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A friend of mine and I went through the same bachelor's degree program. My friend ended up continuing on to get a masters degree. Even my friend admitted they just went for the degree to get the degree. In the end, my friend went back to the job they were doing after the first degree and has been there ever since.

Even by the end of the bachelor's program I took, it felt like I was kind of wasting money. As soon as teachers started trying to convince us to move on into the masters degree program, it was just a hard no from me. It would have cost the same as what I'd already paid for school, if not more and wasn't going to lead to a significant increase in job opportunities.

By the end of that last year, it had become a lot more clear the school was more about making money than anything else.



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