Just a reminder that this isn't me saying you CAN'T go to college. But hardly anyone talks about just how much college costs and everyone is just convinced by others (usually teachers) that going to college is just what you do and that it's the next step. You'll have to forgive me if I'm a bit tired of seeing people fresh out of high school get blindsided by "Woah wait this costs a lot!" because no one bothered to tell them the most important part about going to college. (Also yes I use "college" as a catchall for both college and university because at least in the US most people know what you're talking about)

"I WENT TO COLLEGE!" - Plankton

Another tip from someone doing college now: start with community college and apply for financial aid. The Pell grant alone (this is the one everyone gets) should be able to pay for every semester and then some. This should give you enough time to decide if you should keep doing this and transfer to get a bachlors or just get your associates with no debt

To add on top of it all, colleges don’t know what the heck they’re doing, especially depending on the field you’re going into these days. Getting a business or marketing degree has less to do with what you learn in college, and more about what you learn in practice. I literally got a DM the other day from a college professor asking me how I do what I do, and if I could talk to her class about how marketing and the process of growing on social media works. It’s literally crazy. Save your money, learn your trade to the best of your ability by using online resources, and depending on how that goes, reevaluate your next steps. Doesn’t hurt to at least try.

As a Senior, I'm just glad I'll be out of high school soon so I could just start doing some honest work already. _High school got me to hate learning in a way, and I honestly don't think I'll enjoy college either._

My parents were fucking stupid pushing me to go to college when it kept messing with my mental health

I was prepared and brainwashed since 7th grade by my school and parents to go to college. KZfaq came around just in time for me and I’m lucky I was able to skip out on it. But I feel like if I never had KZfaq, I would be going, getting tens of thousands into debt and would’ve been in such trouble for the rest of my life. I will say to anyone here: FINISH HIGH SCHOOL THOUGH. You will screw yourself if you don’t. But you don’t need college. Trade school is a great alternative

in britain, college is very different it's basically "optional highschool" and it's honestly way better, the people are usually pretty like-minded and you have far fewer classes, better educators, just generally way better I think university is our college, idk

Personally I think ur just gonna forget everything that u learned when ur 40.

Video: Don’t go to college Me whose graduating next year:

I like the variety of content you're putting out. Keep up the good work!

I was in it from 2016 to 2020, I didn’t mind it. I learned stuff in a field I was interested in (and have a job in) but I also had a pretty decent set of circumstances, even though I still have some loans to pay off. I also met a bunch of good friends there. It’s definitely not for everyone, but if there’s a field that you would like a job in I wouldn’t deter anyone from pursuing it.

As somebody who doesn't plan to go to college after high school, I completely agree with everything said in this video.

You forgot to Mention you can do Trade school because they give you work instantly after done with school.

I’m stocked up about going to college in 2 years. I’ve always known about the debt, stress, all of that, but I want to learn to repair technology ( consoles, phones, etc.) and plan to make it a career.

This video basically summed up everything I was saying to people thank u dab and have a nice day.

I was kinda rushed into college after high school. Got $12 in loan debt, got actually depressed, and flunked out after a year. Now I'm a fire alarm technician making $20/hour as a 21 year old, you don't NEED college.

In my opinion, networking is the only legitimate upside college has over self-taught learning. Don’t get me wrong, it certainly is possible to network without needing to go to college, but one could argue it’s so much easier to do it in college than by your own, because of being directly around others in the same environment. Whether or not networking is worth the price of admission is completely up to the individual. Another point I’d like to bring up is this: there are still lots of jobs, not just related to STEM-L that require *any* bachelor’s degree, even if it isn’t related to the job itself. Once employers stop placing generic degrees into their job requirements and, as an alternative, instead focus on relevant certifications, more people may consider if college really is worth it.

I was in a community college and I qualified for financial aid due to a learning disability I have, I then figured out some subjects would be made deliberately more difficult towards me because of that, I basically just quit college after the third semester, mainly because after the second semester I lost financial aid. I guess it also doesn't help high School really does not prepare a lot of kids for the type of work in certain colleges. High school math, compared to college math is like night and day. Plus the instructors at the college had a very standoffish attitude like they didn't want to be there or help anyone, making people too uncomfortable to ask for help.

