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Long story short, in a program where i am on track to receive my associates degree before I graduate which is wonderful and i have no problem with(even though im spread thin with AP courses at my hs). One of the perks with this program is that if you get the associates degree(simply pass all classes), then you get a full scholarship t receive a bachelors degree at the college. This is wonderful but the only problem is that the college is one of those colleges that people say they don't want to end up going to. Teachers even like to threaten students with remarks like "you'll end up going to the college next door if you keep getting these terrible grades". The school has a 92% acceptation rate, they don't turn anyone down. As you may have imagined, this college isn't Yale or Harvard.

Before i learned about this, i planned on going to digipen, a college that focuses on computer science and video game development which is also a private college. The tuition is 157104 which is pretty high. The guys who made portal come from there and the building is the old xbox hq. They seem to be fairly respected in the gaming industry which is where i wish to end up. Im only using digipen as an example, there are MUCH cheaper schools that i am considering within my state or city that are Good colleges but im trying to give you an idea of the two spectrum that exist with my options (paid but good, or free but shit). So the QUESTION I WANT ANSWERED is: Which option will lead to superior financial success?

Please assume i will get a job that matches my major/requires a degree, just throw out the whole 'college is useless' argument, i do recognize it, but i also decide to turn a blind eye to it.

Ahh lol was not aware but anyway help this kid out.

i don't know shit about the gaming industry and anything IT related though



basically, the college you go to generally correlates with your intelligence level. this is why people who go to top colleges get the top jobs - because of a perceived level of intelligence. they are harder to get into and much more rigorous as a whole. you will always be qualified for any job you apply to if you can say "I graduated from Georgetown," or whatever the top college is. you will always have a leg up in applications than someone who went to "Generic State University."

it largely depends on your intended career path, though. the three main fields which benefit greatly from college prestige are: banking, law, and business, in that order. some fields are exclusively limited to graduates from the top colleges, like investment banking. you won't even get an interview is your college isn't top 25 in the nation. someone from the top school can get any job the person from the average school can get, but the person from the average school can't get any job that the person from the top school can.

then there is the financial question. how much is a name worth? you'll still learn how to be a damn good computer guy wherever you go. is the $200,000+ for a top school really worth it? like i said, i don't know much about the computer industry and do not know how competitive it is to get into. top grades at an average school will definitely get you far in life. the next best thing from saying you went to a top college is saying you got a 3.8+. will you get a 3.8 at a much more competitive school? there's no point in going to Harvard if you're going to get a 2.5.

just some thoughts.

Thank you! My grades aren't good enough to get into places like harvard, i dont like to make excuses but i will say that i have very rigorous courses (5 ap's and 4 classes at the college) so im probably more likely to get into a more intermediate college. then again my hs career isn't over, i can still get my grades up(im a junior).

At the end of the day most colleges teach the same stuff in order for you to be rewarded the degree so one isn't going to be harder than the other by too much (I know this because my friend is in a shit college and I'm in a good one yet we're learning the same stuff). I'd go for the higher costing one though since a good name on your degree will more than likely stand out compared to some college the employer will have to search up on rather than knowing straight away.

Same degree, different college, who cares, get free education!