Iyiphi iKolishi? Indlela Yommeli Wabathengi

$ 1 million ngaphezulu esikhathini sakho sempilo? Akunjalo.

Abantu abaningi bathethelela ukusebenzisa ama- $ 200,000 + emfundweni yasekolishi ngoba bakholelwa ukuthi bazofunda okuningi futhi bakwazi ukuqashwa kakhulu. Isibonelo, bathembela ezibalweni ezindala, ezilahlekisayo ezishayelwa yiminyango ye-PR yamakolishi ukuthi abathweswe iziqu zasekolishi bathola imali eyizigidi ezingama-dollar ngaphezulu kwesikhathi sabo sokuphila.Lokho kuyadukisa ngoba kubuyela emuva, okuphathelene nesikhathi lapho amaphesenti amancane kakhulu abafundi abaphothule esikoleni esiphakeme baya ekolishi. Manje amaphesenti aphakeme kakhulu enza (ama-72%) ngasikhathi sinye njengoba abaqashi beqeda, bekhipha umsebenzi, futhi bebeka izikhundla ezingaphezulu kwamakhola amhlophe. Isibalo samadola ayisigidi siyadukisa futhi ngoba idamu labafundi abasekolishi licacile, likhuthazeka kakhulu, futhi lixhumene nomndeni kangcono. Babengathola u-ayisikhilimu kuleyo minyaka emine ngaphambi kokuqala umsebenzi nangaphezulu kwesikhathi sabo sokuphila, basazogcina behola kakhulu kunabantu abangenazo iziqu.

Iqiniso ngemiphumela yasekolishi

Nazi izibalo zakamuva kakhulu, nezisebenza ngokwengeziwe. Ucwaningo olukhulu luthole ukuthi ama-45% abafundi basekolishi "abakhombisanga ukuthi kube nentuthuko enkulu ekufundeni" eminyakeni yabo emibili yokuqala yasekolishi kanti u-36% ubengakakhombisi kuthuthukiswa eminyakeni emine! Ngemuva kwalokho, I-Atlantic ushicilele umbiko othole ukuthi amaphesenti angama-53.6 abafundi abaphothule amakolishi angaphansi kweminyaka engama-25 bebengasebenzi noma benza umsebenzi abebengawuthola bengenazo iziqu zasekolishi.

Futhi manje, kusanda kukhishwa kungenye isifundo esikhulu. Imiphumela yayo emikhulu:

• Amaphesenti angama-71 abafundi abaphothuliwe abavela ekilasini lika-2009 babesathola usizo lwezezimali kubazali babo eminyakeni emibili ngemuva kokuphothula iziqu.
• Amaphesenti angama-24 ayehlala ekhaya.
• Amaphesenti angama-23 alabo abasemakethe yezabasebenzi babengasebenzi noma bengasebenzi.
• I-1/4 kuphela yama-grads emakethe yezabasebenzi eyayinemisebenzi yesikhathi esigcwele ekhokha u- $ 40,000 +.

Futhi lezo zibalo ezenzelwe iziqu. Amaphesenti ama-43 wabantu abasha emakolishi abizwa ngokuthi “yiminyaka emine” awaphothula iziqu, noma ngabe anikezwe iminyaka eyisithupha.

Ukuhlehlisa noma ngisho nokuyeka ikolishi?

Kepha umuntu angayeka kanjani ikolishi nochwepheshe abathi ibanga lasekolishi libalulekile emisebenzini eminingi emihle namuhla?

Ngisho nabaningi balabo ochwepheshe bangavuma ukuthi abaningi abaphothule esikoleni esiphakeme kufanele okungenani bathathe unyaka ukwenza ukuhlola komhlaba wangempela ngaphambi kokuthatha isihlalo sabo iminyaka emine kuya kweyisithupha ngaphezulu kwezifundiswa, unyaka obizwa ngokuthi yi-gap year. Ngempela izikhungo ezinjengeHarvard neMIT ziyakukhuthaza lokho. Mhlawumbe kufanele bafundele endololwaneni kasomabhizinisi oyinhloko, iteki, noma umholi ongenzi nzuzo, bajoyine ezempi, noma baqale ibhizinisi. Lezi zamuva zingahluleka kepha kuningi mayelana nokuziphilisa nokwakha impilo etholakala ngokuqalisa umsebenzi omncane. Futhi-ke, umfundi angathatha izifundo ezithakazelisa ngazinye, mhlawumbe ekolishi lasendaweni, uhlelo lokwengeza eyunivesithi, noma online, kufaka phakathi iminikelo evela kumanyuvesi ahlonishwayo (i-Coursera ne-edX) noma izifundo ezisebenzisekayo, ngokwesibonelo, lezo ezinikezwa yi-Udemy.