Never planned to go to college to begin with, and this video helped me on that, you're spitting facts

Dab I recently lost a relative but I am doing very better and handed it very well. Thanks for your videos

Honestly, even if I had everything paid for, I had no debt to pay, and I knew what I wanted to do for the rest of my life with a guaranteed job at the end of it all, politics would still keep me away from college.

Guess I won't go to college, then. *realizes I've been in college for 3 years Well, shit.

Well I’m in college And I think it’s paradise So why should I listen to you?

I have been to college from August 2019 through May 2020, or April? It was going okay, but it wasn’t working out, so I had to wait a year to do filming school to be a cinematographer. College is for the people who know what they wanna do in life, but it’s stupid that we HAVE to do the basics classes we’ve done from middle and high school. Too bad the money is SOOOOO stupid expensive… College isn’t for everybody, folks. I went cuz I thought the thing I wanted to do in life was gonna work. It was working out the first 2 months, but it wasn’t working out after the first semester. I only enjoyed doing photography during the 2nd semester, but after the start of the pandemic, I just finished the 2nd semester and that’s all. Also online classes and Zoom is STUPID and colleges should be free or be cheap

It’s funny how people expected me to go to college through out my life and yet I still didn’t go to college

content like this is the stuff i am into, I like rants about stuff. Keep it up dab

I thought if u were the best in ur college class u would get paid this was when I was younger.

I've been thinking about doing online college (because apparently colleges don't have any teacher's aids, and I'm the kind of person that needs to work at my own pace) so I can learn video game development, but then I found out that there are two other options. Either A: self teach myself like Christian Whitehead did, or B: Get a game development internship at this place called Platinum City Gaming.

I’ll probably just start at community college within the next year or so, but depending on how well my programming and other skills are going, then I’ll probably skip a university after. Thankfully if you get a job with tuition reimbursements, then student loans shouldn’t be an issue. That’s what I’m trying to find is a job that offers those and even scholarships.

I do see that in your perspective

I attended college back in 2013-2016. Now this is not a hate speech as I funny enough preferred college than school when I was a pupil/student. Back when I attended college it was free, there was no need for any student to pay to attend college but as in today's times now you do have to pay to attend college if you're over 18 but some colleges say that you have to be at least 15 to attend which I know that's incredibly young but that's how old you have to be at least in my local college as I attended college when I was 16. The first couple of years when I attended college were fantastic until I reached my third year which was when I noticed college wasn't exactly for me especially when it reached the stage where I felt that there were some favouritism among students and how some of the students were allowed to add in scenes to their final major project but I was told that I couldn't add it in for example using certain profanity (I was studying media back when I was in college) which in my case were not that bad of profanities for example (damn, hell, ass, screw, son of a bitch) which those are minor bad words and my tutor wanted me to make it PG-13 as he saw those words are used in 15 rated films which that's basically an R rated movie which I thought was BS and the tutor allowed other students to use a middle finger gesture which in my opinion is far worse than what I was going for and I had to pay real money to print off scripts in college for when I was studying media and I went through 12 rewrites and lost a lot of money when doing the printing off the scripts. I know some people may ask how is this relavent to what Dab was talking about. What I was basically saying is when it came to Dab saying that just because you got a degree doesn't mean you're an automatic shoe in for your job choice which is what ended up happening to me as I dropped out of college at 19 because it was just going no where for me even though I did pass on Level 2 Media as well as getting the highest mark in Level 1 media. Luckily I do have a much better job as of today's times. College can be good but at the same time I do suggest that for those who are interested in enrolling in a college, take a very good hard look at the college and see whether they are trustworthy, does the college hold on to their words? (In other words, are they the man of their word? Or they just saying it just to get more students but not teach them anything), is it worth the money instead of ripping people off and making them pay ridiculous money for nothing. Nowadays I prefer being self taught as I find it as the easiest way possible.

