Spoiler: I never went to college. But is a degree worth it and is it worth the cost? This is a question I get asked all the time, because it seems like the next logical choice after high school. But spending 4 more years in school, and 4 years of tuition doesn’t always equate to more success - it might actually set you back. Add me on Instagram / Snapchat: GPStephan
College is not an indicator of how successful one will be, or how much money one can make. A degree is certainly a great safety net that can get you in the door for employers - it’s also a requirement for certain professions. But depending on how entrepreneurial you are, it could cost you quite a lot of time and money that you could spend developing your business and skills.
It’s a big choice to make that shouldn’t be taken lightly, and it’s a highly personal choice. Sometimes a college degree is totally worth it, other times it might be a waste. It could be a great way to socialize and meet lifelong friends, or it could be a very expensive 4 years.
If your goal is in real estate, college is not a requirement to succeed, where your time is better spent directly learning your trade. While a degree can be a great safety net, there are many circumstances where it's totally unnecessary*
*Your mileage may vary 😉
Thanks again for watching! Feel free to add me on Snapchat / Instagram: GPStephan
For all business inquiries: GrahamStephanBusiness @gmail.com
Suggested reading:
The Millionaire Real Estate Agent: http://goo.gl/TPTSVC
Your money or your life: https://goo.gl/fmlaJR
The Millionaire Real Estate Investor: https://goo.gl/sV9xtl
How to Win Friends and Influence People: https://goo.gl/1f3Meq
Think and grow rich: https://goo.gl/SSKlyu
Awaken the giant within: https://goo.gl/niIAEI
The Book on Rental Property Investing: https://goo.gl/qtJqFq
College is not an indicator of how successful one will be, or how much money one can make. A degree is certainly a great safety net that can get you in the door for employers - it’s also a requirement for certain professions. But depending on how entrepreneurial you are, it could cost you quite a lot of time and money that you could spend developing your business and skills.
It’s a big choice to make that shouldn’t be taken lightly, and it’s a highly personal choice. Sometimes a college degree is totally worth it, other times it might be a waste. It could be a great way to socialize and meet lifelong friends, or it could be a very expensive 4 years.
If your goal is in real estate, college is not a requirement to succeed, where your time is better spent directly learning your trade. While a degree can be a great safety net, there are many circumstances where it's totally unnecessary*
*Your mileage may vary 😉
Thanks again for watching! Feel free to add me on Snapchat / Instagram: GPStephan
For all business inquiries: GrahamStephanBusiness @gmail.com
Suggested reading:
The Millionaire Real Estate Agent: http://goo.gl/TPTSVC
Your money or your life: https://goo.gl/fmlaJR
The Millionaire Real Estate Investor: https://goo.gl/sV9xtl
How to Win Friends and Influence People: https://goo.gl/1f3Meq
Think and grow rich: https://goo.gl/SSKlyu
Awaken the giant within: https://goo.gl/niIAEI
The Book on Rental Property Investing: https://goo.gl/qtJqFq
I agree with you i wanted to go college but i never had the motivation from teachers and myself.
So i tried to go to a tech school for computer science and then dropped cause i couldn't focus it was way to fast paced for me
now i'm in a vocational school for inustrial automation i keep looking for jobs there all across the america and there in areas that i'm affraid to go to like the deep south. I live in a very small town in wisconsin called roberts it's right on the border of minnesota and all the jobs for industrial automation are in minneapolis and saint paul.
This scares me because of all violence i was looking up job growth and it said negitive decline
Plus everyone hates automation and i can see why it takes people's jobs.
I was thinking about doing cryptocurrency and investing in stocks and working other jobs.
I thought about joing the military but i can't unless i go of of my medications and my mom won't let me go off of them.
It's fine for people without a degree to say it's worthless, life will continue anyway, but there will be always a gap between people who did get it and those who didn't, when you go outside and see the building blocks of your life, remember there was somebody with a degree that made it possible, it doesn't matter how bloody rich you are, there will always be that gap.
Good video! Good points! Most physical labor jobs like at manufacturing plants for example don't require college.
Absolutely nailed it on the social aspect as a con of not going to college! Yes there’s YouTube, but the information and the experience you get from networking with everyone who has similar passions in even a 2-year college is INSANELY invaluable! I would even say if you’re 80% sure of where you want to go in your career, that community in a 2-year is where you can fill that 20% or even see a MUCH better career path to take. Moreover, now I would tell people that if you EVER want easy marketing, market to college students!
