formal qualifications. But is it true? Aren’t some college drop-outs like Bill Gates and Richard Branson hugely successful icons of success? And should we automatically consider the millions of young people who have not had the opportunity to gain academic certificates to be failures in life? Success never depends upon grades. If success and opportunities were measured by grades then the corporate world and potential marriage partners would not ask for biodata in résumés‚ where other qualifications
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points of view regarding going to college and earns a college degree. Some people say that college degree is not important‚ others says that it is important to each person. Nowadays‚ college degree is important to the person’s life‚ and it gives the person several positive things which affect their future life in a better way. Therefore‚ going to college and gets a degree is important. To begin with‚ most of the people who have a college degree have better jobs. According to the U.S government info web
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How Earning A Degree Will Change My Life Earning a degree will change my life‚ and my children’s life in many ways. A degree would help us in this economic downturn. I have been working at Village Inn as a server for a year now‚ and while it pays the bills‚ there is no room to go on vacation‚ or go out to eat ourselves. There are no emergency funds set aside. Our economy may be getting better; however I do not believe I can get a head working at Village Inn. I will continue skating by‚ or
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short term (say 5 years) academic goals? I’d say one of my short term academic goal would be to graduate high school in the “Top Ten” of my class. The next thing I would do would be to go college‚ and earn a B.S. either in health science or psychology with an emphasis in a physician’s assistant or a program designed for aspiring physician assistants. It depends on the college I would attend. I would then apply to a graduate school where I would receive a Master’s degree‚ learn how to care for patients
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I am currently studying at West Lancashire College on the second year of a Foundation Degree in Computing‚ after successfully completing year one. After successfully completing a BTEC National Diploma in IT‚ I found that I wanted to further my knowledge of IT. I have not only found that I have a natural ability with computing‚ but it is something that I greatly enjoy. As a mature student I consider myself to be a hardworking‚ reliable and sensible person. I attend all classes regularly and I am always
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Your Sport Should be A Degree In the article “Why Not a College Degree in Sports?” written by Roger Pielke Jr. he discusses whether college athletes should receive a degree in their sport. He suggested that college sports should be a degree. He claims athletes will be more accountable for their grades while avoiding athletic scandals. For example‚ the University of North Carolina committed academic fraud because athletes on scholarship were receiving good grades for classes that didn’t actually exist
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Kyra Walker Professor Johnson Reading 016-12 6 October‚ 2014 What is a College Degree Worth? “What is a College Degree Worth?” by Maggie Gallagher. The overall main idea of this article is that the cost of college is going up and people is taking loans out which are putting them in debt because they have to pay them off. That is the reason why some people don’t go to college‚ I believe the author wrote the article to inform
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Through my research experiences and time spent with patients‚ intertwining my research with treating patients is a unique opportunity presented within an MD-PhD degree. Since May 2015‚ I have been simultaneously working in an optometry clinic while performing numerous genomic research projects. While walking to class or waiting in line‚ I read about the genetic basis of conditions of the eyes‚ or conditions that could be treated with Cannabis‚ which began to satisfy my need to combine research with
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Contradictory to popular believe university degree doesn’t guarantee success‚ university degrees can be tracked back to medieval times. But as the turn of the modern times more of the general public turned to the universities and colleges for degrees in all form of life. In the past a university degree was a sign of honor and intelligence. The graduate would be treated like a person of knowledge and would’ve been given a high value in society. In the 21st century where the fields of occupations
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Why am I Pursuing an MBA degree? I decided to pursue an MBA degree in order to further my managerial career in the company I work for. The question would be: Why do I think it will enhance my management career? The answer to that question requires short background information. I started my career as an entry level programmer in 2000‚ after receiving my bachelor’s degree in computer science. My career took a turn to management in 2003 when I was offered a team lead’s position with the company I
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