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Woah! Cool! How did you change the font of your name like that?
Lol mad relevant.
But anyway my girlfriend is in grad school and I only have a HS diploma. My other friend on the other hand won't date guys who don't at least have a bachelor's degree. So I guess some do and some don't care.
I don't have a massive academic record, just an undergrad degree in health study. Do women 25 and under even care about such a thing? It seems to me that looks and social status are what prevails in young western women's minds when it comes to dating.
It depends on what women you're hanging out with. If you're going after highschool drop-outs or those who didn't go to college, you may be right, i don't know. Most college women (not all, but most) look for a partner with equal or more education, though that's beginning to change. This isn't China.
Oh, oops! I forgot--you're not Chinese. You're the guy who used to post here as "northfleet". My bad!
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It depends on what women you're hanging out with. If you're going after highschool drop-outs or those who didn't go to college, you may be right, i don't know. Most college women (not all, but most) look for a partner with equal or more education, though that's beginning to change. This isn't China.
Oh, oops! I forgot--you're not Chinese. You're the guy who used to post here as "northfleet". My bad!
It depends on where you're living. In a major city, yes, but again, not as much as in your home country. Asians put huge emphasis on education, parents start saving even before the kid is even born. Westerners not so much, which is why they're falling behind economically and academically. Still, a degree definitely helps, especially if the rest of the guys she's dated have it. You'll need it to make the baseline in that case.
It depends on where you're living. In a major city, yes, but again, not as much as in your home country. Asians put huge emphasis on education, parents start saving even before the kid is even born. Westerners not so much, which is why they're falling behind economically and academically. Still, a degree definitely helps, especially if the rest of the guys she's dated have it. You'll need it to make the baseline in that case.
I think jewish put huge emphasis on education too. All my girlfriend's relatives are well educated.
I don't have a massive academic record, just an undergrad degree in health study. Do women 25 and under even care about such a thing? It seems to me that looks and social status are what prevails in young western women's minds when it comes to dating.
I'm curious, in what way are you wanting women to value your bachelor's degree that they're not? It's not something that's going to automatically make women want you, if that's what you were expecting. Maybe that's more likely to be the case in countries where a lower percentage of the population get college degrees? I'm not sure.
I will say from my personal experience as an average-looking but highly-educated guy in the U.S., I had way more success with women in my late 20's and 30's than I did in my early 20's. I'm not sure how much of that had to do with women starting to value what I had to offer as they got older vs. me just getting better at dating, though. Probably a little of each.
I'm not sure I understand what you mean. Are you asking if they care about their own education, or the education of a potential partner?
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I think it's pretty obvious that American women on average care pretty highly about their own education level, based on the number who go to college, grad school, and professional school. There are more women than men graduating from U.S. medical schools now.
People also tend to end up with people who have similar education levels, so most (though not all) of those women with graduate degrees will eventually end up with someone who at least has a bachelor's degree.
In their early 20's, though, most people are still having fun and figuring out what they want from life. They're less likely to be focused on finding a compatible life partner at that age. Perhaps this is a difference between the East and West that you're seeing?
I think jewish put huge emphasis on education too.
For sure.
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