| Is a university degree worth more than the paper it is | | | | your fellow students. There could be people on your |
| written on? Many believe so, while others think you | | | | lecture from many different nations, all bringing their |
| can get just as far if you have been to a community | | | | culture into the mix. |
| college. Let's weigh up some of the facts and see | | | | The only community colleges that have anywhere |
| what the difference really is. | | | | near this kind of diversity are the ones in the larger, |
| While having a university degree doesn't guarantee | | | | multi ethnic cities. Like New York for example. |
| employment, it certainly improves your chances. As | | | | Community colleges tend to attract students from the |
| those with a degree tend to go for careers in the | | | | local vicinity, so there isn't the diverse cultural mix that |
| higher earnings bracket, a good standard of living will | | | | exists at universities. If you want to experience |
| be your reward for all those years of studying. | | | | different cultures first hand, then living on campus with |
| Living on campus and experiencing that whole student | | | | the students from those backgrounds is by far the |
| lifestyle is a major plus form going to college. As you | | | | best way to do it. |
| still live at home when attending a community college, | | | | The evenings are a huge part of life at a university. |
| you are effectively missing out on one of the biggest | | | | They take great pride in the entertainment that they |
| adventures in your life. | | | | have to offer their students, and heading for a theater |
| This plays a big part in deciding to go to a university | | | | or an art exhibition with your peers is a great |
| instead of a community college. The chance to live | | | | experience. This just doesn't exist at a community |
| with others of the same age and be independent is | | | | college, yes you can make new friends but it will just |
| inspiring. This is the making of a lot of kids, and the time | | | | be like high school when you have to think up things to |
| when they become adults. | | | | do. |
| Another plus from going to university is the diversity of | | | | |