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Yeah, I'd take the money. I would get around 50k back. I've learned more of value outside of a university. Unless I had a computer science or engineering degree, it's not worth it to me. I would instead take a few classes that I wanted to take at a trade school. My BA classes were basically like advanced high school classes. I need real skills, not fluff that will get me a so so office job. What has benefited me the most and will allow me to run a successful business for 20+ years was learned from a trade school, a book, my own time experimenting and connections I made. I could now turn that 50k to 100+k a year.
I'd trade the degree and get the 40K back and go to a trade school for a few years and then go out and work. No need to spend all that money on useless knowledge. But hey, you live and learn.
I'd trade the degree and get the 40K back and go to a trade school for a few years and then go out and work. No need to spend all that money on useless knowledge. But hey, you live and learn.
College was like a glorified highschool for me. Unless you are going to do a profession, such as nursing, law, engineering, then you are just taking advance high school classes. Do I really need to learn Biology and History in college again? Nope. High School and my own lifetime learning should make me well rounded enough.
I need skills that pay $$$$ and not to pay $$$$ for useless knowledge. That can be gotten for free at the library. Really, a certificate in welding or plumbing would have done me better for 1/4 the cost.
Nope. My yearly salary is 3x my cost in education and while that hurts, I couldn't give up the job and future employment. Since my loans paid for living expenses only, in hind sight I could have made due with less. But, I was pretty poor as a student.
Most of my degree was paid for by scholarships, with the exception. However, I wish I would have made a better choice in majors.
No, I wouldn't take a refund, but I would exchange it for a more useful degree.
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