"It's not unemployment if you pay tuition" LOL.

I've watched this before, being fresh from undergrad and working in a bank. It made me laugh. I decided to come back and watch it again now that I'm a graduate student. Made me cry.

Back when CollegeHumor was actually about college and graduate school.

Real colleges: "Come give us your youth, your happiness, and your first born child in return for a $50k receipt" *award winning smile*

"Growing up, I based my self worth on my ability to get good grades. Without a report card, I'd have a nervous ****ing breakdown." I can't tell you how accurate this is to some people. Bloody Hell.

Grad school is for those who have very specific interest in their career.

I remember watching this video when I was a kid still in high school. I laughed thinking how this wouldn't be me, I wouldn't need grad school. I'd be a STEM major and have great job prospects. Well, I'm finally a rising Senior in college with no job offers I'm god damn terrified. I don't care if it puts me deeper in debt, I'd rather be broke than a sad adult in the real world. SAVE ME GRAD SCHOOL, YOU'RE MY ONLY HOPE.

Yes, we all know those people. And we roll our eyes. On the other hand, there are people who are told they are unemployable in their field unless they get a Masters or PhD.

Many kids go to college for the wrong reasons or because they are told that is what they must do to survive in the real world. Grad school is for people who truly have a thirst for knowledge and strive to enter a career not a job. A job is something you would drop if you hit the lottery. A career e.g. doctor, scientist, economics ext..., is a "job" that you would never think about quitting, in fact if you won the lottery you would use the money to expand your career. I will go onto grad school and I will love every step of the way.

I wish grad school was like this... I wouldn't be praying for death on a daily basis... fyi, not suicidal, just super stressed out.

"Growing up, I based my self worth on my ability to get good grades. Without a report card, I'd have a nervous f*cking breakdown!" I thought I was the only one😂

I love it when these people say stuff like "oh you were military, thats cool, I got into college." Then I laugh because theyre 23 and $80,000 in debt, while I'm actually getting paid to attend. I mean I still hear a buzzing sound in my head from the RPG our MRAP took..... actually ya know what, I think were equally stupid.

"Because if we were good at life, we wouldn't need more school!" That last dude is literally high..

Idk y but this video had me rolling."without a report card I'd have a nervous fcking breakdown" lmao

"It's not unemployment if you pay tuition." Ha, so true!

KZfaq’s recommending this video ten years after it’s uploaded when I’m about to enroll for my Master’s degree 😧

"I get to spend the next 10 years of my life analyzing 3 lines of a poem that's over 500-years-old. In the real world, that would be considered a mental disorder." EXACTLY.

"if we we better at life, we wouldn't need more school!" Exactly! That's why all the best doctors, engineers, scientists, and professors, start work straight out of high school! Wait.....

my bf is doing his PhD and i am very concerned about his health

"I'll spend 3 years analysing 3 lines of a poem that's 500 years old... in the real world, that would be considered a mental condition." relieved I saw the light and didn't do post-grad English Lit!

Depending on your content area, going to grad school straight out of regular college can hurt more than help. I'm doing education and some certified teachers came into one of my classes and told us "please get some actual experience before you go to grad school. How weird would it look if you had a Master's in Education without having ever actually done any education?"

I am glad I got a normal job after high school and just lived a little and learned how to do everything by myself, now as a returning student I already planned how I am going to pay for tuition and minimize it as much as I can. I went to a community college first and then transferred after my first two years. Got all credits transferred :)

"Up until 35 I had a slightly skewed world view. I honestly believed everybody in the world wanted to make abstract paintings, and people only became lawyers and doctors and brokers and things because they couldn't make abstract paintings." - Frank Stella

"Slob? Try absent-minded intellectual" - seems to sum up my whole grad-school experience.

Not everything you do in life has to be about money. I want a PhD in History, and hopefully teach at the university level. Now will I make a ton of money?No. But its what I'll be happy about doing and to me that trumps money.

Some graduate programs are pretty good though. It just depends on what you’re studying. Like, if you’re studying English literature or something, you’re probably going to have a hard time finding a job. But a graduate degree in engineering or something like that can actually be really helpful in employment.

