Furthermore, students have to face challenges like their high school education not focusing on guiding students to a major best suited for them, students becoming overwhelmed with the demands from college, and students picking a more popular degree and then having to deal with the consequences of dealing with competition and uncertainty in their field.
Hrabowski’s main claim is the importance of going to college and how it can help set an individual up for success. He argues against the popular claim that college education is a waste of time and money. For example, he states: “Yes, colleges prepare people for jobs, but more critically, they prepare people for life” (260). This quote explains that with a college education people not only can have better jobs than a high school graduate but also help people grow into bright intellectuals. He wants people to understand the value of furthering their education beyond high school.