Cause And Effect Of Going To College

Journalist Dan Rather once said, “A college degree is the key to realizing the American Dream, well worth the financial sacrifice because it is supposed to open the door to a world of opportunity”. Today, more students go on to attend college than don’t, a statistic that wouldn’t be believed even just fifty years ago. To figure out why this has changed, we must ask what causes us to attend higher education. Foremost, social norms impact many of our behaviors. The human need to conform to others and be accepted is the main reason there are social norms and why they are followed. Today, going to college has become a social norm, so much so, that many jobs require a college degree that did not before. In the past, only highly prestigious positions careers required a degree, but now, most do. Also, with many people’s friends attending college, they try to conform. This creates an endless effect, in which more and more people end up attending

Tons of people want to expand their horizons and meet new people. As many campuses pride themselves on being diverse, it is a great place to discover other cultures and different people. More importantly, going to college is a decision based on the choice of a specific career. When someone discovers their dream career, they will do anything to achieve it. Most of the time, these dreams need a college degree. On the other hand, many students go to college as “undecided” majors. With many colleges offering upwards of one-hundred majors, college allows students to select the major and future career that will work best for them.

In short, there are many causes of why students go to college. While they may be engendered by external or internal factors, in the end, most people attend college. The effect of more students going on to higher education has transfigured us into a more educated and hopefully, a more successful