to knox -
you're right. it's often simply not affordable. you are going to end up indebting yourself for no real reward. i have read a few articles talking about uni as the next financial bubble to burst.
i will quite possibly end up earning more money than most of the uni people i know. and i, like your friend, spent my late adolescence in a heavy drug fugue.
of course i got here because of connections and absolutely would not have otherwise.
a lot of people don't realize how utterly nepotistic things are. it really is all about connections for nearly all well paying jobs.
many of my former friends are in a bad state but few of them are able to think beyond the impulsive hedonism of the present. the ones that will do well are mostly ones who naturally can handle social life without it getting in the way of hardcore studying.
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