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Having a degree and being intelligent/smart doesn't necessarily correlate. So, her not having a degree wouldn't be a deal-breaker depending on her other qualities.
It does not make difference to me, but I am a guy. I have a 4 year degree. My estimate is that a 4 year degree would be prerequisite for 25% of men and 60% of women.
I have a Bachelor's and my first two serious relationships after college were with guys who did not have a college degree. I think most of the men I dated since have had a 4-year degree or more; however, this really was not an issue or requirement for me.
Yes, it almost always mattered to me, or at least some evidence of education, whether formal or autodidactic. There were definitely few exceptions. The ex before my husband is a self-taught software developer, and I also previously, very briefly, dated a self-taught video game developer. Neither have bachelors degrees and both make well into six figures, with the former having worked at Blizzard.
My husband went to UCSB and studied engineering before deciding it wasn't for him, transferred to Sac State and got his AA in Liberal Studies. The more he focused on BJJ the less he focused on getting his bachelors degree. In about 3-5 years we're looking to move so he can open his own school.
I give immense credit and praise to self-learners and those who clearly are both intelligent and educated. When I first reentered the dating scene I was returning to school to complete my undergrad, and I dated men with graduate and professional degrees who took no issue with it.
I just prefer that he would be doing something that contributed to society and not sitting on his butt.
I am in school going for my bachelor's but I don't require that he has one....as long as he is doing something productive with his life and knows how to take care of himself.
Having a degree and being intelligent/smart doesn't necessarily correlate. So, her not having a degree wouldn't be a deal-breaker depending on her other qualities.
I lost count how many people with degrees got a simple OKC question wrong: "Which is bigger, the sun or the Earth?"
Many answered Earth. I've also come across a number of degree holders that can't spell or write for sh*t, or have gaps in logic and critical thinking. So, no, college education does not correlate with intelligence or even "education." Some learners do the bare minimum to get by or fail to apply themselves.
This question was part of my litmus test. C'mon, that should be basic knowledge. For me, I was/am most compatible with STEM folks, and a few within my own field. These people tended to have degrees or were exceptionally intelligent and educated in their field of study.
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