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IMO, it doesn't make you smarter. What it does do, is increase the amount of knowledge that you possess. I believe that being "smart" isn't the amount of knowledge that you possess, but rather an innate intellect.
G-Lexington
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I certainly came out of college a much different person than I entered it. A lot of the transformation took place in the classroom, and a lot of it took place outside of it. I think I had possibly the best college experience possible, and I thank the school, the professors, and my fellow students for transforming me into the freak I am today. 
Lex
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If increasing our understanding of the world and how we participate and operate in it means that we become smarter, then hopefully attending classes and studying hard makes us smarter. Sometimes though, all is for naught, sadly. Best wishes if you're studying.
kallipolis
Know thyself
A college education is so often better lived at the school of hard knocks, than in any thought, that college better prepares a student for life, than living life on the front line of life's daily struggles.
Education reduces ignorance, and that in itself, is a goal worth pursuing. Thus in so doing, we become smarter, but not always wiser. For knowledge without understanding is merely evidence of devotion to accumulating facts, rather than a willingness to appreciate the value of learning.
A wiser man than I, said that smartness is not evidence of lack of ignorance, rather proof that further education is a life long process.
The benefits of a college education are evident in the life of those graduates, who despite accumulating enormous material wealth, so often prove to be inadequate human beings when dealing with the day, to day routine matters of living their life.
Wisdom reveals its face in the life of the person who understands, and practises all that life sends them to grow a happy, and fulfilling life.
Graduation day for all human beings is celebrated, on our death bed, when life hands us our graduation certificate, and directs us to death's door.
Education reduces ignorance, and that in itself, is a goal worth pursuing. Thus in so doing, we become smarter, but not always wiser. For knowledge without understanding is merely evidence of devotion to accumulating facts, rather than a willingness to appreciate the value of learning.
A wiser man than I, said that smartness is not evidence of lack of ignorance, rather proof that further education is a life long process.
The benefits of a college education are evident in the life of those graduates, who despite accumulating enormous material wealth, so often prove to be inadequate human beings when dealing with the day, to day routine matters of living their life.
Wisdom reveals its face in the life of the person who understands, and practises all that life sends them to grow a happy, and fulfilling life.
Graduation day for all human beings is celebrated, on our death bed, when life hands us our graduation certificate, and directs us to death's door.
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"Smarter"?? Not necessarily!
Less "Stupid"/Ignorant?? Perhaps!
More Perceptive?? Hopefully!
What it WILL do is change Your attitudes, and understanding, of Yourself, and how You "fit in"/interact with The World!
Will You emerge a "better" person for it?? Maybe!
What You get out of it depends on what You put into it!
When I was in College ... well ... I only wish I had known THEN what I know NOW!!
And, of course, no matter what ...
Keep smilin'!!
Chaz
Less "Stupid"/Ignorant?? Perhaps!
More Perceptive?? Hopefully!
What it WILL do is change Your attitudes, and understanding, of Yourself, and how You "fit in"/interact with The World!
Will You emerge a "better" person for it?? Maybe!
What You get out of it depends on what You put into it!
When I was in College ... well ... I only wish I had known THEN what I know NOW!!
And, of course, no matter what ...
Keep smilin'!!
Chaz
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It certainly makes you more worldly. The actual information content that you get is small compared with how much there is to know about everything, BUT it does teach you HOW to learn (which highschool does not), so you can easily educate yourself all through the rest of your life.
Maybe it teaches you how much there is to know and how little you will ever know. Badly educated people generally have no clue how little they know.
Maybe it teaches you how much there is to know and how little you will ever know. Badly educated people generally have no clue how little they know.
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More perceptive, as Kyanimal put it - I'd agree with that.
Smarter - sometimes. I know some guys who really got better at college, and I know some who withered away.
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Smarter - sometimes. I know some guys who really got better at college, and I know some who withered away.
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thermodynamics
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Definitely smarter.
But it's also so much more than that. I learned plenty about myself and others during the process.
Sure, I came out of college with much more knowledge (facts) of the world than I came in, but more importantly, I learned "how" to think--how to look at the world as an engineer and learn about how things work and how to make them work. Now I have the tools (the "how" to thinK) to go out and read books, etc. to extend my own knowledge.
But it's also so much more than that. I learned plenty about myself and others during the process.
Sure, I came out of college with much more knowledge (facts) of the world than I came in, but more importantly, I learned "how" to think--how to look at the world as an engineer and learn about how things work and how to make them work. Now I have the tools (the "how" to thinK) to go out and read books, etc. to extend my own knowledge.
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I have known several people who were, in my estimation, extremely intelligent, who did not go to college/university.
I have known at least one person who claimed not to be bitter about the fact that the lack of a college degree disqualified him from some interesting/important things he was certainly "smart" enough to do.
Eventually, I decided he was lying. He *was* bitter about that.
In certain places and times, certain people can go without college and do very very well.
OK: let's say you've got some athletic potential.
Do you get better with practice?
If you DO get better with practice, do you get better faster with practice prescribed and supervised by a coach with a good eye?
...if the answers to the last two questions are "yes," then I think that you could apply those two principles to "college" (a college education that's any good... probably picking and attending college is less of a crapshoot than, say, trying to get hooked up with the right psychotherapist). You really do come out with stuff you didn't have before you went in. And, I think that stuff matters.
I have known at least one person who claimed not to be bitter about the fact that the lack of a college degree disqualified him from some interesting/important things he was certainly "smart" enough to do.
Eventually, I decided he was lying. He *was* bitter about that.
In certain places and times, certain people can go without college and do very very well.
OK: let's say you've got some athletic potential.
Do you get better with practice?
If you DO get better with practice, do you get better faster with practice prescribed and supervised by a coach with a good eye?
...if the answers to the last two questions are "yes," then I think that you could apply those two principles to "college" (a college education that's any good... probably picking and attending college is less of a crapshoot than, say, trying to get hooked up with the right psychotherapist). You really do come out with stuff you didn't have before you went in. And, I think that stuff matters.
Smart people are smart whether they are well educated or not.
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While there are many people became successful, despite not attending college, I still think most anyone with an appetite for learning can find something beneficial in being exposed to post-secondary education. I can't say that it makes you smarter, but may increase your capacity for further learning.