Kepha ukuyeka ikolishi isikhathi esingaphezu konyaka kuzwakala kunzima kakhulu kubantu abaningi. Uma kunjalo, yini okufanele bayenze?

Uyikhokha nini imali enkulu

Uma umfundi engangena ekolishi le- “Top 12” —Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Princeton, Yale, Williams, Amherst, Swarthmore, kanye ne-U.S. Military Academies — mhlawumbe kufanele baye. Emphakathini wethu welebula labaklami, lelo gama elihloniphekile kwidiploma livula iminyango. Futhi, kunenzuzo enamandla yokusebenzisa iminyaka emine uhlala futhi ufunda kokuhle kakhulu nokukhanyayo. Okuhlukile kungaba uma umfundi azi kahle ukuthi uzokwenza kangcono njengenhlanzi enkulu echibini elingakhethi kangako. Kuthiwani ngezindleko? Ngoba lezo zikhungo zinezibonelelo ezinkulu, zivame ukunikeza usizo lwezezimali ngokukhululekile. Futhi ama-Military Academy akhululekile, noma ngabe kufanele uvume, ngemuva kokuthweswa iziqu, ukuba yisikhulu iminyaka emine.

Icala lekolishi lomphakathi

Vele, iningi labafundi bezikole eziphakeme alikwazi ukungena ekolishi le- “Top-12”. Abafundi abaningi abanjalo bakhetha eyunivesithi yokuhlala esezingeni lesibili kepha icala elinamandla lingenziwa ngokudela labo abathanda ikolishi lomphakathi:

• Impilo yehholo lokuhlala ehlonishwe ngo-2^nd- no-3^rdAmayunivesithi aphezulu kakhulu kaningi aqukethe ukwenziwa kothando lobungane besikhathi sonke nokuxoxa ngezinkinga ezinkulu zempilo nokunye kokuziphatha okungahlanzekile okwandisa amathuba enkinga yokusebenzisa kabi izidakamizwa nokuyeka isikole. Yize iningi labaneminyaka engu-18 belingavumi, becabanga impilo yasekhaya ehloniphekile, iningi labo liyobe lenze kahle ukuchitha eminye iminyaka embalwa ngaphansi kweso elibukhali labazali.
• Ukufunda kungenzeka kube kukhulu. Kuyiqiniso, amakolishi omphakathi aheha abafundi abaningi ababuthakathaka nabangakhuthazi. Uma ungazikhuthazi, ungazithola uhudulelwa phansi ekunganakwa kwezemfundo, ngisho nokunganaki impilo. Kepha ngisho nabafundi abanekhono kakhulu bangathola inselelo eyanele ekolishi lomphakathi ikakhulukazi uma ukhetha eyodwa enamaphesenti amakhulu abafundi abathi kamuva badlulisele emakolishi eminyaka emine bese kuthi, uma sebebhalisile, uthathe amakilasi ezihlonipho futhi uzibandakanye emisebenzini yezemfundo yangaphandle : iphephandaba labafundi, uhulumeni wezitshudeni, ukusingathwa kwezindaba nokwaziswa esiteshini somsakazo sasekhempasi, okuhola ikilabhu yabafundi ehlobene nomsebenzi, ukuba ngummeleli wabafundi ekomitini elibanzi lekolishi, njll. Mhlawumbe okumangalisa kakhulu, ikhwalithi yokufundisa, ngokwesilinganiso, kungaba ngcono ekolishi lomphakathi kunasemanyuvesi. Emakolishi omphakathi, ubuhlakani buqashwa kakhulu ekutheni bafundisa kahle kangakanani hhayi ukuthi balushicilela kangakanani ucwaningo. Futhi izimfanelo zomfundisi omuhle we-undergraduate zihlukile kulezo ezidingekayo ukuze kube ngumcwaningi.
• Izindleko zasekolishi lomphakathi ngokuvamile ziphansi kakhulu. Ngaphandle kokuthi ucebile, usizo lwezezimali emakolishi “eminyaka emine” ngokuvamile ludinga ukungena esikweletini esikhulu. Lokho kungakunciphisa kakhulu ukuvikeleka kwezezimali ngisho kwemindeni esezingeni eliphakathi nendawo.

Isithiyo esikhulu kunazo zonke: ukucindezela kontanga

Kunengcindezi enkulu evela kontanga nabazali yokuya esikhungweni esikhetha kakhulu ongangena kuso. Kepha kungaba yisifundo sempilo esiwusizo ukumelana naleyo ngcindezi usenzela ukwenza okulungele wena.

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