Comments on: Is a College Degree Necessary For Success? http://personalfinancebythebook.com/college-degree-necessary-for-success/ Making You a Winner at Money and Life Sat, 31 Jul 2010 19:08:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Carnival of Personal Finance #217: The French Money Quotes Edition — Almost Frugal- a frugal blog http://personalfinancebythebook.com/college-degree-necessary-for-success/comment-page-1/#comment-140 Carnival of Personal Finance #217: The French Money Quotes Edition — Almost Frugal- a frugal blog Mon, 10 Aug 2009 11:24:36 +0000 http://personalfinancebythebook.com/?p=203#comment-140 [...] Plemon from Personal Finance By The Book presents Is a College Degree Necessary for Success?, and says, “Quick: What do Bill Gates, Richard Branson and Michael Dell have in common? All [...] [...] Plemon from Personal Finance By The Book presents Is a College Degree Necessary for Success?, and says, “Quick: What do Bill Gates, Richard Branson and Michael Dell have in common? All [...]

]]> By: Peter http://personalfinancebythebook.com/college-degree-necessary-for-success/comment-page-1/#comment-127 Peter Sat, 08 Aug 2009 20:59:17 +0000 http://personalfinancebythebook.com/?p=203#comment-127 Great article - I completely agree that people have began to worship a degree to a level that if you don't have one - or if you didn't go to the right ivy league school, that you aren't going to succeed. some of the smartest people I know aren't college graduates and have done extremely well. That said I still believe education is important - although I think a lot of people would be better served by going to a trade school, schools with in state tuition, etc. Why saddle yourself with 40-70k in debt right off the bat if you don't have to? .-= Peter´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/BibleMoneyMatters/~3/FDH1ybesa_M/introduction-to-peer-to-peer-lending-signing-up-to-use-lending-club.html" rel="nofollow">Introduction To Peer-To-Peer Lending: Signing Up To Use Lending Club</a> =-. Great article – I completely agree that people have began to worship a degree to a level that if you don’t have one – or if you didn’t go to the right ivy league school, that you aren’t going to succeed. some of the smartest people I know aren’t college graduates and have done extremely well.

That said I still believe education is important – although I think a lot of people would be better served by going to a trade school, schools with in state tuition, etc. Why saddle yourself with 40-70k in debt right off the bat if you don’t have to?
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