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Should I Go to College?
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Allie advises listeners to choose a career they'll enjoy for 30 years first, then figure out the educational path to get there.
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A practical ROI lens on college, with enough nuance to avoid a one-size-fits-all answer.
The episode frames college as an investment decision instead of a rite of passage. Its clearest stretch is the plain arithmetic: a high school graduate at roughly $50,000, a nursing path at $80,000 to $100,000, and the tuition, loan balance, and lost earnings that sit between…
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Use this when college costs are real and you want a numbers-first way to think about the payoff.
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