[judgementday]

I myself am currently working on a 2 year degree in Business Management. After High School I was on a path to attend Law School and then life got in the way. Now I am trying to make up for my mishaps.

With that being said, I work in education at the University of Kentucky on the medical school side of things. I started from the bottom and worked my way up to where I am now without a degree because of my hard work and willingness to learn and take on new responsibilities. I make a decent living (if I didn't have a family) but I am nowhere near the goal I set coming out of High School.

Speaking from my experiences dealing with medical/college students, my advice to anyone is to obtain a degree and it doesn't matter which school it is from. If it pertains to the career choice you have decided upon then great, if not, don't worry about it. And do not worry about going to an expensive, well known college unless it has been a dream of yours to go there, it will not make a differencein the end. The department I used to work for, the administrator pulled in 6 figures a year and had a 4 year degree in engineering. Had nothing to do with the job he had. On that note, because of the policies of our institution, I could not be interviewed for a Clinical Director position because I didn't have a 4 year degree even though the Medical Director wanted to offer me the job. I could have had a 4 year degree in ballroom dancing and I would have gotten the job. So to put it in perspective, the difference of me not having a degree compared to if I had achieved one was about 40K per year.

So in the end, go to school, get a degree, find a job you enjoy even if it isn't in the field of your schooling. You may have to start at the bottom but eventually it will work out in the end.