Is college necciccary?

Question

ok so my parents whant me to go to collage and become a dentist, is like four years REALLY neccicarie? i mean it seems like a ling time!!

Answer 1

haha nice spelling, ok in my view i would have to say college is a VERY smart thing to do, people hire people with better educations

Answer 2

College is not necessary. But I highly recommend it. There are successful people out there without college education, but they aren't plentiful. I've worked in a variety of organizations and consulted for many more. I can count on one hand the number of people in positions of authority and affluence that did not have a college education.

That said, you want to be prepared for college. Becoming a denist requires four years of undergrad and then a graduate degree as well. It is a long haul. And if you don't want to be a denist then you shouldn't. College can give you time to think about what you would like to do and allow the opportunity to investigate a number of areas. But you also want to have the maturity to take college seriously. Sometimes working for a year or two is the answer. But don't get caught up in it. When you are making money and are independent, it feels great, but getting married, having kids and the like force you into greater responsibility. It becomes harder and harder to finish college in that situation. And the job you would have would likely barely get you by. My family is a case study with this. I went to college and I have a career and will be a bridge for my children and their children. My sister, who had college scholarships, decided to work, get married and have a family. She is very successful as a mother, but she and her husband struggle. (He went to a year of college and dropped out, so you have to be prepared to go). I would consider college and decide for yourself what you want to do. By the way, my college years were some of the best of my life.

Answer 3

Yes, college is necessary. (Please use spell check next time you post) It does matter what you want to be however. Not what your parents want, what you want. Talk to your parents and maybe they will let you have a gap year. That way you could find out what the real world is all about. 4 years is not so very long but if you decide to be a dentist that will only get you started. It will take at least another 4 after college before you can get out of dental school.

Answer 4

My thanks to others who razz your spelling, but here's a serious answer:

I see students in my college courses whose parents made them go to college. Most of them work hard to prove that their parents were wrong; they waste money and time, they flunk out.

Then in a few years they mature, realize that a college program is essential, but they already have a horrible GPA and may have to go through re-admission or academic probation or academic amnesty or some such program, and their transcript forever will record how rebellious and foolish they were in their youth.

Do you personally want to be a dentist? It requires four years of college (probably in pre-med), followed by a strenuous admission process to dental school for about 3 more years of courses, followed by other requirements for license to practice dentistry in your state. This is a long hard slog, and if you don't find a degree of fulfillment in carefully fitting crowns, doing a painless root canal, and surgically treating advanced peritonitis, then you'll have a rather unhappy life.

For you personally, if you don't really know what career would give you a fulfilling life--I'm talking about a job that you're happy to go to in the morning because you like the work itself almost as much as the pay and bennies--then go to your nearest community college, get into their career development office, and let them advise you. They'll almost always do that for free--it's community service, and it also helps them recruit students.

When you have identified a career that you would love, then you can work with those career development experts to determine the right course of education to get into it. Who knows--it might say that dentistry is your bliss! Or maybe it will say that you are absolutely suited for landscaping and you need to get an entry level job with an established company, let them train you in the actual physical and design parts of the work, and take some night courses in business so eventually you can own your own company.

Or any of a thousand other professions, I'm just fishing up a couple of the possibilities.

Go ahead and call Mom 'n' Dad over to the computer and show them what this old college professor is telling you! Requiring you to go to college for a career you're not sold on is a mistake. Requiring you to choose an honest career is the correct first step, and when you have an idea of your future, you'll get enthusiastic about it.

Like Dr. Phil says, I want you to get excited about your life.

BTW, I am in serious doubt that "editor" will be a career option for you (sorry, couldn't resist one final dig at the spelling).

Answer 5

To become a dentist, you would have to go to college for eight years.

Answer 6

yes it is if u really wants to make the money u want to its very important and u can take the 3 semester course and it will only take u about 2 1/2 to 3 years

Answer 7

Um, it's going to be a lot longer than 4 years if you are going to be a dentist.
You might want to concentrate on learning English first...

Answer 8

No, it's not necciccary. You could become a dentist now if you wanted to.

Answer 9

college might help you, but I'd suggest another year of spelling in high school

Answer 10

No, it isn't; at least not for a genius like you!