Should I still go to college, even though I don't know what to do yet?

Hi Jacob,

I worked in higher education for the past 8 years, the first 2 years are General Education courses, they are Gen Ed core classes that are applicable to every degree path. For example: math, science, communication, etc. So, you will have 2 years to figure out your path, plus schools often have exploratory communities where you can pick a path to explore like Business and they will help you to explore that as a potential pathway. Many students change their major 2-3 times as there are so many options! However, if you utilize your resources at college, like advisors, the explore center, etc. then you will have a good idea after the first 2 years. You can also consider going to community college first, an Associate's degree is the first 2 years of a 4 year degree. You can choose to have a General Education degree for the Associate's or at a university for the first 2 years (where you don't pick a major, you just knock out your required classes for any degree) or you can pick a "flavored" degree like business. It's really the Junior/Senior year where you get your meat and potatoes for your degree. I hope this helps.

Here are some interesting sites to visit, which will help you to look at your individual situation:

Value of College

https://medium.com/the-mission/the-value-of-the-college-degree-is-crashing-heres-how-to-fix-it-cd7a1e116396

Should You Go To College

https://medium.com/the-mission/high-school-is-over-should-you-go-to-college-b5b6db6f6712

My Biggest Regret: Going to College

https://medium.com/the-mission/my-biggest-regret-in-life-going-to-college-ef2068f179cf

If you choose to go to college, it really does not matter what school you attend, as the most important factors are how well you do with the school work, which is an indication to an employer about what kind of employee you will be, and the effort that you put forth in your networking to set up networking connections that will help you throughout your education/career journey. Here is an important video for you to watch: ## http://www.ted.com/talks/julie_lythcott_haims_how_to_raise_successful_kids_without_over_parenting?utm_campaign=social&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_content=talk&utm_term=education ##