Don’t need to be top of the class to have a good career

You didn’t graduate valedictorian from high school. You may have just barely graduated.  Don’t let the fact that you may not have finished at the top of the class determine your life’s success.  We are told that to be successful you’ve got to go to a top school. Counselors encourage that you study at the big university with the NCAA sports teams and the crazy mascots or even the Ivy League schools. This is the only path to success. This is simply not the case. You can attend any accredited school and get the degree you need to start a successful career. And if you feel you need more, you can move on to that university for more specialized master’s and doctorate degrees if your heart so desires.

If you play it smart you and choose a career path in high demand, you can easily get a job after graduation making over 50k and year. What schools am I talking about? I’m talking about the same schools you see commercials of everyday. The one’s with the cheesy actors telling you to get up and do something with your life.

These school’s catch a bad rap for no reason other than they’re not the traditional university or ivy schools. They’re associates and especially bachelor’s degrees are just as good.  How do I know this?  I know because I have experienced both worlds first hand.
When I left high school I got accepted into one the best state funded technology schools. When I got there I couldn’t stand it. The professors were too concerned about their research and the earlier classes were built to fail students to “weed out” the freshman class. The concept of weeding out students never made since to me. Why accept students and then try to fail them out of the school? To make a quick buck perhaps?
In any case I never liked the school and decided to look else were for an education and I wanted to complete it fast.  I wanted to get hands on experience and develop a relationship with my professors. I eventually chose (any school here).  You may be thinking I couldn’t have possibly been successful with a degree from (school name).  That’s the reaction I got from a lot of my friends.
The better reaction was when I landed a job at Siemens before I graduated starting salary of 60K. Most were getting jobs in the low 50’s if they could even get one.

Your story could be the same if you’re ready to focus.  In this economy the unemployment rate for a job seeker without a degree is much higher. But you have to take the first step, take some time to at least sign up for more information from one of these schools to get the ball rolling. Some action is better than no action. Start by trying the wizard in the admissions.com banner below and choosing a field that interests you. I would not choose a business degree unless I at least had another degree to back it up.

I repeat you best bet is to choose a field that you have some interest in that is in high demand which are the technology, engineering and medical related fields. Give it a shot and in an attempt to sound just as cheesy as those commercials, your future really does start here.  Mine did and I couldn’t be happier.

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