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It seems heartless to agree but also level-headed. A bachelor’s in biology can only be obtained if you have quantitative reasoning, and understand compound grow
by quantified 6y ago
It seems heartless to agree but also level-headed. A bachelor’s in biology can only be obtained if you have quantitative reasoning, and understand compound growth and the fundamental insecurity of the natural world, so this seems especially egregious. If they were reporting on their own life as a journalist, what agency do they give themselves in making their own choices?
Why borrow at least 1.5 years’ gross salary and start their adult life with such debt? I as a taxpayer helped loan them that money, I’d like it back at some point.
- sjg007 6y agoA Bachelor's in biology doesn't earn you much either!
- quantified 6y agoIt’s all what you make of it. I never got my bachelor’s, because I ran out of my parent’s limited funds and we weren’t going to borrow. My family is lucky in some way because I’ve paid for my wife’s and one kid’s college so far. But saving so my kids could complete their education was a major life goal, achieved due in part to a lack of bad luck.
- ac29 6y agoI have a feeling this is the dilemma the article's author found as well. There really aren't many decently paying jobs for someone with an undergraduate biology degree - at least not compared to the number of people with said degrees. So, do you double down and get a graduate degree in hopes of increasing your earning potential? I found myself in that same situation, with the same degree, and decided it wasnt worth taking on debt for a graduate degree (nor spending the 2-3 years it would have taken). Problem is, while the potential jobs for someone with an advanced degree are better, there are even less of them, and the competition is tough.