I know this is for humor. However, consider some ideas to your "real" grad school ad. 1. Most Masters and PhD level students have severe cases of imposter syndrome, they typically don't believe they're better than anyone. 2. Grades? Especially in your PhD, no one cares about grades. They care about results and output, they care about publications. 3. Not all, but most graduate students get teaching, research, or administrative assistantships. Tuition covered, with a stipend to cover basic expenses (food, rent) 4. It's incredibly rare for a graduate student to live in dorms unless your assistantship has to do with being an RA/RD. Otherwise, we stay away from undergrads. 5. One about being in a bluegrass band and law school was pretty good. Some graduate students don't know why they're there, especially Masters students. PhD? You know why you're there. 6. In graduate school, analyzing a poem for 4 years over 5,000 years old would be considered a mental disorder too. My PhD program required me to publish to graduate. Again, no one cares about grades, they want you to publish. 7. Yeah, graduate students typically are overly OCD or messy. I'll give you that one. 8. Campus living does NOT make anyone feel young. Being around undergrads makes graduate students uncomfortable. We're typically instructors, advisors, etc. We want undergrads to succeed, not have a beer with them. 9. C's get degrees doesn't get you into graduate school, FYI. 10. I love the concept of "real world" or "good at life" as opposed to journalists are in the real world that take my research, oversimplify it, and ultimately report it incorrectly

This is only true if it's accurate to say you have no direction, drive, ambition, and knowledge, and yes, something that's useful and in need. If you have a plan and do well with a drive to succeed, it'll happen one day. All of the "students" portrayed in the video are lazy, affluent, dumb fucks that have their parents pay their way through school and have absolutely no clue why they're there. It's their own fault. What legit grad student smokes weed and gets drunk all the time, wearing sweat pants and a visor??? Basing your self worth on your own personal success in anything is the healthiest way to gain confidence. Academics just happen to be one of the most valuable avenues to engage in.

And that kids is why you get a practical degree like engineering or computer science

Problem is that undergraduate degrees just don't quite cut it anymore in the modern economy because their prestige has gone down considerably since more and more people were able to get them. Also there are some jobs that are totally inaccessible unless you have post-graduate education.

Welp, guess I'm headed to grad school

What did the girl at :31 say? "Said I would have loans til I was 47...let's aim for ten??"

Actually I find it the other way around. I find the working life to be a comfort zone while going back to university to be a pain. I've been having a terrible time in university so far, but I love going out to events to meet professionals or well known people and working with them. Then it's back to the depressing "normal" people on campus whose high point in life is getting drunk at a party...

trying to find a job isn't near the risk that going six figures into debt in the name of education is. Comfort zone my ass

To all considering graduate school: a warning. My father is a pretty well known academic (philosophy). When I was considering going for my PhD in history this was what he told me: "Do you remember Ian?" He co-published with me as an undergrad, and was admitted into a top 20 PhD program. Ian now has been out of grad school for a few years and is still underemployed working as a waiter. My father also told me he has friends who are history professors who out of 5 grad students only one is employed as an academic, and that is as an adjunct making 5k a course. He concluded this speech with what I am about to tell you. Do not go to grad school unless these two things apply. You must go to grad school. I.E. if you did not you would hate and never forgive yourself. Secondly, you know beyond a doubt that you have the skill necessary. Otherwise you are wasting everyone's time and money.

I never tried to pursue my dreams. Nothing is worse than that. I dont want to go to grad school. I want to stop being a coward

I'm going to major in English & minor in History, so I'll be guaranteed unemployable! :)

:58 "Slob? Try absent minded intellectual." LOL

"How you doin'?" => They don't even get that reference =))) LOL I love Friends.

I came to USA to get a Masters in Computer Science and today I am making 120K. I thought it would be tough, because I used to think that why would anyone choose to hire someone who came from half way across the world over someone who was born and brought up here. But it was piece of cake. There are so many jobs but not many people willing to do the hard work.

what isnt stated nearly enough about college and ESPECIALLY grad school is is 1. the mind numbing 300 page paper you'll have to crap out that NO ONE WILL READ 2. the stress 3. the debt + debt from undergrad school. 4. the miagrane that won't go away. 5. the stress x infinity if you have a family 6. keep adding to that stress if you are working, and if its barely paid or no paid internship.... bottom line is, maybe youll come out with a degree that might get you 6 figures and this is not a guarantee contrary to popular opinion. you will still on top of that have tortured yourself with endless stress, headaches, and endless BS like a 300 page paper. This is pain on the body mind and soul and it should not be treated lightly. college students arent known for healthy living, grad students are that problem times infinity. Im not gonna, lie Im pretty sure college has taken years off my life, and at the end of the day I have no clue whether or not I'll even get a job in my field. yes I'm salty but I have a right to be, unless writing essays is now the number 1 skill all employers want.

