Can someone who is vulnerable willing to give some advise in entering college?

Be 100% sure you are picking a field you want to be in and feel passionate about. So many people have degrees and don't use them (myself included) because for whatever reason they got a degree in the wrong field for them. Also, it is not like high school at all; you mostly have to teach yourself and be disciplined in reading and learning the material. Don't joke around. Get as much out of it as possible (after all, it is expensive and doing it a second time around isn't as easy.)Can someone who is vulnerable willing to give some advise in entering college?
Yeah, save your money and don't! It has become a worthless racket over the past decade or so. Unless you're absolutely passionate about what you are going for or you plan on continuing on through grad school it's worthless. Today everyone and their dog has an undergraduate degree. The college thing was great for the Baby Boomers, which is why they still tout the now mythical benefits of going to college. This is not only NOT your grandfather's world, it's not even your dad's world anymore, and if you have an older brother the odds are good that it's not even his world anymore considering how quickly everything changes. Look at the big picture (globalization, technology, moore's law, etc) and balance it with the micro picture (your life, dreams, etc) and make the best decision you can. Take everyone else's advice with a grain of salt (especially Baby Boomers!) as their perspective is based on an ancient civilization which was summarized as birth, school, job, marriage, kids, retirement, death. You'll be fine so long as you follow the route that you deem the one that best supports your authentic passion. And if you don't know what that is yet, wait. And in the meantime, just keep going, keep living and you will know when you know. Don't force it, and as you live and breath don't let anyone else force you towards anything that doesn't resonate in your bones. Stay away from the Boomer myth that life is a journey or you'll pay by wasting your precious time chasing an ever elusive abstraction dangling invisibly out in front of you. Life isn't a journey. Life is music. Never have I seen a passionate musician whose sole purpose of performance was to race to the end.





Now I have no idea what you're asking specifically, nor do I know how my blathering could in anyway have given you something to run with. Nevertheless, the only thing I know is that the best decision I ever made in my entire life was listening to and following my authentic inner voice. Learn when to say yes, but more importantly, how, and when to say No.





Good luck Maestro.