MYTH BUSTERS
We’re here to dispel common myths that get in the way of your college journey.
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Myth: College is too expensive.
This is a weird myth because it’s true-ish. But the myth part is about you having to pay the huge price. This is difficult to read but it’s important: if you are paying full price for college, that college is not a good fit. Again: if you are admitted to a college that did not fund you, you are looking at the wrong college.
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Myth: I will not be admitted to college.
It’s a myth that you have to cure cancer to get admitted to college. Or be some version of young Sheldon. One of the biggest myths to come out of the Harvard affirmative action case was that there is a version of being too Asian or playing the wrong instrument. Truth is: none of that matters.
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Myth: I don't need college to get a good job.
This is likely one of the myths that I hate the most. It’s not true (obviously, that’s why it is here). But I hate it because the people who say this are people who have great jobs that they would not have without their degrees. So when they tell students they don’t need one, they are not being honest to people who are most vulnerable.
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Myth: It's individual student's fault when the college has a bad graduation rate.
The majority of colleges in this country do not graduate students on-time or at all. This is because most campuses are impacted meaning they are admitting more bad fit students than they can serve.
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Myth: It's your fault that you borrowed too much money for college.
This Mythbuster is responding to how people talk about college loan forgiveness, namely when people blame the borrower for borrowing more money than they could afford to pay back. In short, they didn’t have a choice.