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Unless you really want to go into 'professional' fields like Medicines, Laws, Accounting, what you learn in U doesn't really help you much in the real world (that's my own opinion).  This is especially true if you major in the Business field./ \! d3 e; k: T$ R* R
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I majored in Marketing and is doing sales/marketing related job now.  99.9% of the skills and knowledge I use to do my job are learned on the job but not from school.  School doesn't teach you how to deal with people, handle office politics, how service clients.  Does it mean it's a waste of time to go to school?  Yes and no.  The time spent in those years may be wasted, but you earn the right to put 'U-grad' in your resume.3 Z, b9 w' A3 {# w! `! \% O/ [

, V, n3 f4 J; \: @, f% X3 aBut I agree that in today's global world, getting advanced education is more like a 'need' then 'plus' to get ahead in the society.  They are simply too many college educated people chasing similar jobs.  1 u-grad is not much different from the other u-grad, but it's like a minimum requirement to compete in the society if you want to have a decent job nowadays.