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dekuschrub
Profile Joined May 2008
United States2069 Posts
March 02 2010 05:52 GMT
#21
tradessss

you can always go to college later. going to college when you hate school is a disaster and youll just get a shitty degree
meaculpa
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
United States119 Posts
March 02 2010 06:07 GMT
#22
You should probably go to college. It's not at all like High School. It's not too late to try to apply to your local state school. I think just about every one will take students during all of spring if they can. If you have a score, great. If you don't, the next SAT is on the 13th, you can do a walk-in at a big test center, you'll probably get in. Otherwise next ACT is on April 10th. With your AP credits you could finish faster and pay less. Unless you just hate educational institutions in general, I think you can find a large state college to be a pleasant change from high school. Of course there is nothing wrong with any of the other options, except for the military because training to kill people sucks. But if you can do math and science, a degree in that will quickly recoup not only the explicit cost but also the opportunity cost of going to college.
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Rekrul
Profile Blog Joined November 2002
Korea (South)17174 Posts
March 02 2010 06:27 GMT
#23
On March 02 2010 12:41 Nitrogen wrote:
At the moment I am a senior in high school. I have no idea what I want to do after high school. I currently have around a 2.7 GPA (I don't really like doing homework, lol) and I haven't really applied to any colleges.

Right now, I see about three options for what I could do after high school. First of all, I could go to college. However, I really don't want to because I'm just so sick of school and everything right now. I really love physics, chemistry, and math but... I really don't want to go to school anymore. On the bright side, if I do go to college I'll have a good amount of credits completed already just from AP tests (assuming they accept them as credit), I've taken five so far and I plan on taking at least three more this year.

Another thing I've been thinking about is going to trade school and becoming a mechanic, or something along those lines. I've always loved to take stuff apart, try to fix it, rebuild it, and do things like that. I have tons of tools (it's all my dad buys for me at Christmas/my birthdays, it's pretty sick actually haha) and I love using them. Right now I'm taking apart an old engine and my dad is helping me and showing me what everything is and stuff. On top of that, I dirtbike with my dad and we always mess around with our bikes and shit and fix them up.

The last option is the military. I checked out the army's website but I don't feel like I can get very good information there considering all the stuff is talking about how great the army is, but I really don't know anything about it.

Any advice anyone could give on any of these subjects or... anything really about what I could do would be great, thanks.


i mean, judging by the way you wrote this post it seems like the trade school stuff is what you enjoy/want to do the most right now so why the hell not? just because highschools and society pressure you to go to college doesn't mean its the correct choice for everyone. military? bleh.

do what feels right and it will always work out
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QuanticHawk
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States32088 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-03-02 14:49:33
March 02 2010 14:48 GMT
#24
On March 02 2010 15:27 Rekrul wrote:
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On March 02 2010 12:41 Nitrogen wrote:
At the moment I am a senior in high school. I have no idea what I want to do after high school. I currently have around a 2.7 GPA (I don't really like doing homework, lol) and I haven't really applied to any colleges.

Right now, I see about three options for what I could do after high school. First of all, I could go to college. However, I really don't want to because I'm just so sick of school and everything right now. I really love physics, chemistry, and math but... I really don't want to go to school anymore. On the bright side, if I do go to college I'll have a good amount of credits completed already just from AP tests (assuming they accept them as credit), I've taken five so far and I plan on taking at least three more this year.

Another thing I've been thinking about is going to trade school and becoming a mechanic, or something along those lines. I've always loved to take stuff apart, try to fix it, rebuild it, and do things like that. I have tons of tools (it's all my dad buys for me at Christmas/my birthdays, it's pretty sick actually haha) and I love using them. Right now I'm taking apart an old engine and my dad is helping me and showing me what everything is and stuff. On top of that, I dirtbike with my dad and we always mess around with our bikes and shit and fix them up.

The last option is the military. I checked out the army's website but I don't feel like I can get very good information there considering all the stuff is talking about how great the army is, but I really don't know anything about it.

Any advice anyone could give on any of these subjects or... anything really about what I could do would be great, thanks.


i mean, judging by the way you wrote this post it seems like the trade school stuff is what you enjoy/want to do the most right now so why the hell not? just because highschools and society pressure you to go to college doesn't mean its the correct choice for everyone. military? bleh.

do what feels right and it will always work out


Yeah.... trade schools are usually short and relatively cheap. It doesn't permanently fuck you like getting a four year degree and deciding you hate your job. Or joining the military.

Alternatively, there is nothing wrong with working for a year and getting a handle on what you wanna do. I know some mechanics will hire kids who have an interest in things like that.

But you really, really shouldn't go to college until you feel you're ready. I blew through $10K+ and a year and a half of time doing that.
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meteorskunk
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Canada546 Posts
March 02 2010 15:15 GMT
#25
Don't forget your option of working somewhere like home depot! You get to learn how awful it is to work in retail and also expose yourself to tons of information about the true nature of a lot of trades.

Working for a year is good, you have the best motivation to choose a career ever if you don't like it. Also your brain does a lot of developing into your 20's, so you might not be as smart as you will be.
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