This is painfully, painfully, painfully accurate

Isn't Grad school where you get your Masters and Doctorate degrees? If so, isn't that like saying that someone going to college is lazy because they can't work in the real world with their high school diploma?

I fond it kinda weird how some people think that after their Bachelor degree college ends , in most fields you need a Master degree now to have a chance of getting a job , don't stop after 3 or 4 years if You have the willingness to continue.

This hit different. As a person who just finished grad school and has to pay for it as the years go by, my feelings are hurt and I will get a law school student to see if I can sue for hurt feels.

Friends reference. Joey :3

Crazy thought: maybe it's not always explicitly about getting a job for some people - there's a difference between vocational school and college. I do know plenty of people who go into graduate school because they're not sure what they want out of life yet, sure, but there's also lots of people who go to grad school because they have a specific interest or talent. Weirdly enough, you can actually get jobs with degrees in European history, Latin American studies or whatever else people feel like shitting on nowadays, you just have to build skills through internships and whatnot. Ever heard of, for example: museum or art gallery curators? Newspaper or book editors? Social media managers? Advertising? Graphic design? Professional researchers? Librarians? Teachers? Translators and interpreters? Lawyers? Psychologists? Animators? TV anchors? Sports announcers? Campaign managers? Interior designers? Videogame concept artists? Those jobs are all attainable via non-STEM degrees because there's room in the world for more than one type of person. And yes I know this video is intended to be funny, but it's not well done and the jokes are stale imo.

Faye Valentine. I was trying so hard to place Daniella Pineda's face and this was it. I've watched this so many times lol

"Because if we were good at life, we wouldn't need more school!"

1:07 Funny because I'm still a fresh teen yet I'd recognize Joey's main line anywhere.

Funny stuff, and very good acting and editing, please keep it up.

You forgot how they're forced to teach some classes for your actual professors. That's right parents, go ahead and pay that $14,000 tuition for your undergrad to be taught 50% of the time by another student!

This is why I became an Electrician lol. I'm making money and having all my schooling paid for while all the people going to university are graduating with degrees and working in Starbucks bahaha

*sobs into GRE test prep book*

I have watched a bunch of these and completely wished I could be cast in some of these lol! nice work!

That's what my parents used to hate, when they were studying in Germany in the 80s. Apparently there, courses didn't used to have a set amount of years, and you could take as long to study as you like, so they'd be with a load of 35 year old artist wannabes who'd been at uni for like 20 years.

Google search: job prospects for student with post graduate degree in liberal arts Pulls gun out..........

HOW U DOIN' TRIBBIANI IS BACK

"They don't even get that reference!" BRILLIANT.

Candidate 1: "I have a postgraduate degree" Candidate 2: "I don't, but I'm good at life, so I don't need one" Employer: "My choice here is obvious"

I was working 12 hour days during my Master's degree years... I kinda remember not sleeping a helluva lot and when I finally woke up, there was a fuckton of debt...

This applies only when your field of study is the arts lol

This video is 10 years old, and still 100% accurate

Depressingly accurate for the most part.

This has aged very well

Is it really like that in America? In my country and on my field, a Master degree is a very good and logical goal to strive for.

Finished my undergrad last semester and now in the Air Force with 9 months of training. Literally feels like I went right back to school. FML.

10 years later on my recommendation list

"Of all human pursuits, the pursuit of wisdom is the more perfect, more noble, more useful, and more full of joy." -- St. Thomas Aquinas

This is actually a good point. I mean you can still get a job with a BS or a BA but it's hella difficult. Also add the part where a C average is no different than an F in grad school.

holy shit lol omg I am losing it. this is too good.

I love the guy at the end of these Quendelton State videos. He cracks me up!

Grads don't live in dorms.

Grad school is necessary for Engineering and Medical fields, without a masters you won't get professional memberships, better pay or move ahead in your career. If you have to go to Grad school, make sure its in a evergreen field like medical or engineering - however most people choose the easy way out and opt for literature, etc and when they can't find a job they blame all of grad school. Don't make terrible choices, learn basic finances. I personally started working after undergrad and now am planning for grad after saving enough for it - not taking loans.

"How you doing? They didn't even get that reference" 😂

Graduate skool is the snooze button on the clock radio of life. 💤

isn't it true that grad school students do most of the research??

