Why is it so important to get into a good college?

It is not important to get into a great college (like Ivy League), but getting into a good college and graduating in the top 50% of the class will open more doors to interviews and help you rise to the top in a company faster. Any of the Top 200-250 Schools in the US tend to look better on your resume.

Well strictly speaking, the way our world works with the technology and communications that are possible, it probably would only make a small difference in your strictly classroom learning what school you go to. However it is the extras you can get through a certain university that make the difference.

Say you go to a research university. They will have libraries full of resources for you to use in your studies. Plus many of the leading people in their fields will be based out a research university (very important for for something near the cutting edge like engineering)

Then there is the benefits of going to a big university. They will most likely have more money and therefore better and more advanced equipment available for your use.

You should also look into the specific majors offered at these colleges. Some only offer a bachelors or minor in the field you want. You might also want to consider if they offer a bachelors and degrees beyond that if you want to continue with that particular major. Do you want to switch schools after your bachelors or will you even want to go on?

Then there is the big factor of name recognition and the aura that surrounds that school. Ask yourself: If you were going to have an extremely risky medical procedure done would you want the doctor from Harvard Medical School or the community college down the street??

But no matter what it all boils down to what you want. U need to narrow it down soon so you can start making college visits and stuff like that. Seeing and being on campus is what's really going help you decide. A big part of the decision will be how you feel. Do u like the campus? Will you feel safe? Are the teachers personable? Can you see yourself there?

To be perfectly honest, potential employers could care less what was the name of the college you went to. Sure, they might be impressed with a name-brand college on your resume for a little while, but eventually what it comes down to is whether or not you are truly qualified for the position and the skill-set you take away from your four years of college. There are plenty of cheaper, public four-year colleges and universities that offer you the same (if not sometimes better) quality education than most of these more expensive universities, not to say that aren't definitely exceptions. Another factor that comes into play is the field of study you want to enter, and what college offers the best program for you. Do your research. It'll pay off. Best of luck to your college search and don't give up!

The true answer is this: college is the last strep in your preparation as an obedient slave joining the slave workforce of the world. It is usually nothing more than part of the interview process of a corporation, they don't care what you learned in college, they just care that you've conformed to the system.

Your parents are slaves as well and raised you to be a slave, that is why college counts, your are the 99% that will slave your life away working for the 1% who rule the world, and you.

Like you said yourself, what college you go to is not the biggest issue AFTER you join the workforce. However, graduating from a good college or not really affect your chances of getting yourself a better "first job". Because that's the last place you want to end up with, a bad "first job".

I think besides all those reasons, you'd want to get a good education for your money. You don't want to end up in a school that has limited resources and crappy teachers. I've felt the effects of having a teacher that is incompetent, and even though I passed the class, I feel like I was cheated out of my money because I did not learn the subject thoroughly.

Heres the short answer. It depends.

It depends on what job field you go in to. It depends on where you live. It depends on what company you want to work for.

1 or 2 jobs after college they may not care as much where you went, BUT where you go WILL determine your first job and THAT JOB will determine where you go from there. If you go to a good school or a school renowned for your particular field you will probably start at a higher position or at a better company than if you went to podunk nowhere state university. The grad from the good school is starting out much higher in the career ladder than the grad from the noname school who is playing catchup his entire career.

I'll give a few examples. For a degree like engineering it really isn't going to matter that much. An engineering degree speaks for itself in terms of its difficulty to obtain, so employers aren't going to focus exclusively on one college over another. HOWEVER, some colleges have a great reputation for certain things AND have a large number of their alumni working in the region.

Civil engineering and the two Cal Poly's in California are a great example. They are known as some of the best engineering schools in the country and a huge number of their grads work in southern california. That definitely gives Cal Poly graduates a leg up on the competition when it comes time to find a job because chances are someone at the company went to Cal Poly.

Another huge example is the business world and the big fortune 500 companies or tech companies that work with the fortune 500. These companies tend to only recruit from universities they know and respect. The one obvious extreme of this is the Ivy league schools but we already know their graduates typically have it made so we won't go there. But all the same, if you go to a school that big companies recruit from you definitely have a better opportunity to start your career off on the right foot.

If you go to a school with a high ranking business/accounting program and Deloitte, KPMG, and PwC recruit from there, you have the opportunity to be starting several steps higher in the corporate ladder than someone with the exact same degree from a no name school. You might start at 50k in the accounting department while the grad from the noname school is only making 35k working for some tiny mom and pop local accounting firm. Then when it comes time to move up or switch companies you are going to be better placed because of where you already worked.

From an accounting/business perspective, if you're an Audit Associate or Audit Senior at a Big 4 firm you are much more qualified for higher positions or promotions than you would be if you were just an "accountant" at some small local firm. Sure you can still move up from that small firm, but you'll be playing catch up for your entire career. The guy who started his career out at a big 4 firm could probably easily move to a smaller firm and be on the partner track while the grad who started at a tiny local firm will struggle just to get their foot in the door at a bigger company.

But of course if you major in something stupid like liberal arts or english or a foreign language its not going to matter one bit. No one in this job market is looking for those skills or degrees so it doesnt matter if its from the best school in the state or the worst, you still will have one heck of a time finding a job.

the world values prestige so ya it does matter unfortunately because people have prejudice and judgements about it. Id go for a good college but dont go for community college, depends on what you want to do! Make a good plan and work towards your dreams!

You are an unknown.

Why would a boss hire you over the 10,000 other applicants?

What will you have done, by the time you are 22, to prove that you are worth the investment in time and money?

What skills will you have and how do you prove you have them?

Yeah it's huge! People who go to a good college have better education and will get a better/higher paying job, than if you go to a community college.