A College Dream Ends Too Soon - Newsweek - Page 2

Kick ass that's almost as same as my majors, cept mine is microbio and mathematics

This is exactly my situation. It's weird because it's foreshadowing what might happen.
The only difference is that I went to community college for two years. My money will run out after my first semester as a third year at UC Berkeley.


I bet some readers of Newsweek will help him get back into college.

Any other Cal students here?

That could be my story, except I went to community college first, then went to Berkeley for two years and graduated.

Juang - Berkeley has given me a tremendous boost in prestige just on the name recognition alone. When you do get the ability to get a job, you might regret not attending UCLA.

A degree means different things to different people. Some want to fit in, some want to continue their education at the highest level. Being able to get a degree from Berkeley is a great accomplishment for anybody.

Good luck to her, I hope she can go back soon, and I'm sure she will.

Go bears!

You have a point there, however, to some of us there's the need to bring money to the house while studying. Putting "all your eggs" in one basket is not a good choice when you don't know if you'll be able to make money with your degree.

I got accepted back in 2002 and now (2009) I'm still without status. Can you image how much money I would had invested and "lost" if I had attended to UCLA and gotten a degree in anything? And the worse part would be that stupid degree would be gathering dust in my dirty closet (like my AS degree is doing today) while I would be a dishwasher in a fancy restaurant.

Yes, my AS degree is hidden somewhere, but at least I'm making money out of it. Once I become "legal" I would still be able to use it, and better yet, I would be able to get a job with a better salary in a bigger company.

This is a "win-win" situation for me.

I guess it all comes down to your "priorities". For me, my priority was being able to get an ok job even without papers. Others may have other priorities.