Oh my God. That hurt so hard that I'm nauseous. :(

"How you doin'?" "They don't even get that reference." me: *whispers* but i did

I hate this type of video. I have a phd. I have always been working really hard both during my research days and now also working in the industry. Yet, I have to suffer from these jokes and cliches getting thrown at me all the time.

I made a promise to myself, unless it is a full scholarship and I'm not pursuing anything atm, i will not go back to do my master. Otherwise, higher education doesn't provide value unless you are training for STEM. I believe in long-life and self- learning which we don't have to go to grad school to learn. Moreover, The cost of Education is just too high to justify anything. We have to make changes; take time to think about what you will do; don't rush the grad school decision; without a clear purpose, you will still end up directionless after acquiring another useless degree.

Yeah I went back to school because I fail at life

I swear. That guy at the end always says something amazing

As I finish my undergraduate studies, this video has made me decide to look into grad school. Also, the black dude is in a bluegrass band. I felt like that needed pointing out

The least truthful cliché is probably the student who went to grad school because he couldn't get a job after undergrad. Grad schools generally only want two types of students: 1) those who have at least a year of work experience after undergrad; 2) exceptional undergrads who enroll into graduate school immediately after receiving their B.A./B.S. degrees.

Got my undergrad degree. Moved to the other side of the world and got 7 years of experience in my field. Earned a better than decent salary. Now getting paid to get my PhD and earn even more. Love what I do, and love learning more about it. Just sayin'.

Yeah, I just accepted a graduate school offer. Thanks for patting me on the back

The slob line got me XD

Although I find this sketch humorous, I disagree with most of its content. At least where I go to school (U of Michigan), grad students appear to be dedicated, hardworking, and incredibly bright. I myself am entering my junior year and intend to apply for a PhD program (cognitive science). If you do about 30 seconds of research, most major universities pay their students a massive stipend (which often covers most or all of tuition) if they get accepted into a PhD program. There also appears to be a stigma against academic majors such as philosophy, psychology, or literature; one can easily find unemployment statistics by college major. The most unemployed majors tend to be architecture and art majors. Grad school graduates also tend to have much lower unemployment and higher wages in general compared to 4 year grads and high school grads. It's a little frustrating seeing comments from people who have no idea what they're talking about on here with misinformation. Anyone who is interested should look this stuff up for themselves instead of buying into the common assumption that academic achievement is a waste of money and time.

Come on! Some people WANT to work in Academia. Some people want to do Research... and for those of us in STEM fields, graduate school is NECESSARY. Also, you wouldn't have TEACHERS without people going to graduate school. So no, it's not pointless... I'll take a year of after undergrad, but I WILL go to grad school.

I mean, for me personally, when I made my first game in high school, I couldn't tell you how big that smile on my face was, I was on cloud nine. Then, as I'm only a sophomore in college, just understanding the meaning of my code to how I'm able to make sprites was pretty crazy. The meaning of art, in itself, is changing. I'm surprised majors like fine arts aren't BS's because of the required use of technology they require nowadays is crazy that they should understand it.

My friend = 4 year Liberal Arts degree, junior manager @ Target making approx. 35k/yr. 30k debt. Me, 18 month tech school, a few certs, system admin, 60k/yr, no debt. Almost double the pay, for half the credits and a fraction of the tuition cost. And I actually left with tangible, real-world skills that I put to immediate use. I will admit that without a bachelors, I'll hit my career ceiling relatively quickly. I'll probably max out my income in 5ish years, with no bachelors. I'd need a bachelors+ to move up into management and crack that elusive 6 figure income. But I'm content, and I actually like what I do. Not sure I want to leave the server room and do paperwork and meetings all day.

'47?' I said. Let's aim for dead! Lol

Depending on the subject, grad school, especially for a doctorate is often funded, so... not that different from being employed. For better or for worse, especially if you want to do your own research, be eligible for research grants etc. a doctorate is often essential. Graduate school is definitely not for everyone, but there are some very pragmatic reasons for attending depending on one's desired career path.

Man i sure missed out on my grad school experience. All i did in grad school was two days of school, three days on field work, one day of work study, and four days of part time work. Damn, i never had a day off. Thinking about it, my chill days were the two days i had to attend class and learn.

In my school every one is friends with each other in a way, though every one gossips but there are no bullies

just started grad school already drowning in papers😢😢

As a fourth year university student, this video gets me worried about life after graduation.

Makes me excited for Optometry school. Yay 😅

"How you doing" 😂 Joey from Friends ... Always Said this 👌