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If the primary (not sole) purpose of college is to land a premium entry level job that sets you on a significant wealth acquisition trajectory as a laborer then

If the primary (not sole) purpose of college is to land a premium entry level job that sets you on a significant wealth acquisition trajectory as a laborer then they are not worthless at all and may be the primary thing you care about. Everyone knows this in these institutions but the kayfabe is that this is not the primary purpose of college, despite it so clearly being the case for the vast majority of students.

snowwrestler 4y ago
> If the primary (not sole) purpose of college is to land a premium entry level job that sets you on a significant wealth acquisition trajectory College will look like a huge waste of time and money measured against such a short-term goal. The primary purpose of college is to get an education, which confers life-long benefits (financial and otherwise).
- wyre 4y ago
  In what way is it a waste? When I graduated HS 15 years ago the statistic was the average college grad made a million dollars more than the average HS grad over their lifetime.
- dgfitz 4y ago
  The primary purpose of a college education is to network. Have you ever seen Good Will Hunting?
- fullshark 4y ago
  That's a purpose but not primary, if that were the case the hyper competitive college admissions process would cease to exist, as there's plenty of reasonable substitutes in terms of education provided, in some ways these less prestigous places even offer better educations than the places with the top published professors. It's primarily about acquiring economic opportunity, full stop.
  - snowwrestler 4y ago
    The vast, vast majority of college students do not attend hyper-competitive institutions, but receive lifelong benefits nevertheless.
- Workaccount2 4y ago
  It's odd how as information has become more widespread and accessible than ever before, the cost of obtaining information through conventional means has skyrocketed. Something is clearly not right.
  - snowwrestler 4y ago
    Information and education are not the same thing.

snowwrestler 4y ago

> If the primary (not sole) purpose of college is to land a premium entry level job that sets you on a significant wealth acquisition trajectory College will look like a huge waste of time and money measured against such a short-term goal. The primary purpose of college is to get an education, which confers life-long benefits (financial and otherwise).

wyre 4y ago
In what way is it a waste? When I graduated HS 15 years ago the statistic was the average college grad made a million dollars more than the average HS grad over their lifetime.
dgfitz 4y ago
The primary purpose of a college education is to network. Have you ever seen Good Will Hunting?
fullshark 4y ago
That's a purpose but not primary, if that were the case the hyper competitive college admissions process would cease to exist, as there's plenty of reasonable substitutes in terms of education provided, in some ways these less prestigous places even offer better educations than the places with the top published professors. It's primarily about acquiring economic opportunity, full stop.
- snowwrestler 4y ago
  The vast, vast majority of college students do not attend hyper-competitive institutions, but receive lifelong benefits nevertheless.
Workaccount2 4y ago
It's odd how as information has become more widespread and accessible than ever before, the cost of obtaining information through conventional means has skyrocketed. Something is clearly not right.
- snowwrestler 4y ago
  Information and education are not the same thing.