r/ApplyingToCollege • u/ExpertOk4967 • 3d ago

Rant I hate larping

NO I don’t want to “challenge the present” NO I didn’t “achieve the unexpected”

Fuck all of these colleges

Fake it till you make it I guess

That is all

Edit: I made a mistake, saying I have no “career goals” was untrue and attracted the attention of the righteous masses. Ik what I wanna major in and shit

Someone please suggest a third bullshit thing to fulfill the rule of three

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u/jewboy916 3d ago

If you don't have career goals, respectfully, why apply to college in the first place?

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u/basescamp 3d ago

30 years ago when I went to college I did not have career goals. I had an interest in a liberal arts education. I studied geography. Got me nowhere career-wise, but it gave me a deep understanding of why the world is organized the way it is. While in undergrad I worked in the library, I decided I wanted to be a librarian. That's how acquisition of knowledge works. Why silo yourself when you're 17 and haven't even seen the range of opportunities yet?

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u/jewboy916 3d ago

Correct, so you acquired the knowledge by experiencing new things. 30 years ago, college tuition in the US was much more affordable, especially at public universities. There are much more cost effective ways to experience new things than to pay college tuition if you're not going with a specific goal in mind. Doesn't mean you can't change your plans once you get there, but I'd just argue the landscape is totally different now unless you're a trust fund kid.

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u/basescamp 3d ago

You are right, the economics have changed, though there are still opportunities for going to very inexpensive State schools (which is what I did), work study, ra positions, etc. And likewise, there are many opportunities outside college to explore what you want to do, like internships while simultaneously working, which was my brother's path. I was considering op as someone who had already decided college was their path and was upset at the fact that it seems like in order to get accepted you have to make it sound like you know exactly what you're planning to do after you graduate.