasoning skills and for this reason I will spend 4 years in a Liberal Arts program taking a mostly random stream and number of unrelated courses."