Can someone explain to me the whole thing about college?

Question

(im 15 btw) ok like what are bachelors gegrees or ged or w/e i dont get it and what degrees are htere and what are they good for... and stuff

Answer 1

Okay, I'm sure someone has beat me to this already, but here goes:

GED = Genderal Education Degree - Usually reserved for High School drop outs. Not very good to have on your resume...consider fast food your life long career.

Bachelors Degree - 4 year degree from an accredited college...like University of "Insert State Name". This is a great degree to start out with...the better the school, the better the degree looks on your resume...the better job you end up landing.

Now, if you're part of the 1% of the population that has some kind of far out, greater than anything talent at making money doing what you love (painting art, inventing the light bulb, or whatever)...you can forgot all education and start building a business right now....

Be forewarned though, 80% of all start-ups fail in the first year of operation.

Lesson: Go to school, get a good job, and go from there.

At 15 years old, you best have your grades in order....if you don't....quit screwing around...you'll regret it for the rest of your life.

Answer 2

That's a more complicated question than you probably realize. Here's the reality that a lot of people probably won't tell you (and I say this as a guy who not only has a degree but hires people - both with and without degrees - several times a year).

Truth #1: Academia rewards people who study more and more about less and less. That is why doctors like to specialize (a heart specialist makes a lot more than someone in family practice). If you want to get a degree it helps to know in advance what you intend to do with it.

Truth #2: A lot of people will not go to work (or stay in the line of work) that they got their degree in. I have a very dear friend who runs a high level government social service program who has a degree in zoology (not social science). She is not uncommon. At the end of the day all the degree really tells your future employer is that you started something and had the guts to finish it.

Truth #3: Your diploma and subsequent degree is important. The grades that you used to earn them are not. Your banker will not ask to see your report card. It would be incredibly unlikely that your employer will give you a better entry level wage and benefit package because you were a 4.0 student. As an employer I have never once asked an applicant what his or her grade point average was upon graduation from college or highschool.

I don't know if this helps you out or not but I doubt you'll hear this from anyone else. Good luck in your future studies.

Answer 3

GED = Graduate Equivilant Degree - it's the equivilant of a high school diploma for people who dropped out of high school. Without a high school diploma or a GED, your career potential is slim to none.

Associates Degree - A 2-year college degree

Bachelors Degree - A 4-year college degree. You "major" in a specific subject by focusing on those particular classes

Masters Degree - A degree you earn after you earn a bachelor's by taking additional classes and usually writing something called a thesis in a specialized field. Usually takes about 2-3 years if you go full-time.

Ph.D. or Doctorate - An even higher degree than a Masters Degree. Requires a few more years of classes in your chosen field. You will also write a "dissertation" - a very long paper on a very specific topic in your field. It usually must be of an original thought and must be defended in front of a panel of experts.

Juris Doctorate - Law school graduate

M.D. - Medical School graduate

The farther you go in school, the better jobs you can get. There are always exceptions to the rule of course, but usually knowledge=earning power.

Answer 4

hmm, well i'm in college right now, so i can help

a bachelors degree(4 years) will help you get the "higher" jobs, but it's becoming pretty normal for someone to have a bachelors, so to really impress, people go for the Masters(6 years) which is enough to teach at a college (probably community college, though) and to get an even better job. Above that is a Ph.d (8 years)which would technically make the receiver a doctor, but only in whatever their major was (an Art major with a Ph.D would be Dr. Sue, but could not perform surgery or anything like that)
a ged is where someone drops out of high school or fails or whatever. then they just study and take the ged test which is basically telling the world, "I don't have a high school degree, but I know the same stuff so it's just as good."
I know several people, though, who have Associates and are middle age and living pretty well. My older brother is one of them. He lives in the pricey suburbs with only an Associates (2 years of school). He said it doesn't matter what your degree is, just as long as you have one and it's in something good.
make sure that whatever you choose, you pick a major and a degree that fits who you are and your interests.

Answer 5

As far as I am concerned you need to start with deciding what you want to do with your life and decide if college is necessary for that - not the other way around (and go to college and then look for a career).

A Bachelors degree is a 4 year degree, an Associates degree is 2 years. GED is a Graduation Equivalent Degree (at test you can take to graduate high school instead of the usual route) and w/e is work experience (you can get college credit by taking tests, based upon your work experience - but you still have to pay for those credits, you just save the time).

People feel like you make more money the more education you have. That may be true, but I have never gone to college and I have never been upset about that. I did a lot of work with Temp Agencies to learn about the corporate world and free training of specific computer skills - and that coupled with a couple years of full time experience gave me the start I needed to work for myself. I've been self employed for 10 years now.

So decide what you want to do and then find out if you need college for it. To do that, you can call the HR department of a firm you might want to work for and get information that way. The only schooling I strongly, strongly recommend is a typing class and get comfortable with public speaking.

Peace!

Answer 6

An associates degree is what you can get for going to college for 2 years.

A bachelor's degree is what you can get if you go to college for 4 years.

You can get an associates degree called an AA, or an AS (associate of arts, or associate of sciences) and a bachelors degree is the same. You can get a BA or a BS degree. A teacher would have an BA, and a chemist would have a BS.

A GED is the 'equivalent' of a high school diploma, but trust me...having a high school diploma is better than a GED! A GED is a test you take, and if you pass it...you get a certificate saying you have an equal education to a high school diploma. The real thing is always better!

Answer 7

A bachelor's degree takes four years of full time college work. The student majors in something such as business administration, chemistry, nursing, or whatever career they want. GED stands for general equivlancy diploma and is not a college degree. Instead, a GED means the person has passed a test demonstrating that he or she knows the general equivalent of the basics that are taught in high school. People who do not finish high school sometimes get a GED. But many colleges require a high school diploma and will not take a student with a GED.

Answer 8

College is set to further your education beyond high school. There are different levels of college degree's. Associates = 2 yrs
Bachlor's = 4 yrs and so on. GED is equivialnt to a high school degree. Although some job opportunities will not hire you based on no high school diploma!

College is good to acheive a higher paying job and a better chance for success!

Answer 9

Hon, lets just say that you want a job................you make a little paper called a "resume' " that explains what work you've done. The diplomas and degrees, bachelors, masters, docsons, all of them, make the people owning the business want to hire you. Degrees open more doors and jobs to be available for yah. Lets just say:

No degrees= BAD. NO JOB.
LOTS of degrees=GOOD. MORE JOBS.

Have you ever heard the saying "more degrees than a thermometer"? I suggest going for Masters.

Oh yeah. Here's a video. FUNNY!!! Sorry, I'm an X Men freak:

heres a funny vid:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4y8v7kkpQm4

It's about Magnete (from X Men) getting a resume!

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Answer 10

degrees look good on your resumes and transcripts. first some people complete education at college for an AA degree, then transfer to a different college to complete more education for a BA degree, then if more education may be required, a Masters to a Doctrine are completed. Depends what one would like to do in their life. a diploma is essentially better than a GED.