The Duggars and CollegePlus

[sanantone]

I'm about to get a little off-topic. I think the Big 3 are great options for adult learners with work experience who just need to check the box or want to quickly move on to grad school. For people straight out of high school, I think they should go to a traditional college if they can. If I had to do it all over again, I would have attended the local community colleges at about $1500 a year at the time and then moved on to a state university. I would have graduated with little debt since I qualified for the maximum Pell Grant award. Instead, went to work full-time at a fast food restaurant and filled out an information form for University of Phoenix almost a year after graduating from high school. I wanted to become a history teacher and the sales person..ahem...I mean admissions advisor told me to do the AS in Business Administration program at Axia College to get my gen eds out of the way. That threw me way off track and ran up the student loan debt fast. It took me 7 years to finish my bachelor's degree. Did I mention that I HATE UoP and the Apollo Group?