Basically, life isn't black and white. Please take into consideration all of the points lmkg mentioned above, as they highlight the fact that college is not JUST an education, it's an EXPERIENCE (which could be good or bad depending on how you go about doing it).
As a graduating senior who also hates the "corporate world" and has always been too smart for the "facts" learned in school, I'm very happy to have attended my state university for the following reasons:
* You get to meet tons people of your age at a similar stage in life, and chances are, you'll find some people you like, or at least can learn from.
* You have a chance to do crazy shit like no other time in your life, and I'm a firm believer it's your experiences that are unique to you and define you, assuming you're smart enough to be reasonably educated.
* Having a degree > not having a degree. We still live in a world where that sheet of paper matters. we can argue all day about whether it SHOULD matter or not, but the fact is that it DOES matter, today.
As someone who attended a state university (disclaimer!), I would recommend it as far as an experience goes, for the following reasons:
* I paid cheap in-state tuition (relative to private colleges). This is pretty important to me, especially since I wasn't buying the knowledge, but the experience.
* The experience is closer to the "real world" than other choices -- assuming you choose a reasonably sized state university in a city environment -- important points to ensure the environment you're in is not too culturally segregated where your sense of reality becomes distorted (unless it's to your advantage where you know it will strengthen your weaknesses, i.e. force you to be more social, or more studious, etc. but be careful what you wish for)
Basically, life isn't black and white. Please take into consideration all of the points lmkg mentioned above, as they highlight the fact that college is not JUST an education, it's an EXPERIENCE (which could be good or bad depending on how you go about doing it).
As a graduating senior who also hates the "corporate world" and has always been too smart for the "facts" learned in school, I'm very happy to have attended my state university for the following reasons:
* You get to meet tons people of your age at a similar stage in life, and chances are, you'll find some people you like, or at least can learn from.
* You have a chance to do crazy shit like no other time in your life, and I'm a firm believer it's your experiences that are unique to you and define you, assuming you're smart enough to be reasonably educated.
* Having a degree > not having a degree. We still live in a world where that sheet of paper matters. we can argue all day about whether it SHOULD matter or not, but the fact is that it DOES matter, today.
As someone who attended a state university (disclaimer!), I would recommend it as far as an experience goes, for the following reasons:
* I paid cheap in-state tuition (relative to private colleges). This is pretty important to me, especially since I wasn't buying the knowledge, but the experience.
* The experience is closer to the "real world" than other choices -- assuming you choose a reasonably sized state university in a city environment -- important points to ensure the environment you're in is not too culturally segregated where your sense of reality becomes distorted (unless it's to your advantage where you know it will strengthen your weaknesses, i.e. force you to be more social, or more studious, etc. but be careful what you wish for)