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People attend colleges or universities for many different reasons for example, new experience, career preparation, increased knowledge etc. why do you think people attend colleges or universities?

#people #colleges #universities #career #preparation
It is very common for individuals to undergo tertiary education for variable purposes
such
 as to gain new experience, obtain
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career
carreer
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career
rediness
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readiness
, have more knowledge and so on. In my opinion, I strongly believe that most
people
 go to university to have a little bit of all the reasons mentioned in the statement, but above all to have
higher paying
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 jobs once they are in the market. Many
people
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the
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believe
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 that the best way to ensure a well
payed
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job
 in the future is to obtain extra studies after secondary education.
Furthermore
, once students focus their studies in a determined field, like
for example
 taking a course to get a diploma, it is usually easier to get to a higher standard of practice and obtain a
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job
.
Additionally
, with all the knowledge gained in college once the course is finished most students can apply for leadership employments,
such
 as CEOs. For all the reasons mentioned above, I believe that most individuals that have
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 ambition to become a leader or even have a valuable position in a team will opt to go to university to get all the qualifications needed to have a better chance in the market.
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 students start gaining experience in the
second
 and
third
 years of a
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 course, by applying for
internerships
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internships
, where they will be shadowing future
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colleagues
colleages
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colleagues
.
This
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 experience and looks very good
in
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 their resumes.
Thus
, when applying for
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 jobs they will get greater
chances
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 of winning the
job
. In summary, there are many reasons why
people
 go to university. Some
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believe
beleive
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 that it is to gain extra knowledge, others think it is to try something different.
However
, I strongly think that most
people
 that go to college want to have more money and
to
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have a
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job
.
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