Every word to what you just said was almost right

I’m happy I didn’t take a loan out for college. Biggest waste of time at moments. Especially knowing parts of the experience were easier than I was told about in high school. I was considered special ed in high school. I’ve managed just fine up to now without accommodations like time extensions and being in separate rooms from the rest of the class. Graduating at the end of the year too.

showing this to my parents

Thanks this had to be said

Thanks

Financial aid.... This one thing shoots a majority of your argument in the head, especially the money things! I know people who go to collage who doesn't even have to spend a penny! As a matter of fact, I am one of those people. So when you make a video on a subject matter and forget or ignore something so basic about collage now a days... It makes you look like a fool!

I’ll respect anyone who disagrees, but when he talked about money... this is exactly why we need tuition free college. We need to actually take on the people who are extorting 18 YEAR OLDS into crushing debt that they’ll likely never be able to pay back. Primary, secondary, and higher education are a *basic human right* and we have predatory corporateheads treating it as an investment opportunity. And I’d recommend watching Gravel Institute’s video on why college is so expensive in the US.

How about community college?

And here I am watching this as a college student

All true, I am personally finishing up my High School education online and then I intend on going to a Tech School to learn get certified in Digital Graphic Design (Which my state completely pays for).

I’m going to college because I get 75% tuition cut (not including financial aid and scholarships) because one of my parents work there and I cannot do hands on work to save my life but yeah most people should probably not if they have actual talent and aren’t in an extra good financial situation

I have a communication degree and even I question it. I wasted so many years struggling in college...

I'm currently in a Technical School for 1,200 that was already paid from Family and now I'm starting to think that this was useless

okie I will trust thee opinion of you mr.smlwatcherguy as long as you stop using the cow mangler on sentries that is a bad idea!

College is a scam if you don't want to become a doctor, a lawyer, or any high-profession careers that require actual credentials. Why would I need a film degree when I can learn how to film and edit by watching 5-minute videos that can easily teach me how to open Premiere Pro. Also, considering some people don't ever use their degrees...you'll basically go into debt for nothing.

I didn’t go and now I have a well-paying job after just a year or so of working minimum

I mean there’s always the option of community college sure it’s still costly but generally speaking it’s cheaper then a four year college and it’s what I’m in right now not saying you have to but the options still there

Nice

Sad that I HAVE to go to college to be a doctor

Oh

I’m picking Computer information systems

Yeah about that...

I gave up on going

YOU COULDN'T HAVE SAID SOMETHING SOONER?! I ALREADY APPLIED A FEW DAYS AGO!

Here are a few things you can do without going to college: Real Estate Insurance Cyber-Security Data Entry Acting Pro Basketball

Who needs college, when you have life experience?

Common Dabhdude W

Too late man

Too late

No worries, I won't.

10/10

We're I live college is completely free

3 Words: Waste Of Time! I just don't think it's worth paying over thousands of dollars to enroll classes or student loans. Sometimes you're just better off just to stick to your hobbies and chase over your aspiring passionate dreams in different directions. Which is better off that way to not to suffer the consequences from joining College.

Dabhdude hours...

Thankgoodness on my country we have free college

So wait... Monsters University was a bunch of bullshit?

Don't go to college unless you have the money for it, and have a guaranteed future when you graduate

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Title: tells people not to got to college Parents would just tell their son daughter or both not to listen

OK SO BASED DAB !?

I agree, I knew collage was a scam since middle school

Dabhdude, this opinion is not the best… You do realize that in order to secure a “Good job.” You HAVE to get a degree? I understand that College is expensive but that effort in the long term, will be rewarded to you. You telling the future children of the world this, is incredibly irresponsible and wholeheartedly Foolish.

This is not really a good video imo. Can I explain why but i feel like it will do nothing.

yeah the fact that they dont tell you how much you're paying to get in is frankly ridiculous

Wow... what an absolutely stupid statement

I’m picking Computer information systems