As someone who went to college. It is not worth it.
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I just want to learn English so I am watching videos and taking notes that's why I am still watching older videos
The only reason I'd want to go is the experience/social circles, the networking opportunities and opportunities to study something you like in a great academic environment with easy ability to access opportunity.
The only problem is I have no idea what I want to study cos I'm too interested in many things
Hi so I’m 18 and still contemplating if I should go to a 4 year university or attend community college for a business degree. Idk what major but ik i wanna major in business. I still unsure about what to do and I feel like the time is ticking. Does anyone think it’s worth it to go to a 4 yr university , if I wanna major in business. I feel so stressed about student loan/debt and haven’t filed for fafsa. I’m honestly thinking of doing community but at the same time I wanna go to university to make connections. Does anyone have advice 😔lmao
I want to invest in real estate as a side hustle so if anyone wants to chat about that hmu
I didn’t know about survivorship bias – something I definitely have when it comes to success.
I thought that was a shower curtain lol
Graham have you ever seen the book, Clep College by Arise? It has your picture on it. Can you tell me if the program this 18 year old has is real or fake. He claims he, Arise D. Lockridge graduated with and Accredited Bachlelor's Degree in less than 1 year that has the same accreditation as Cornell University?? True or false??
My parents want me to go to college. They saved up for 200,000 but they did say they would let me do buisness with it Instead. So 2 options college(get a 100k job after 4 years) or just straight up invest all of that. Like what should I do.(just saying if I don't go I would invest most of it into real estate) I have like a 3.7 gpa in skl right now so I can get into a pretty good school. How about going to to Nassau community college, investing the rest into real estate, and then also getting a job. What about getting mortgages for rentals. I would assume I would need some sort of income to get approved for mortgages
You might not have gone to college, but I do believe you're an honorary graduate of the School of Rock.
How high does the cost of college have to go up before it cannot be justified. C'mon it's just too expensive!
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I totally agree and I am a live example.
All in all, it definitely gave me the social skills I need to pass interviews. Like everyone else who studied engineering, I was a freaking weirdo going in. I came out normal. Without that experience I'd probably fail every single interview instead of just 60% of them. If I didn't get enough scholarships to profit from college it probably would NOT have been worth it!! Even with an engineering degree. If I didn't do Army training the whole time it almost definitely would not have been worth it. If I could do it over I'd probably enlist and join a cyber warfare team in the navy or air force or something to get my "street cred" for interviews and still end up teaching myself software, investing every bit of paycheck I get along the way.
I studied engineering and it cost me about $15K a year thanks to going to a cheap state school. College does not have to be $100K! This allows a starting salary of 80-150K dependent on location. But that's only if you teach yourself software or study CS. My peers in electrical and mechanical and civil engineering need to get a master's degree (another 2 years and more debt — though a lot less debt than undergrad) just to get 80-110K start. And it seems like it's marginally worth it for them financially; the important part is they all enjoy it and this makes it all worth it in the end.
I ended up teaching myself software and honestly 95% of my knowledge came from outside my degree and I never use anything electrical. I'm not sure college was really worth it. At least I got the Army and other scholarships to pay for it and was able to accumulate capital to invest. But I was lucky.
If college is a requirement or a huge benefit for what you enjoy doing (such as mechanical or electrical engineering), then by all means. Even if you're a self-taught software developer it can be good (and not much time since you'll already know most the material).
College has definitely allowed me to out-earn my peers, even the ones who got engineering degrees, since the degree gets me taken seriously enough to get the interviews for the six-figure software jobs instead of the $50K web developer jobs. But I may be lucky.
RIP Mac :,(
Rip mac🤟🏼
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Should I go to college if I want to get into engineering?
I never take a day off, work around the clock my engineer gettin paid off
For accounting and becoming a CPA is worth it.
It depends. I feel with financial freedom you wouldnt be forcing yourself to take a course for "job security". Instead you'd do it for pure knowledge or just for fun if thats your thing.
Is there a way for me to both go to college and gain work experience
Counterpoint: didn’t go to college for 5 years because I was unconvinced of its value. Did not appreciate how important credentials are to most employers, particularly for better paying jobs. Ended up getting a lot more education, which led to a very healthy (~99th percentile) income. My biggest regret is not going to college on time. Calculus would have been different were I more entrepreneurial, no question.
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I want to try real estate but I am nervous of messing up and don’t know we’re to start and have a lot of money to start