Are certificate programs a good alternative to college?

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Host: If I decide that college is not right for me, are there certification programs I can complete for another type of career?

Jerome Cole: There are lots of programs out there. When we talk about post secondary education, for most of us, the first thing that comes to mind is a four year college and that is fine. For most of us out there, that is appropriate, but we talked about two year colleges earlier and then there are technical schools out there that offer certification programs in specific areas. Those are options for high school students that they should look at very, very closely, but again, let us go back to the original question that we asked, how do you get started? You get started by having that conversation with your young person, what is important? What do you like? What do you think you want to do? What is going to make you happy? What are the things that you do that are fun? What are the things that you do that are easy for you?

Once you determine your needs, what is this that you want, then you can start to identify appropriate technical schools versus two year colleges versus four year colleges. There are lots of choices out there, sit down with mom and dad, have those discussions, sit down with extended family, folk who know you well, talk to your friends and then sit down and have that conversation with your college Counselor. It is then that you can make the choice on which one of these various options that you have out there is going to be best for you.

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